A Big Little Book was typically 3⅝″ wide and 4½″ high, with 212 to 432 pages making an approximate thickness of 1½″. The interior book design usually displayed full-page black-and-white illustrations on the right side, facing the pages of text on the left. Stories were often related to radio programs (The Shadow), comic strips (The Gumps), children's books (Uncle Wiggily), novels (John Carter of Mars) and movies (Bambi). Later books of the series had interior color illustrations.
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| - A Big Little Book was typically 3⅝″ wide and 4½″ high, with 212 to 432 pages making an approximate thickness of 1½″. The interior book design usually displayed full-page black-and-white illustrations on the right side, facing the pages of text on the left. Stories were often related to radio programs (The Shadow), comic strips (The Gumps), children's books (Uncle Wiggily), novels (John Carter of Mars) and movies (Bambi). Later books of the series had interior color illustrations.
- Big Little Booksfirst published by the Whitman Publishing Company in Racine, Wisconsin in 1932, were small, compact books designed with a captioned illustration opposite each page of text. Other publishers, notably Saalfield, adopted this format after Whitman scored a success with its early titles, initially priced at 10¢ (later 15¢). Whitman published a series of Big Little Books collecting Alex Raymond's original comic strips. The books reprinted almost every panel from the strips; multiple-panel pictures are divided onto individual pages.
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| - A Big Little Book was typically 3⅝″ wide and 4½″ high, with 212 to 432 pages making an approximate thickness of 1½″. The interior book design usually displayed full-page black-and-white illustrations on the right side, facing the pages of text on the left. Stories were often related to radio programs (The Shadow), comic strips (The Gumps), children's books (Uncle Wiggily), novels (John Carter of Mars) and movies (Bambi). Later books of the series had interior color illustrations.
- Big Little Booksfirst published by the Whitman Publishing Company in Racine, Wisconsin in 1932, were small, compact books designed with a captioned illustration opposite each page of text. Other publishers, notably Saalfield, adopted this format after Whitman scored a success with its early titles, initially priced at 10¢ (later 15¢). A Big Little Book was typically 3⅝" wide and 4½" high, with 212 to 432 pages making an approximate thickness of 1½". The interior book design usually displayed full-page black-and-white illustrations on the right side, facing the pages of text on the left. Stories were often tie-ins with radio programs, comic strips, children's books, pulp novels and movies. Later books in the series had interior color illustrations. Whitman published a series of Big Little Books collecting Alex Raymond's original comic strips. The books reprinted almost every panel from the strips; multiple-panel pictures are divided onto individual pages.
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