In the 1956 I Love Lucy episode The Ricardos Visit Cuba, Little Ricky is seen reading a 1951 Golden Book entitled “The Great Big Car and Truck”. It is a larger size than the Little Golden Books and measures about 12 3/4″ by 9 5/8″. The copy I see on eBay pictured here is a twelfth printing from 1951 with art work by Richard Scarry.
See it on eBay 1951 BIG GOLDEN BOOK CAR AND TRUCK RICHARD SCARRY VINTAGE CHILDRENS LARGE BOOK
The current version of the book is available for Kindle https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Scarrys-Trucks-Little-Golden-ebook/dp/B01M5C66X2/
Reference :
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Golden_Books
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Keith_(actor)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Scarry Richard McClure Scarry (June 5, 1919 – April 30, 1994) was a popular American children’s author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million worldwide
In the opening scene of the I Love Lucy episode “Lucy Goes to Scotland” Fred comes in with a Chinese dragon puppet to bring back to Little Ricky. When Lucy mentions she had never seen anything like this before Fred replies “Well when I was a kid they had toy dragons.” and Ethel remarks “When you were a kid they had real dragons!”
