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The Poky Little Puppy

The Poky Little Puppy Hardback - 2001 - 1st Edition

by Janette Sebring Lowrey

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Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The bestselling picture book of all time! Five little puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide world. . . . The Poky Little Puppy was one of the original twelve Little Golden Books published in 1942, and
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  • Title The Poky Little Puppy
  • Author Janette Sebring Lowrey
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 24
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Golden Books, Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780307021342_inp
  • ISBN 9780307021342 / 0307021343
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 6.4 x 0.2 in (19.56 x 16.26 x 0.51 cm)
  • Ages 00 to 03 years
  • Grade levels P - P
  • Reading level 640
  • Themes
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects Dogs, Behavior
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007922465
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

About this book

Janette Sebring Lowrey lived in Texas and wrote young adult novels for Harper in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as a few other Little Golden Books.

Gustaf Tenggren, who immigrated to the U.S. from Sweden in 1920, created other famous Little Golden Book characters such as the Saggy Baggy Elephant and Tawny Scrawny Lion. Before coming to Golden Books, he worked for the Disney studio, providing concept artwork for various characters and scenes in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio. He died in 1970.

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From the rear cover

Children have loved Little golden Books, For over 50 years. they have written their names inside each front cover and pored over the colorful pictures. Parents have shared Golden Moments with their children, reading such classics as the Poky little puppy. Thanks to the happy hours spent with the books many children have developed a lifelong love of reading.

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About the author

JANETTE SEBRING LOWREY (1892-1986), a Texan, wrote mostly teen fiction during the 1940s and 1950s. Her young adult novel Margaret was adapted into a TV serial, Walt Disney Presents: Annette, which aired on The Mickey Mouse Club in 1958, starring Annette Funicello. But Lowrey is best known as the author of The Poky Little Puppy, which was one of the original twelve Little Golden Books that launched in 1942. It went on to become an icon, and the bestselling picture book of all time.

GUSTAF TENGGREN (1896-1970) was a well-known illustrator in his native Sweden before immigrating to the United States in 1920. He illustrated many Golden Books, beginning with The Poky Little Puppy. One of the original twelve Little Golden Books published in 1942, The Poky Little Puppy went on to become the bestselling picture book of all time. Other iconic Little Golden Books illustrated by Tenggren include The Saggy Baggy Elephant, The Shy LIttle Kitten, and Tawny Scrawny Lion. In the late 1930s, Tenggren worked for the Disney Studio, providing concept artwork (created to inspire and guide animators) for various characters and scenes in Bambi, The Old Mill, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and Fantasia.