I loved Disney's Golden Books when I was a kid (they were translated in French) and I rediscovered them when I began conducting research for They Drew as They Pleased--The Hidden Art of Disney, especially when I worked on the chapter about Retta Scott.

And in recent years I have learned to love them again, thanks to new installments in the series like Little Man of Disneyland: A Change of Luck and Santa Stops at Disneyland.

The new book by Taschen, Walt Disney’s Children’s Classics 1937–1953, which collects some of the best of Disney's Golden Books, with a thoughtful and enlightening introduction by Charles Solomon, is a winner, among other thing because it beautifully showcases the art of artists like Dick Kelsey, Al Dempster, Retta Scott, John Hench, etc.

Definitely worth adding to your bookshelf.