![]() ![]() However, the books, their golden spines and their lasting legacy still live on.īaby boomers stood at the forefront of its success, and through the years, they've shared their special reads with their own children, keeping the tradition alive. ![]() Competitive, inexpensive paperbacks came onto the scene, and by the 90 's the company had gone bankrupt. ![]() In the 60 's the books started to gain infamous attention for their lack of racial diversity, and while creatives worked to fix the problem, the 70's brought hardships for the series. I could feel in my mental and physical reaction to those books that something really incredible was going on." I think that may have been the first time I became aware of art. "Something about the kind of primary nature of the images and how those colors just explode off the pages. "In those editions there's some magic between the words and the images," said author George Saunders to NPR. The books became an integral part of reading for many blooming baby boomers, and it wasn't just the cute plot lines and the 25 cent price tag that had kids and parents excited. ![]()
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