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November 12, 2011 | History

Jane Watson

11 July 1915 - 2004

Jane Werner Watson was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1936. In 1938 she became one of the first editors for the original Golden Books series published by Western Publishing in conjunction with Simon and Schuster. She wrote and edited several of the Golden Books herself, especially those based on Walt Disney films. She also wrote a series of picture books for children in India and a series titled "Living in Today's World" that introduced American children to cultures around the world. She retired from Western Publishing in 1958, the same year she was named Woman of the Year in Literature by the Los Angeles Times.

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The fuzzy duckling
3 editions - first published in 1949 Borrow
My Little Golden Book About God
3 editions - first published in 1956 Borrow
Sometimes I'm Afraid
3 editions - first published in 1971 Borrow
Whales: friendly dolphins and mighty giants of the sea
3 editions - first published in 1975 Borrow
The People's Republic of China: Red Star of the East
2 editions - first published in 1976
From the lakes to the trees
2 editions - first published in 1978
The golden book of poetry
2 editions - first published in 1947
My Big Book of the Outdoors
2 editions - first published in 1983
My Friend the Doctor
2 editions - first published in 1977
My Big Little Golden Book About God
2 editions - first published in 2006
Business Writing Basics (Self-Counsel Business)
2 editions - first published in 2002
The Fuzzy Duckling
2 editions - first published in 2003
Write On!
2 editions - first published in 1996
Thailand: rice bowl of Asia
2 editions - first published in 1966 Borrow
The first Americans: tribes of North America
2 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow
Grandpa Bunny
1 edition - first published in 1951
Walt Disney's Grandpa Bunny
1 edition - first published in 2007 DAISY
Dinosaurs
1 edition - first published in 1959
Joseph and his brethren
1 edition - first published in 1947
The Minute Taker's Handbook
1 edition - first published in 1992
Donald Duck and Santa Claus
1 edition - first published in 1952
Egypt, Child of the Nile
1 edition - first published in 1997
Tanya and the geese
1 edition - first published in 1974
The golden book of trains
1 edition - first published in 1953
Uncle Mistletoe
1 edition - first published in 1953
Sometimes a family has to split up
1 edition - first published in 1988
The Golden Bible: The Old Testament
1 edition - first published in 1987
Philip Pullman's shadowlands
1 edition - first published in 1999
Samudra kā khazānā
1 edition - first published in 1960
The Lion's Paw
1 edition - first published in 2000 DAISY
Animaux et plantes
1 edition - first published in 1959
The world of science: scientists at work today in many challenging fields.
1 edition - first published in 1958
Living together in tomorrow's world: a challenging preview of future developments in community living, transportation, and communication
1 edition - first published in 1976
A parade of Soviet holidays
1 edition - first published in 1974
Aba hama āzāda haiṃ
1 edition - first published in 1960
The Minute Taker's Handbook (Self-Counsel Reference Series)
1 edition - first published in 1999
Conservation of energy
1 edition - first published in 1978
Good Night
1 edition - first published in 1983
Disney's numbers are fun
1 edition - first published in 1977
My little book about God
1 edition - first published in 2004 DAISY
Varshā kahām̐ hāi?
1 edition - first published in 1962
My little Golden book about God
1 edition - first published in 2007
Golden Books treasury of elves & fairies with assorted pixies, mermaids, brownies, witches, and leprechauns
1 edition - first published in 1999
Donald Duck's Adventure
1 edition - first published in 1950
Iran, crossroads of caravans
1 edition - first published in 1966
India celebrates!
1 edition - first published in 1974
India
1 edition - first published in 2000
The tall book of make-believe
1 edition - first published in 1950
Dinosaurs
1 edition - first published in 1975
SOMETIMES I GET AFRAID P (A Read-Together Book for Parents and Children)
1 edition - first published in 1986
Cācā kī camatkārī pagaṛī
1 edition - first published in 1960
Ākāśa meṃ dekheṃ
1 edition - first published in 1960
Pets for Peter
1 edition - first published in 1950
A giant little golden book of birds
1 edition - first published in 1958
Sometimes a family has to move
1 edition - first published in 1988
The giant golden book of elves and fairies with assorted pixies, mermaids, brownies, witches, and leprechauns
1 edition - first published in 1951
The case of the vanishing spaceship
1 edition - first published in 1982
Nigeria, Republic of a Hundred Kings
1 edition - first published in 2000
My Body
1 edition - first published in 1972
The Volga (Rivers of the World)
1 edition - first published in 1999
Sabase acchā peṛa
1 edition - first published in 1962
Apanā Bhārata
1 edition - first published in 1960
World in danger-- too many people!
1 edition - first published in 1994
Little Man of Disneyland
1 edition - first published in 1955
Alternate energy sources
1 edition - first published in 1979
My little golden storybook about God
1 edition - first published in 1997
The golden book of words: how they look and what they tell.
1 edition - first published in 1949
My Big Book of the Outdoors
1 edition - first published in 1983
My first book about God
1 edition - first published in 1957
My Little Book About God
1 edition - first published in 2001
The golden history of the world
1 edition - first published in 1955
The sciences of mankind: social scientists at work today in many challenging fields.
1 edition - first published in 1960
Ethiopa, mountain kingdom
1 edition - first published in 1966
Peter Pan and the Indians
1 edition - first published in 1952
The Marvelous Merry-Go-Round
1 edition - first published in 1950
The Golden book of the mysterious
1 edition - first published in 1976
A giant little golden book about plants and animals
1 edition - first published in 1958
Bandara aura bhālū
1 edition - first published in 1960
Write On! Business Writing Basics
1 edition - first published in 1996
Animal dictionary
1 edition - first published in 1960
L'Iliade et l'Odyssee: le récit de la guerre de Troie et des fabuleuses aventures d'Ulysse
1 edition - first published in 1956
My Friend the Babysitter
1 edition - first published in 1979
ABC is for Christmas
1 edition - first published in 1979 Borrow
ABC is for Christmas
1 edition - first published in 1974 Borrow
Birds
1 edition - first published in 1977 Borrow
Birds
1 edition - first published in 1958 Borrow
Canada, giant nation of the North
1 edition - first published in 1968 Borrow
The case of the semi-human beans
1 edition - first published in 1979 Borrow
The Christmas story
1 edition - first published in 1952 Borrow
The Christmas story
1 edition - first published in 1980 Borrow
Deserts of the world, future threat or promise?
1 edition - first published in 1981 Borrow
Greece: land, of golden light.
1 edition - first published in 1967 Borrow
The Holy Bible
1 edition - first published in 1960 Borrow
How to tell time
1 edition - first published in 1957 Borrow
The jolly barnyard
1 edition - first published in 1950 Borrow
My little Golden book about God
1 edition - first published in 1975 Borrow
Walt Disney's Mary Poppins
1 edition - first published in 1964 Borrow
Walt Disney's Snow White and the seven dwarfs
1 edition - first published in 1952 Borrow
Where Jesus lived
1 edition - first published in 1980 Borrow
The world of science
1 edition - first published in 1958 Borrow

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Places

Alaska, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Iran, Juvenile literature, Soviet Union, Thailand, West (U.S.)

People

Jesus Christ, Joseph (Son of Jacob), Philip Pullman (1946-)

Time

1870-, 20th century

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Alternative names

Jane Werner
Elsa Jane Werner
Annie North Bedford
Elsa Ruth Nast
Jane Werner Watson

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