Little Golden Books are incredibly well known and every adult that I mention the books to has a fond impression of them. For example, I still have one of my Little Golden Books from when I was a kid. The only caveat I would add to the way that adults view those books is that they want to want to remember them. In reality for young readers, the reading level for those books are too advanced and the packaging for them is too young. It’s a read-along book for readers that should be reading on their own.
Little People Big Dreams is a book series from Frances Lincoln, an imprint of Quarto Knows. It does a much more effective job at presenting content on a level that readers in elementary school will be attracted to, won’t be intimidated by, as well as, presenting a wide range of real-life people from every background imaginable. A case in point is Little People, Big Dreams Elton John, which is the 50th book in this series. It tells Elton John’s life story from a wide-angle about his early talent, stage presence, struggles, inspiration, and the reasons that he had to become a better person.
Elton John, for ages 4-7, really. And it’s awesome.