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2 responses to “Ask the Experts: When were the Little House Books Published in Paperback?”

  1. Wendy

    Great detective work!

    I would also add that there really wasn’t a paperback market for children’s books until the 1960s. Books like Little House tended to stay in hardcover because librarians and parents were buying the books, not kids. It wasn’t until the 1970s, when the chain/mall bookstores took off, that cheaper paperback editions of children’s books became widely available.

    I wonder why Linda didn’t mention the Harper Trophy name, though, which ought to appear somewhere on the title page or copyright page, because Harper Trophy is the name of Harper’s paperback imprint.

    If it DOESN’T say Harper Trophy, Linda, let us know! Because I’m thinking then it could be either a Scholastic Book Clubs thing (which, like Sarah Sue said, would be from the 70s), or… well, a mystery!

  2. Jeanine

    This isn’t any really meaningful comment, but I’m wondering what editions other readers of this blog have? I have the yellow paperbacks; I found a blue set (neat to know the origin of those now) at a used bookstore for my older daughter; and about 10 years ago (before she was even old enough to read!) I ordered the coloured gingham set from Scholastic for my younger daughter. We love that we all have our own sets (mine are rather tattered!).

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