Inquiry: Leonard Marcus on Golden Books

Do you remember The Poky Little Puppy? Scruffy the Tugboat? Tootles? The Color Kittens? All of these treasures of our childhood were Golden Books, a line of inexpensive children’s literature begun in the 1940s that were destined to be held, read, and cherished by millions of children worldwide. Tonight on Inquiry we speak with noted children’s literature historian LEONARD MARCUS about his fascinating and charming history GOLDEN LEGACY: HOW GOLDEN BOOKS WON CHILDREN’S HEARTS, CHANGED PUBLISHING FOREVER, AND BECAME AN AMERICAN ICON ALONG THE WAY.