This list includes Whitman, Golden Book and Merrigold
Press Tell-A-Tale
and Big Tell-A-Tale books in alphabetical order by title
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| # | Title | Author | Yr | Publisher | Cover | Notes | Cond | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54046 | 1 Boy Lives in My House | White, Florence | 1965 | Whitman | H | Whitman BIG Tell-a-Tale Book #2420 Learning-to-Count | VG | $20.00 |
| 79176 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 78366 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2513 Uncirculated #1-10; 39c price | NF | $12.00 |
| 79217 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79216 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79215 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79218 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79175 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 76760 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407-2 Numbers to 10 | Fine | $10.00 |
| 79177 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79213 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79212 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79178 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79179 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79211 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79214 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 79380 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407 #1-10 Uncirculated; 49c price | Mint | $12.00 |
| 63617 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2407-2 Numbers to 10 | Exc | $8.00 |
| 79920 | 1 Is Red | Daly, Eileen | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2513 Uncirculated #1-10; 39c price | NF | $12.00 |
| 63518 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Verne, Jules | 1978 | Walt Disney | H | Disney Goofy Classics; Like Tell-A-Tale Crest ed 5.5 x 6.5" | VG | $5.00 |
| 77441 | ABC | Flory, Jane | 1940 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale #896:15; Uncirculated Mint | Mint | $40.00 |
| 77505 | ABC | Nugent, Alys illustrator | 1956 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tales Book 2472 abc's Uncirculated 19c price | Fine | $20.00 |
| 77504 | ABC | Flory, Jane illustrator | 1940 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale #896:15; abc's | Exc | $20.00 |
| 77886 | ABC | Flory, Jane | 1949 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale"#896; A is for Angel Scarce! | Exc | $20.00 |
| 69871 | ABC | Tiffany, Virginia | 1967 | Whitman | H | Whitman BIG Tell-A-Tale Book #2423; abc's Near Fine | Exc | $15.00 |
| 50844 | ABC: A Tale of a Sale | Hovelsrud, Joyce | 1963 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale book #2658; 19c rhyming ABC | VG | $10.00 |
| 47830 | ABC: A Tale of a Sale | Hovelsrud, Joyce | 1963 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale book #2658 animals from A to Z | VG | $10.00 |
| 32551 | ABC: A Tale of a Sale | Hovelsrud, Joyce | 1963 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale book #2658; 19c rhyming ABC | VG | $10.00 |
| 80344 | Alonzo Purr the Seagoing Cat | Carey, Mary | 1974 | Whitman | H | Tell-A-Tale Book #2569:Ferry captain's cat 35c price Scarce | Mint | $30.00 |
| 77552 | Alonzo Purr the Seagoing Cat | Carey, Mary | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2569:Ferry captain's cat Scarce | Mint | $40.00 |
| 77260 | Alonzo Purr the Seagoing Cat | Carey, Mary | 1974 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2569:Ferry captain's cat Scarce | Mint | $30.00 |
| 50839 | Alphabet Rhymes | Nugent, Alys illustrator | 1956 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tales Book 2472 abc's 59c price | VG | $5.00 |
| 71647 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The OceanBlues | Lewis, Jean | 1966 | Whitman | H | Whitman BIG Tell-A-Tale #2405 Alvin& Chipmunks Authorized ed | VG | $12.00 |
| 60354 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The OceanBlues | Lewis, Jean | 1966 | Whitman | H | Whitman BIG Tell-A-Tale #2405 Alvin& Chipmunks Authorized ed | G | $4.00 |
| 42275 | And So to Bed | Donovan, Melanie | 1989 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book; bedtime story | Exc | $4.00 |
| 77982 | And So to Bed | Donovan, Melanie | 1989 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book; bedtime story | Exc | $4.00 |
| 51927 | And So to Bed | Donovan, Melanie | 1989 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book #2462; bedtime story | Exc | $4.00 |
| 65714 | Andy: A Visit to the Hospital | Michelson, Florence | 1966 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2543 Andy has appendix surger | VG | $8.00 |
| 79357 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1994 | Merrigold Press | H | Tell-A-Tale Book #17705 Animal train 99c orig price | Fine | $5.00 |
| 68624 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1994 | Merrigold Press | H | Tell-A-Tale Book #17705; animal train Ben Williams illustr | Exc | $5.00 |
| 47737 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1952 | Merrigold Press | H | Tell-A-Tale Book animal train | Exc | $5.00 |
| 71586 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1994 | Merrigold Press | H | Tell-A-Tale Book #17705; Animal train 99c Fine like new | Exc | $6.00 |
| 62345 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1952 | Merrigold Press | H | Tell-A-Tale Book #17705; animal train | VG | $4.50 |
| 50857 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1952 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2556 train story 69c price | VG | $4.00 |
| 69282 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1952 | Merrigold Press | H | Tell-A-Tale Book animal train | Exc | $6.00 |
| 50841 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1952 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2556 train story 39c price | VG | $6.00 |
| 54777 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1952 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2473 Animals train 59c price | Exc | $8.00 |
| 47989 | Animal Train | Roberts, Elizabeth | 1952 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book | Exc | $8.00 |
| 77426 | Animals' Christmas Eve | Wiersum, Gale | 1977 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book; Christmas | Fine | $8.00 |
| 51249 | Animals' Christmas Eve | Wiersum, Gale | 1977 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book; Christmas | Exc | $8.00 |
| 62335 | Animals' Christmas Eve | Wiersum, Gale | 1977 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book #2485-1; Christmas | Fine | $12.00 |
| 23324 | Animals in Mother Goose | Goldsborough, June (illus.) | 1970 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book nursery rhymes | G | $4.00 |
| 77516 | Baby's First Book | Swetnam, Evelyn | 1973 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book #246533 Baby 59c price | VG | $4.00 |
| 72681 | Barbie and Skipper Go Camping | Daly, Eileen | 1977 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2489 Mattel Barbie 59c orig price | Fine | $10.00 |
| 79484 | Barbie and Skipper Go Camping | Daly, Eileen | 1977 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2489 Mattel Barbie & Skipper 25c | Exc | $10.00 |
| 52387 | Barbie on Skates! | Balducci, Rita | 1992 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book #2450; Barbie doll | Exc | $10.00 |
| 53341 | Bears' Merry Christmas, The | North, Carol | 1983 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book; Christmas | VG | $8.00 |
| 60864 | Bears' Merry Christmas, The | North, Carol | 1983 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book #2488-1; Christmas | VG | $8.00 |
| 68836 | Bears' Merry Christmas, The | North, Carol | 1983 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book#2488-1; Christmas | Exc | $12.00 |
| 28342 | Bears' Merry Christmas, The | North, Carol | 1983 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book#2488; Christmas | Exc | $10.00 |
| 62795 | Beaver Valley Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures | Wright, Betty Ren | 1954 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book Disney True-Life Adventure Beavers | G | $3.00 |
| 49581 | Bedknobs & Broomsticks: A Visit to Naboombu | Disney, Walt | 1971 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book Disney cartoon 35c price | G | $5.00 |
| 42631 | Bedtime Book, The | Watts, Mabel | 1963 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book; 59c original price | Exc | $6.00 |
| 47878 | Bedtime Book, The | Watts, Mabel | 1963 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book; Bedtime animal story 69c | Exc | $6.00 |
| 19929 | Bedtime Book, The | Watts, Mabel | 1963 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book; 25c price | VG | $5.00 |
| 60012 | Bedtime Book, The | Watts, Mabel | 1963 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book #2475-32; 59c original price | Exc | $4.00 |
| 54849 | Bedtime Book, The | Watts, Mabel | 1963 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book; 25c price | VG | $3.00 |
| 45535 | Beloved Son, The | Wagstaff, Blanche | 1961 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book; Birth of Jesus | G | $5.00 |
| 50789 | Beloved Son, The | Wagstaff, Blanche | 1961 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book; Birth of Jesus | VG | $6.00 |
| 54059 | Beloved Son, The | Wagstaff, Blanche Shoemaker | 1962 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book; Birth of Jesus | G | $3.00 |
| 46259 | Beloved Son, The | Wagstaff, Blanche Shoemaker | 1962 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book; Birth of Jesus | VG | $5.00 |
| 47164 | Beloved Son, The | Wagstaff, Blanche | 1961 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book; Birth of Jesus | VG | $8.00 |
| 80401 | Benji The Detective | Lewis, Jean | 1978 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2640 Uncirculated | NF | $12.00 |
| 78365 | Best Surprise of All, The | Pape, Donna Lugg | 1961 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale; Grandparents visit Mint Uncirculated | Mint | $25.00 |
| 80349 | Best Surprise of All, The | Pape, Donna Lugg | 1961 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale #25; Grandparents 19c price Uncirculated | Mint | $35.00 |
| 47835 | Best Surprise of All, The | Pape, Donna Lugg | 1961 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale; visit from grandparents | VG | $6.00 |
| 71298 | Best Surprise of All, The | Pape, Donna Lugg | 1961 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale; visit from grandparents | G | $4.00 |
| 78758 | Beware of the Dog | Woyke, Christine | 1968 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2510; Dog Fine Uncirculated | Mint | $25.00 |
| 69403 | Big Albert Moves In |
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1971 | Whitman | H | Tell-A-Tale Book #2567; Walt Disney World Authorized ed | G | $3.00 |
| 61449 | Big Albert Moves In |
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1971 | Whitman | H | Tell-A-Tale Book #2567; Walt Disney World Fla 25c orig price | Exc | $6.00 |
| 69144 | Big and Little Are Not the Same | Ottum, Bob | 1972 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2474 opposites 59c price | Exc | $6.00 |
| 79356 | Big and Little Are Not the Same | Ottum, Bob | 1994 | Merrigold Press | H | Tell-A-Tale Book #17002 Opposites 99c orig price | Fine | $5.00 |
| 68835 | Big and Little Are Not the Same | Ottum, Bob | 1972 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book #2474 opposites | Exc | $5.00 |
| 69291 | Big and Little Are Not the Same | Ottum, Bob | 1972 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2474 opposites 59c price | VG | $5.00 |
| 59721 | Big and Little Are Not the Same | Ottum, Bob | 1972 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book #2474 opposites | VG | $4.00 |
| 51916 | Big and Little Are Not the Same | Ottum, Bob | 1972 | Golden Book | H | Golden Tell-A-Tale Book #2474 opposites | Exc | $5.00 |
| 64428 | Big Bark, The | Woyke, Christine | 1975 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale #2510; Dog story 39c price | G | $3.00 |
| 77062 | Big Bird Follows the Signs | Kinglsey, Emily Perl | 1980 | Golden Press | H | Golden Tell-a-Tale Book; Sesame Street signs | Exc | $12.00 |
| 69846 | Big Bird Follows the Signs | Kinglsey, Emily Perl | 1980 | Golden Press | H | Golden Tell-a-Tale Book 2452-48; Sesame Street signs | Exc | $6.00 |
| 65752 | Big Bird Follows the Signs | Kinglsey, Emily Perl | 1980 | Golden Press | H | Golden Tell-a-Tale Book; Sesame Street signs | VG | $5.00 |
| 46472 | Big Bird Follows the Signs | Kinglsey, Emily Perl | 1980 | Golden Press | H | Golden Tell-a-Tale Book; Sesame Street signs | Exc | $8.00 |
| 72384 | Big Bird Follows the Signs | Kinglsey, Emily Perl | 1980 | Golden Press | H | Golden Tell-a-Tale Book; Sesame Street signs Fine copy | Exc | $10.00 |
| 80345 | Big Little Kitty | Biggers, Jan D. | 1953 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book #2525; Kitty story 19c price | Mint | $50.00 |
| 79050 | Big Little Kitty | Biggers, Jan D. | 1953 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book #2525; Kitty story 19c price | Mint | $50.00 |
| 76950 | Big Little Kitty | Biggers, Jan D. | 1953 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book #2508; Kitty story 25c price | VG | $20.00 |
| 79070 | Big Little Kitty | Biggers, Jan D. | 1953 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book #2525; Kitty story 19c price | Mint | $45.00 |
| 79100 | Big Little Kitty | Biggers, Jan D. | 1953 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book #2525; Kitty story 19c price | Mint | $50.00 |
| 78502 | Big Little Kitty | Biggers, Jan D. | 1953 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-a-Tale Book #2525; Kitty story 19c price | Mint | $50.00 |
| 50872 | Big Pajama Wagon, The | Elting, Mary | 1950 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book moving to a new house | G | $14.00 |
| 40204 | Big Whistle, The | Myers, Louise | 1968 | Whitman | H | Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book #2522; whistling | Exc | $12.00 |
| 78401 | Big Whistle, The | Myers, Louise |