Shirley Temple book titled " The Story Of"
Written by Grace Mack Saalfield Purblishing Company New York.
It does have tons of pictures.
This is on the front page. Pictures supplied throught the courtesy of Fox Film Corporation and Paramount Studio
This was published in 1934
This is a hard cover book 4 1/2" by 5 1/4", about 3/4" thick.
The Big Little Book® was created in 1932 when Sam Lowe conceived of a special book that would be bulky but small so that it could be easily handled and read by a young consumer. He made up three samples using cover and paper stock that would be used in the printing. He had the Art Department do black and white drawings and insert keyline text so that the dummy samples could serve as prototypes. Taking the prototypes to New York, he presented them as a ten-cent retail item, packed one dozen per title in a shipping carton. Retail buyers were intrigued with the concept and were particularly impressed with the titles. Lowe returned to Racine with more than 25,000 books pre-ordered.
