First Edition Beginner Books
Beginner Books First Edition Identification
Dust Jacket Publishing Sequence
1964 Beginner Books Dust Jacket Back 'M'
Beginner Book Dust Jacket Back 'M', which can be found on the first editions of five Beginner Books B-35, B-36, and B-37 published in 1964, along with B-39 and B-40 published in 1965:
- B-35 Why I Built The Boogle House (1964)
- B-36 The Bike Lesson (1964)
- B-37 How To Make Flibbers (1964)
- B-39 The King, The Mice, and The Cheese (1965)
- B-40 I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (1965)
The first edition of Beginner Book B-38 Fox In Socks (1965) uses another dust jacket configuration.
Click on the DJ image - and then click again - for the high-resolution enlargement.
1964 Beginner Books Dust Jacket Back 'M'
DJ for First Edition B-35, B-36, B-37, B-39, and B-40
Beginner Book Dust Jacket Back 'M' advertises The Cat In The Hat Beginner Book Dictionary (1964), and does not list any Beginner Books.
While this DJ back is found on the first editions of the above books, it was also used by Random House during most of 1964 for the publication of the reprints of the earlier Beginner Books.
The first edition Beginner Book B-40 I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (1965) is highly sought after since it was written by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) under the pseudonum Theo LeSieg, the latter being his real name spelled backwards.
1964 The Bike Lesson - Second Berenstain Bears Book!
Beginner Book B-36 The Bike Lesson (1964) is the second book in the tremendously successful Berenstain Bears franchise, following the 1962 publication of B-28 The Big Honey Hunt (1962). There are over 300 books in the franchise, with an estimated 300 million copies sold worldwide since 1962!
The first edition B-36 The Bike Lesson is relatively underappreciated in the market relative to its impact and importance in American children's book history.
Second Book In Berenstain Bears Franchise
1964 Beginner Books B-36 The Bike Lesson
See Beginner Books Dust Jacket Backs to see the publishing sequence of dust jackets from 1957-to-1967. This is the primary resource to identify the year of publication if you own a later edition Beginner Book.
See Beginner Book Covers for first edition identification of the first 50 Beginner Books.
This information is from the First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books (2024, Flying Moose Books), by Stan Zielinski.
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