Issue: #140
Published: March 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia title is "EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 140." Code number is M.G.O.S. #140-473. Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1947 Pamphlets, page 157.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Easter With Mother Goose |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Easter Lily |
| Synopsis: |
Poem about Easter Lilies. |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
The Easter Egg Party |
| Synopsis: |
Mother Goose has invited all the children in Storyland and all the woodland creatures to an Easter Party. She has a contest to see who can bring in the most beautiful Easter egg. |
| Characters: |
Mother Goose Buzzy Bunny The Pieman Timmy Tap Poppety-Corn |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Eggs to Market |
| Synopsis: |
An old woman has troubles when she takes Easter eggs to sell at the market. |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Three Men in a Basket |
| Synopsis: |
Variation on the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-Dub-Dub," with an Easter theme. |
| Activity (2 pages) |
Mother Goose Egg Race |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Mr. Dumpty Gets Mended |
| Synopsis: |
After Humpty Dumpty has his great fall, the Easter Bunny helps put him back together. |
| Characters: |
Humpty Dumpty Easter Bunny |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Ugly, the Duckling |
| Synopsis: |
The story of the Ugly Duckling, told in verse. |
| Characters: |
The Ugly Duckling |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Jack Spratt |
| Synopsis: |
Jack Spratt and his wife celebrate by feasting on Christmas, Halloween, and Easter. |
| Characters: |
Jack Spratt |
| Text Story (1 page) |
The Old Woman in the Basket |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Little Boy Blue |
| Synopsis: |
Easter variation of the "Little Boy Blue" nursery rhyme. |
| Characters: |
Little Boy Blue Easter Bunny |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Three Little Birds |
| Synopsis: |
A little bird shivers on a cold Easter morning. |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Today's the Day |
| Synopsis: |
A little girl gets to wear her new hat on Easter, and hopes it doesn't rain. |
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