![]() ![]() The gardener plans, digs, tills, rakes, sows, labels, waters, weeds, watches, and finally harvests his produce for market. But Herman lives in the big city, and Little John Bear has never been to the city before. Then Little John Bears remembers that his friend Herman has a fur coat and decides to ask if he can borrow it. Mama Bear tries to hide the worn spots but it only makes things worse. What does a bear do when his furry coat is worn off at the elbows and he has an important wedding to attend? Here are two early reader books: 1978's Little John Bear in the Big City by Bernice Myers and 1984's Rabbit Seeds by Bijou Le Tord. With 11 titles published during its first year, Four Winds Press increased its list annual and by 1977 had 325 titles.įor this week's Throwback Thursday, I thought it would be interesting to show some of the titles published by Four Winds Press that you've probably never heard of. On the initiative of John Spaulding and Morris Goldberger, the company organized a hardbound book publishing unit, naming it Four Winds Press (1965). ![]() Here's what 1979's Scholastic: A Publishing Adventure has to say about the founding of the imprint: A strong inducement to an author, especially and established author, is the prospect of getting a contract for royalties on both hardbound and paperback editions. You can tell when you reach the collection of Four Winds Press books in our Archives when suddenly, all the books are hardcovers. One of Scholastic's first imprints was Four Winds Press. ![]()
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