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----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2022 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse and the Dude Ranch Bandit / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1943. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1471) -- A flip book adventure is inset printed. -- Summary (from OCLC): Minnie and Clarabelle are enjoying a vacation on a western dude ranch. Then Mickey and Goofy read a story in the paper that Peg-Leg Pete is on the loose terrorizing the guests of dude ranches and he is near the ranch where Minnie and Clarabelle are staying. Mickey and Goofy are on the next train to the Bar-None Guest Ranch. -- Funny animal and western genres. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M51827 1943 ----------------------------------------------------- Little Orphan Annie and the Million Dollar Formula / by Harold Gray. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. -- 422 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; no. 1186) -- Cover title: Little Orphan Annie and the $1,000,00 Formula. -- " Based on the famous comic strip." -- Summary (from OCLC): Little Orphan Annie rescues an old, wounded man who has a secret formula to make them all rich. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 L4795 1936 ----------------------------------------------------- Little Orphan Annie in the Movies / by Harold Gray. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1416) -- "Based on the famous newspaper strip." -- Summary (from OCLC): After being kidnapped, Annie is discovered by a talent scout and finds herself starring in a blockbuster movie. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 L4797 1937 ----------------------------------------------------- G-Man vs. the Red X. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1147) -- Summary (from OCLC): When Tod Morgan, son of the District Chief of G-Men, phoned Ellen to break their date, his voice shook with terrible news. His father, the Chief, was dead! He'd been poisoned while sitting in a restaurant. The poison was already known. It was the same poison the Chief had finally traced to the Red X, which had been the focus of a long investigation. Clearly, the Chief had gotten too close. Tod Morgan intends to finish the case. -- Detective genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 G17 1936 ----------------------------------------------------- The Son of Tarzan / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1477) -- Interior art by Rex Maxon ; cover art by Henry E. Vallely, per Biglittlebooks.com. -- Summary (from OCLC): Many years after Tarzan left Africa for England, his ape friend Akut managed to travel to England where he was trained to perform tricks for a man who, unknown to Akut, was an arch enemy of Tarzan. But the trained ape takes London by storm, and among others, Jack, the future Lord Greystoke, a schoolboy headed for Eton, wants to see the show. He sneaks out of the house to attend the theater and buys a ticket for one of the balcony seats. From the stage, Akut recognizes the boy for who he must be and leaps to join him. Akut refuses to return to the stage but just as the situation must be resolved, the door to the balcony opens to admit Tarzan, Lord Greystoke. The ape's owner refuses to sell the animal but finally Jack frees him, and travels with him back to Africa. There, his money is lost and he has no means to return to England, but needs to learn to survive in the jungle as did his father before him. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T306 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- Jack Armstrong, the All-American boy, and the Mystery of the Iron Key / illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. -- 426 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1432) -- "Based on the famous radio program." -- Summary (from OCLC): At long last, "Uncle Jim" Fairfield has finished constructing his dirigible and can deliver it to his friend, the Maharajah of Rawal Doon in Bombay, India. He surprises Jack Armstrong, Billy and Betty Fairfield with an invitation to come along and of course they say "Yes!" As they celebrate their good luck, Billy recalls that Jack was given a strange old key, supposedly made from a meteorite, when he recovered the Pierson treasure. Jack pulls the artifact out of his pocket, for he never travels without it. As they speak of it, the key suddenly begins to vibrate. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 J303 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- Jungle Jim / by Alex Raymond. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; no. 1138) -- "Based on the famous adventure strip." -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 J75 1936 ----------------------------------------------------- Jack Swift and His Rocket Ship / by Cliff Farrell and Hal Colson. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1934. -- 314 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1102) -- Summary (from OCLC): Jack Swift builds a super-vehicle in order to search beneath Antarctica for the lost civilisation of Mu. But from the very start, the ship was plagued with sabotage. The spy, Count Don Deauville, was determined to make sure Jack's quest would fail. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 J312 1934 ----------------------------------------------------- Radio Patrol and Big Dan's Mobsters / based on the famous newspaper strip by Eddie Sullivan and Charlie Schmidt. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1940. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1498) -- Summary (from OCLC): The Radio Patrol has put Big Dan in jail without bail. His lawyer comes to visit the D.A. and requests bail. This D.A. only has a temporary appointment because his predecessor met an untimely end. When the D.A. denies bail to Big Dan's lawyer, the man reminds the D.A. how his predecessor died, and offers a quick $50,000. The D.A.'s wife is also threatened. Soon, Big Dan is out of jail and looking forward to personally making sure neither Molly or Pat, on the Radio Patrol team, will be available to testify against him. -- Detective genre, with organized crime. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 R25 1940 ----------------------------------------------------- The Adventure of the Murdered Millionaire / by Ellery Queen ; illustrated by Erwin L. Hess. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1472) -- At head of title: Ellery Queen, the Master Detective (title page), and Master Detective Ellery Queen (cover). -- "From the radio adventures of Ellery Queen." -- A flip book adventure is inset printed. -- Summary (from OCLC): Ellery Queen receives a strange letter from millionaire Peter Jordan asking Ellery for the name of the trained nurse Ellery had recommended. But Ellery knew he'd never met the man, much less recommended a nurse to him. Ellery, asks his office assistant Nikki Porter to find a nurse's costume. They arrive at the Jordan apartment later that day. Peter Jordan explains that he's certain a famous Italian singer is planning to murder him in order to marry his sister who will inherit his fortune. Ellery first turns down the investigation, but later accepts it after he's met Peter Jordan's best friend, who lives in Peter Jordan's apartment. -- Detective genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 E433 1942 Adventures of Ellery Queen (Radio program) ----------------------------------------------------- Hairbreadth Harry in Department QT / by J.M. Alexander. --- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. -- 378 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1101) -- "A Public Ledger Comic." -- Cover illustration signed: Alexander. -- Summary (from OCLC): In the opening chapter, Hairbreadth Harry works an elaborate scheme. He is first disguised as an Indian Prince, then an Italian immigrant with a mustache, a steamer trunk, a steward aboard a luxury cruiser which is the disguise he uses to steal papers from a guest aboard the cruiser. He then jumps overboard and swims to a gambling ship, where he dons a disguise as a bearded nobleman wearing a monacle. After losing at the gambling tables of his accomplice (a crouper), the man stumbles up the gangway, takes out a hand gun and fires it at his chest. The crouper carries him to the private suite of Votch, the ship's owner, who wants to keep a suicide quiet so the other gamblers are not disturbed. When Votch is out of his suite, the nobleman springs to life and finds the small piece of paper he hoped would be there, hidden in the steamer trunk. A few minutes later, Votch returns and instructs the crouper to throw the suicide's body overboard. Everything went just as smoothly as Harry and the Chief had planned. But someone is on to Harry. He's being followed everywhere he goes. -- Spy genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 H25 1934 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse in the Race for Riches / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- "1476." -- Summary (from OCLC): Clarabelle's mortgage is coming due in just two months and she's worried. She doesn't have enough money to pay it off. Mickey and Minnie take her to a dance to cheer her up. There she meets Eli Squinch, who had a run-in with Mickey just a few months earlier. To his surprise, Eli makes a bee-line for Clarabelle and proceeds to woo her. Mickey knows Eli can't be trusted. With a little detective work, he discovers that Eli's grandfather was a mining partner with Clarabelle's grandfather. Perhaps they found something. Maybe Eli thinks they found something worth having. -- Published in the style of a Big Little Book. -- Funny animal and detective genres. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M5245 1938 ----------------------------------------------------- Tarzan and the Golden Lion / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1943. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1448) -- Artist: Rex Maxon ; cover artist: John Coleman Burroughs ; first five illustrations are by an unknown artist per Biglittlebooks.com. -- Summary (from OCLC): Tarzan had been betrayed! He was drugged and was delivered into the hands of the dreadful priests of Opar, last bastion of ancient Atlantis. La, High Priestess of the Flaming God, is driven by her love for Tarzan and makes a desperate effort to save him! His faithful Jad-bal-ja, a golden lion that he raised from cub, follows him on his adventures. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T295 1943 ----------------------------------------------------- The Beasts of Tarzan / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; no. 1410) -- Summary (from OCLC): Tarzan's arch-enemy, Nikolas Rokoff, has escaped from prison and kidnaps Tarzan and Jane's son. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T28 1937 ----------------------------------------------------- Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins in the Jungle / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- New York : Dell Publishing Company, 1938. -- 192 p. : ill. ; 14 cm. -- (A Fast-Action Story) -- Cover title: Tarzan with the Tarzan Twins in the Jungle. -- "A story of the famous Tarzan of the Apes." -- Alternating text and image pages. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.T3 T9 1938 ----------------------------------------------------- The Return of Tarzan / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1102) -- Interior art by Rex Maxon, per Biglittlebooks.com. -- Summary (from OCLC): After a brief and harrowing experience among men, Tarzan returns to the jungle, where he becomes involved in a search for Opar, the city of gold. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T3048 1936 ----------------------------------------------------- Tarzan the Untamed / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1941. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1452) -- A flip book adventure is inset printed. -- Flip feature drawn by John Coleman Burroughs ; artist: Rex Maxon ; cover artist: John Coleman Burroughs. Strip alters Burroughs' original story: Germans become Reds; Pat Canby becomes Olga the Spy, per Biglittlebooks.com. -- Summary (from OCLC): Lord Greystoke returned to his home when he learned that British Africa had been invaded by the Red Army. There he found his retainers brutally murdered, and his outbuildings burned. In their bedroom, he found a corpse, charred beyond recognition but wearing his wife's rings. After he buried his beloved and the men who gave their lives trying to defend her, Tarzan set off seeking revenge. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T309 1941 ----------------------------------------------------- Tarzan the Terrible / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1453) -- Cover art signed: John Coleman Burroughs. -- Includes flip animation. -- Summary (from OCLC): The discovery that Jane still lives, her apparent death a trick by enemy soldiers, sends the jungle lord into the almost impenetrable vastnesses of the lost land of Pal-ul-don. There he finds two kingdoms of primitive humans caught up in a religious war, and Jane has become a prized captive. When Tarzan and Jane are reunited, it is as captives stretched out helplessly as sacrifices on the altar of the Living God. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T308 1942 ----------------------------------------------------- Dixie Dugan Among the Cowboys / adapted from comic strip by Striebel and McEvoy. -- Akron, Ohio :, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1939. -- 392 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- "1167" in the New Little Big Book series, the title of which does not appear on this example. -- "A McNaught Syndicate Feature." -- Career girl and western genres. -- Call no.: PN6728.S12 D53 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- Og, Son of Fire / based on the famous radio adventure series, by Irving Crump. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1115) -- "Og, Son of Fire" first appeared as a novel published by Dodd, Mead (New York, 1922). -- Summary (from OCLC): It is a time of hunger for the cave-dwellers. The mussels have disappeared from the river and the meat animals can't be found. An old wise man has sent two scouts to find new land but they have not returned. Jealous Pong is telling the people that the fire gods are angry and must be appeased by sacrifice -- the death of the old one. His daughter watches the path, looking for the scouts, Og and Ru, so she can warn them. -- Prehistoric adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 O34 1936 Crump, Irving, 1887-1979. ----------------------------------------------------- The Return of the Phantom / by Lee Falk and Ray Moore. -- Racine, Wisconsin : Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; no. 1489) -- "Based on the Famous Newspaper Strip." -- A flip book adventure is inset printed. -- Summary (from OCLC): Misled by Diana Palmer's mother, the Phantom and Diana believe they will never see each other again. Unknown to each other they sail on the same ship: The Phantom jumping offboard as the ship neared the Land of the Bandar, to be met by the canoes of his welcoming people, and Diana continuing her voyage. She disembarkes at Swari, a small garrison town at the edge of the jungle. That evening she hears the drums of welcome and hears that The Phantom has returned. Roark, her contact, has a room all ready for her but she wants to immediately go into the jungle to seek The Phantom. Soon after, the Phantom inspects Bandar to see what changes have occurred in his absence, and finds too many young men gone. The Chief tells Phantom that a pearl smuggler has forced them to dive in protected pearl beds until they collapse, and his name is Roark. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 P4708 1942 ----------------------------------------------------- Popeye and the Quest for the Rainbird. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1943. -- 344 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1459) -- "Based on the Famous Comic Strip." -- Summary (from OCLC): Popeye the Sailor decided to quit the sea and marry his patient girlfriend, Olive Oyl. He knocked at her door, proposed to her, and Olive Oyl fainted dead away. When she woke up, she said "YES!" Popeye wants to get married immediately but Olive's mother asks for an hour to bake a cake. While he's waiting for the cake to bake, Popeye tells Wimpy his decision. Wimpy asks where they will live and Popeye reveals that he's always wanted to live on a farm. Wimpy points out that Popeye doesn't own a farm, which is correct, so Popeye decides to buy one. This leads to a trip to the country which becomes a trip to the weatherman's office (because the farmers don't like the weather), which leads to the only place in the world that can control the weather, Neutopia. It turns out that Neutopia can control the weather because of the rainbird, so Popeye decides to travel to Neutopia and get one. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 P614 1943 ----------------------------------------------------- Foreign Spies : Doctor Doom and the Ghost Submarine : an International Spy Story / by Conrad Vane ; illustrated by A. McWilliams. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1460) -- Summary (from OCLC): Ten ocean vessels have been torpedoed in the Mediterranian. All attempts to find the pirate submarine have failed. A secret message arrives at a darkened house in Paris and Mark Cameron quickly delivers it to the man called Doctor Doom. Many who knew of him, feared Doctor Doom as "international spy", but in fact, Doctor Doom and his organization were the strongest defenders of peace. As Doctor Doom, Mark Cameron, and their bodyguard, Igor, boarded the train to Marsailles, the Falcon's agent who was tracking their every move sent a coded message ahead of them. Soon after arriving, Doctor Doom meets with respresentatives of the world's most powerful nations. The men who summoned him believe that a powerful agent is determined to send the world into a war that could mean the end of civilization. -- Spy genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 I452 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- The Tarzan Twins / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. -- 422 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 770) -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T307 1935 ----------------------------------------------------- Tarzan the Fearless / with illustrations from the motion picture starring Buster Crabbe. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1934. -- 234 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 769) -- "Produced by Principal Pictures Corporation; Sol Lesser, President." -- "The character of Tarzan was adapted for motion pictures from the famous stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs." -- Summary (from OCLC): A small safari is huddled around a campfire deep in the Congo. Their leader, Doctor Brooks, had disappeared from his tent without a sound or trace. Few people in the safari trusted another; no one knew where they were headed, for the Doctor hadn't told them. The Arab porters had more reason to be afraid. They'd been here before, working for a slaver who'd looked for victims among the Waziri, the tribe led by Tarzan. One night a huge white figure had swooped down from the trees and taken revenge on the slaver, and it was Tarzan. In fact, it was another man living in this Congo jungle who's spotted Doctor Brooks' safari and decided to take action. Eltar, High Priest of the Temple of Zar was concerned that the secret of the Temple might be at risk. Zar was a hungry god, and the blood of the white man might appease him. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T293 1934 Crabbe, Buster, 1908-1983. ----------------------------------------------------- The Shadow and the Ghost Makers : from the Shadow's Private Annals / as told to Maxwell Grant ; illustrated by Erwin L. Darwin [i.e., Erwin L Hess]. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1495) -- Summary (from OCLC): Herbert Harvey is murdered at a seance by a spirit knife dancing in the air. The Shadow and the police try to figure out who the murderer really was. -- Detective genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 S427 1942 ----------------------------------------------------- Popeye, the Super-Fighter. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. -- 1 v. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (Better Little Book ; 1406) -- (All Pictures Comics) -- "From the famous comic strip." -- Includes two flip-movies. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 P643 1942 ----------------------------------------------------- Such a Life! says Donald Duck / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; no. 1404) -- Summary (from OCLC): Donald must cope with Bolivar (who doesn't want to exercise), his cousin Gus (who eats everything he can get his hands on and even steals bananas from zoo monkeys and bottles from babies) and a very long visit from his three nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D662 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- Donald Duck Sees Stars! / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1941. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; no. 1422) -- "Flip the pages and watch Donald in a jitterbug dance" -- Summary (from OCLC): In a series of adventures, Donald briefly holds a job as a bill collector, complains about a crying baby next door, tries to hatch a parrot egg, plants a garden, and more. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D6615 1941 ----------------------------------------------------- Donald Duck Lays Down the Law / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1948. -- 286 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1449) -- Cover title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck Lays Down the Law. -- Summary (from OCLC): Donald's attempts to discipline his nephews lead to trouble. -- Funny animal and family humor genres. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D6535 1948 ----------------------------------------------------- Donald Duck is Here Again! / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1944. -- 343 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1484) -- (All Pictures Comics) -- Summary (from OCLC): A collection of 5-panel comic strips featuring Donald, the nephews, Daisy Duck, and other friends. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D6533 1944 ----------------------------------------------------- Donald Duck in Volcano Valley / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1949. -- 286 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1457) -- Cover title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck in Volcano Valley. -- Summary (from OCLC): Huey, Dewey and Louis want a toy model airplane to play with, and because he knows the army made many of these, he orders a model from the Army Surplus catalog and sends off a check for $2.50. But when it comes, the model is a full size four-engine bomber! Donald is about to sell the plane for scrap metal when a stranger from a county called Volcanovia offers him what seems like a fortune: 300,000 Volcanovian pezozies! The boys want to take just one ride on the plane and soon they are heading into the wild blue yonder. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D655 1949 ----------------------------------------------------- Donald Duck Says Such Luck! / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1941. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book, no. 1424) -- "Flip the pages and watch Donald dance the hula." -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D6623 1941 ----------------------------------------------------- Gentleman Joe Palooka / adapted from comic strip by Ham Fisher. -- Akron, Ohio : The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1940. -- 382 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- "1167" in the here-unnamed series The New Little Big Book. -- "A McNaught Syndicate Feature." -- Sports genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.S12 G4 1940 ----------------------------------------------------- Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 : On the Trail of the Counterfeiters / by Norman Marsh. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1125) -- Some of the illustrations are signed "Marsh". -- Summary (from OCLC): Secret Service agent Dan Dunn flies to Canada to track down and catch the notorious Chinese criminal Wu Fang. With the help of the dog Wolf, he succeeds. -- Detective genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D247 1936 Secret Service (United States) ----------------------------------------------------- Popeye and the Deep Sea Mystery / by Segar. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1499) -- "Based on the famous comic strip." --Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 P59 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- Popeye and the Jeep / by Segar. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1405) -- "Based on the famous comic strip "Thimble Theatre." -- Summary (from OCLC): Olive Oyl receives Eugene the Jeep, a strange pet from Africa with magical powers, from her uncle. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 P608 1937 ----------------------------------------------------- The Phantom / by Lee Falk and Ray Moore. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; no. 1100) -- "Based on the famous adventure strip." -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 P467 1936 ----------------------------------------------------- Flash Gordon and the Monsters of Mongo / by Alex Raymond. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. -- 426 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1166) -- Science fiction genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 F547 1935 ----------------------------------------------------- Donald Duck : Hunting for Trouble / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- "1478." -- In the format of a Big Little Book. -- Summary (from OCLC): Donald tries to outsmart Mickey Mouse's nephews, Morty and Monty, but all his tricks seem to snap back on Donald. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D6534 1938 ----------------------------------------------------- Donald Duck : Headed for Trouble / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book, no. 1430) -- A flip book adventure is inset printed. -- Summary (from OCLC): Everyday life in Donald Duck's house brings a new kind of trouble, especially when his nephews are involved. Huey, Dewey and Louie can test a barometer, paint half a fence, and not have a party with more mayhem than anyone else. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D6532 1942 ----------------------------------------------------- Silly Symphony featuring Donald Duck and His (Mis)adventures / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; no. 1441) -- Summary (from OCLC): Donald Duck gets revenge or plays practical jokes and tricks for revenge on the folks who trick him. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D6536 1937 ----------------------------------------------------- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1946. -- 346 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1407) -- "Based on the famous newspaper strip by Edgar Rice Burroughs." -- The artist is Rex Maxon per Biglittlebooks.com. -- Summary (from OCLC): Two men lead a safari into Tarzan's land. They have quarreled and are dividing their supplies and bearers to separate. Tarzan discovers the first when he stops the man from killing a gorilla, and sends him off to the railhead. Young Blake wishes to travel to the coast, but on the way, sets off from his safari, hoping to take some wildlife photos and meet his men later. A storm descends with fury, and when it has passed Blake is totally alone and disoriented. He wanders to a dry plain, and spots a large white stone cross, carved with a message he can't read. Behind the cross is the entrance to a land never before seen by western men. The people speak in an English not spoken since the Middle Ages. Blake has stumbled into the Valley of the Sepulcher. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T3035 1946 ----------------------------------------------------- Tarzan of the Apes / by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- Racine, Wis : Whitman Publishing Company, 1933. -- 315 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- "The Big Little cartoon book." -- Panel-and-caption style. -- Cover art signed "Bennett." -- Numbered "744" in the here-unnamed Big Little Book series. -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 T292 1933 ----------------------------------------------------- Dick Tracy Returns / by Chester Gould. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book, no. 1495) -- "From the story of The Republic Motion Picture Serial starring Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy and with Lynn Roberts. Directed by William Whitney and John English. Read the book--See the picture." -- Summary (from OCLC): Dick Tracy has just finished teaching a class at the F.B.I. School and is flying home to California with a new graduate, Ron Merton. On the flight, he relates the history of Pa Stark, "the worst in crime". Five years ago, a soft parole board released Pa Stark. Since then, he's been causing all kinds of trouble with his five sons, whom he has trained to be ruthless killers. Right now, Pa is is ready to pull off the most daring heist in bank robbery history. The Ward Trust and Bonding Company has requested an extra agent to accompany a transfer of half a million dollars. Ron is assigned the duty. The transfer is going smoothly until a large truck starts squeezing the armored truck off the street. -- Detective genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 D529 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse Runs His Own Newspaper / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1409) -- Summary (from OCLC): Mickey Mouse buys the Daily War-Drum, a newspaper, but gets into trouble with the racketeers. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M5293 1937 ----------------------------------------------------- Hal Hardy in the Lost Valley of the Giants : the World 1,000,000 Years Ago / by R.B. Winter. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. -- 292 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; no. 1413) -- Cover title: Hal Hardy in the Lost Land of Giants. -- Summary (from OCLC): Professor Grayson was traveling with a geologist Larry Spencer, a photographer Bob Woods, and his nephew, Hal Hardy. They were exploring an area known by the natives as a land of witches and spirits but the professor wanted to go further. Beyond the mountains was a land unmapped, and unknown. The natives call this land "Bongdevo" or Land of Devil Dragons. As they are planning the next phase of their expedition, all noise outside their tents suddenly ceased. The porters had left, all except the native head-man, Mobangi. It was five of them against the unknown. They pushed on in a truck, and when the terrain was impassible, continued by foot, one step at a time over the mountain. At last they viewed Bongdevo. Giant ferns filled the landscape, but what were they hiding? -- Prehistoric adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 H27 1938 ----------------------------------------------------- Captain Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan / by Helen Berke ; based on the famous newspaper strip by Jonwan. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1946. -- 346 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (Better Little Books ; 1402) -- Illustrations attributed to Erwin L. Hess who also worked under the name "Jonwan". -- Adventure story genre.-- Call no.: PN6728.W47 C33 1946 ----------------------------------------------------- Inspector Charlie Chan Solves a New Mystery / based on the famous newspaper strip, featuring the character created by Earl Derr Biggers ; drawn by Alfred Andriola. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1940. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1459) -- Cover title: Charlie Chan Solves a New Mystery. -- Summary (from OCLC): A South American uprising is over and Charlie Chan, Kirk Barrow and David Frome are speeding to the airport where a plane would whisk them back to the States. But before they were on board, David Frome had disappeared. When he appeared, he announced he had booked a trip for all three of them on a freighter, the Maid of Orleans, a banana boat. Their fellow passengers would be a very sick man and his nurse, a Mr. Trevor, who had boarded without anyone seeing him, Sam Shallet who is transporting a very special macaw, and their houseboy, Biena, who stowed aboard in David's trunk. -- Detective genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 C452 1940 ----------------------------------------------------- Walt Disney's Brer Rabbit : from the motion picture "Song of the South" / adapted from the original Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1947. -- 284 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1426) -- (All Pictures Comics) -- Library copy lacks title page. -- Contents: Brer Fox's rabbit trap ; Brer Rabbit and his "Laffin' Place" ; Brer Rabbit and the tar baby ; Brer Rabbit and the sassafras roots ; Brer Rabbit's money mint ; Brer Tarrypin's decision. -- Funny animal genre, based on African American folklore. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 B74 1947 Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908. ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2022 ----------------------------------------------------- Abbie an' Slats and Becky / by Raeburn Van Buren. -- Akron, Ohio : The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1940. -- 392 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- "1182." -- Summary (from OCLC): Slats decides he must find a job if he wants to marry Becky. Then Tony decides to win Slats away from Becky. -- Adventure story genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.S12 A2 1940 ----------------------------------------------------- Walt Disney's Bambi : the Prince of the Forest / based on the famous story by Felix Salten ; illustrated with scenes from the Walt Disney Motion Picture by the staff of Walt Disney Productions. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. -- 4 24 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1469) -- "Based on 'Bambi, a life in the woods' by Felix Salten, translated by Whittaker Chambers." -- Summary (from OCLC): The adventures of a young deer. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 B23 1942 ----------------------------------------------------- Bambi's Children / adapted from the original story by Felix Salten ; illustrated by Walt Disney Studio. -- Racine, Wisconsin : Whitman Publishing Co., 1943. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1497) -- The original story was titled Bambis Kinder. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 B232 1943 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse : the Mail Pilot / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1933. -- 296 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. --(The Big Little Book ; 731) -- Summary (from OCLC): Mickey decides he wants to be a mail pilot. He fills out the form, and walks out to the field and takes a plane up. When he crashes into the roof of the pilot school, he learns he's supposed to take lessons first. So he learns about plane mechanics, how to fly in the dark, how to handle the plane in an emergency. Then he gets his wings and he's a real pilot. Mickey learns there is a mystery going on: Six planes have disappeared in the last month! Finally, a mail plane limps back to the field and the pilot has a strange story. He's spotted the missing planes, alright. They're all stuck in a giant spider web. Captain Doberman takes a plane up to check and then he disappears too! Mickey's friend, the mechanic, reminds Mickey the air mail slogan: "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat..." Mickey resolves that his plane will complete his appointed round. But once he's up there, he spots the giant web, and his motor stops working! -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M523 1933 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse and Pluto the Racer / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1128) -- Summary (from OCLC): Mickey enters Pluto in a dog race and has an adventure in training and running him. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M5243 1936 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse and Bobo the Elephant / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Co., 1935. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1160) -- Summary (from OCLC): Minnie and Mickey are walking to the ball game. On the way they pass an auction house and since they are early, they stop in to watch the fun. While the auctioneer is trying to sell a mystery crate, Minnie asks what time it is. The auction hall is a noisy place so Mickey shouts, "3:30", and, SOLD! Mickey has bought the crate. When it's opened, he discovers he's bought a baby elephant! Once he gets the elephant settled in the back yard, he discovers Bobo is very smart. He can help wash windows -- Mickey doesn't need a ladder to get to the high ones, and Bobo can rinse them with his trunk. He finds Bobo playing with a paper horn and gets an idea. Maybe Bobo can learn to play the tuba.! It turns out that Bobo can play all kinds of instruments. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M51823 1935 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse in Blaggard Castle / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1934. -- 314 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 726) -- Summary (from OCLC): Mickey Mouse receives an invitation to visit Blaggard Castle, and it's signed by Professors Ecks, Doublex, and Triplex. Mickey's been out of town for a while, but Horace knows that the Blaggad Castle is empty and has been for years. He's sure there is something fishy going on. And Horace is right. The professors need Mickey to complete their evil experiments. Horace and Mickey arrive at the castle and a trapdoor gives way beneath them. They're trapped in the dungeons. In the mean time, Minnie and Clarabelle have gotten worried about the others. Minnie goes to Mickey's house and finds the invitation in the wastebasket. That's the clue they need. Minnie and Clarabelle are on the trail. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M51822 1934 ----------------------------------------------------- Walt Disney's Pluto the Pup / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1467) -- Summary (from OCLC): Mickey's attempts to teach Pluto the pup good manners backfire. When Mickey goes fishing, he ties Pluto up to the dog house, Pluto decides to follow him anyway, and shows up, dragging his dog house, just as it starts to rain. So the two stay dry in the dog house and catch lots of fish. Pluto is determined to sleep in Mickey's bed with Mickey, no matter what it takes. The dog catcher spots Pluto without a license and after a few close calls, Pluto is caught and taken to the pound. Mickey must earn the money to buy his pup a dog license, but how? -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M5242 1938 ----------------------------------------------------- Tarzan the Avenger : a New Story about the Famous Tarzan of the Apes, the Jungle Hero Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -- New York : Dell Publishing Company, 1939. -- 192 p. : ill. ; 14 cm. -- (A Fast-Action Story) -- Jungle adventure genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.T3 A9 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- A Guide to Tarzan Big Little Books and Other Related Books / written by Larry Lowery and Brian J. Bohnett. -- Williamston, Mich. : Mad Kings Publishing Company, 1996. -- 187 p. : ill. ; 15 cm. -- At head of title: Big Little Book Collectors Club of America and Mad Kings of Michigan present. -- Annotated bibliography. -- Call no.: PN6728.T3 Z5 L62 1996 ----------------------------------------------------- Blondie : Baby Dumpling, and All! / by Chic Young. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1941. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; 1487) -- "Based on the famous comic strip." -- "See em move: just flip the pages." -- Family humor genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 B5435 1941 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse Presents Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies Stories : Featuring Donald Duck, Peter Pig, Benny Bird, and Bucky Bug / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. -- 423 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1111) -- Summary (from OCLD): This book includes three stories in rhyme. In the first, one of the Wise Little Hen's mischievous chicks runs away, and she asks Donald Duck and Peter Pig for help. In the second story, Benny the Bird hatches and learns how to be a bird. In the third story, Bucky Bug sets out to see the world. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M5343 1936 ----------------------------------------------------- Inspector Charlie Chan : Villainy on the High Seas. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. -- 424 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Better Little Book ; no. 1424) -- "Charlie Chan character created by Earl Derr Biggers. Based on the newspaper strip drawn by Alfred Andriola." -- Includes an inset flip book adventure. -- Summary (from OCLC): Charlie Chan has joined friends on a private yacht for a fishing trip in the Gulf Stream off Florida. While the war in Europe is thousands of miles away, it is still in the back of everyone's mind. It seems as though nothing can ruin the beautiful day until someone spots a submarine periscope in the water. A submarine is watching them! When it surfaces they quickly realize it is not from a friendly country. Before the yacht is boarded, Charlie Chan disguises himself as a Chinese cook in the galley. When the captain of the submarine discovers him in there, Charlie is shanghaied. -- Detective genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 C454 1942 ----------------------------------------------------- The Adventures of Scrappy : based on the Columbia motion picture / produced by Charles Mintz ; story by Hal Hode. -- New York City : Lynn Publishing Company, 1935. -- 187 p. : ill. ; 15 cm. -- (A Lynn Book ; L12) -- "Based on Columbia's motion picture cartoon series by Charles Mintz." -- "All illustrations used are from the Scrappy cartoons." -- Funny kid genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.S345 H6 1935 Mintz, Charles, -1939 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse : the Detective / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1934. -- 294 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book ; 1139) -- Summary (from OCLC): Mickey finds Dippy Dog sitting on the curb crying. His rich old uncle had died, and left his money to charity and his detective business to Dippy. Dippy doesn't want the businss all by himself. Then he thinks a great idea: he and Mickey can be partners! It isn't long before Mickey discovers that Dippy isn't a good detective or a good business partner. -- Funny animal and detective genres. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M51826 1934 ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse : the Mail Pilot / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1933. -- 320 p. : ill. ; 11 cm. -- (The Big Little Book) -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M523 1933b ----------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mouse / by Walt Disney. -- Racine, Wis. : Whitman Publishing Company, 1933. -- 316 p. : ill. ; 12 cm. -- (The Big Little Book) -- Summary (from OCLC): Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Clarabelle and Horsecollar went off on a camping trip. When they got to the campsite, they pitched their tents. Horsecollar offered to help Minnie and Clarabelle but with a storm coming up, Clarabelle said he'd better get his own tent up first. Horsecollar's feelings were just a little hurt. The foursome goes fishing, meets some local gypsies, tracks a moose, and then Minnie disappears. A ransom note demands $5000 or they'll never see her again. Mickey and Pluto attempt a rescue and find themselves trapped too. -- Funny animal genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.W47 M49 1933 -----------------------------------------------------Back to the A to Z index screen