Big Little Books
By Euphrates



Do you remember these little stubby books?  Each little 5 inch book had 
200-300 pages with every right page containing an illustration.  Whitman
started putting these books out in the early '30s.

Up until the '60s, the books were based on western heroes like Gene Autry 
and The Lone Ranger or comic characters like Blondie and Dick Tracy.  In the
'60s, most of the books were based on popular, prime-time TV shows like
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. or The Green Hornet.

During the '70s, Whitman designed the Flip-it series of cartoon books.  You
could fan through the pages and the pictures would tell a story.  These are
hard to find with clean, unbent pages.

These books are plentiful in the marketplace, even the books from the mid
'30s.  You will, however, pay a preimum for older books with bright, colorful,
untorn covers and pages.  The Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon books are especially 
popular.

Well, now do you remember them?  If not, I've compiled a partial list purely for 
the purpose of jogging your memory!





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