Remember These Children’s Books?

Anyone else remember these vintage fairy tale books with the fancy “winky” cover inserts? If you are of a certain age, they are iconic as well as nostalgic.

RARE 1st Cover Snow Queen Child IZAWA SHIBA PRO GOLDEN Book 1968 PUPPET 1 ED 3D

Often called 3-D books, the iconic images on the front cover are actually lenticular designs created in Japan. Most of these books date to the 1960s. By the 1970s, the books were republished without the plastic inserts on the covers; instead, they were replaced with standard photographs of the posed puppets Those images themselves are rather iconic — to those of us who are of a certain age. This one is The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson illustrated by Shiba Productions and published by Golden Books. Via Little Slice of Heaven.

vintage Snow Queen Book 1968 PUPPET lenticular 3D

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Deanna

Deanna is the founder of Inherited Values, among other sites. She is also an antique dealer.

4 thoughts on “Remember These Children’s Books?”

  1. DO you know if anyone still has a copy of this book. I had one as a child and been looking a replacement ever since.

  2. I had this very book when I was a kid! I remember the cover vividly. Trying to explain it to people has been difficult. Now I can!

    Who knew that a book I had as a kid would be worth so much now?

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