Four Color
#140 - Easter with Mother Goose
(March 1947)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1947-02-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue 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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Easter With Mother Goose / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Keywords
- chicks; Easter eggs; kittens; puppies; rabbits
Indexer Notes
Cover is tagged "by Walt Kelly."
Easter Lily
text story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Poem about Easter Lilies.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Poem and illustration.
The Easter Egg Party
comic story / 12 pages
- Characters
- Mother Goose; Buzzy Bunny; The Pieman; Timmy Tap; Poppety-Corn
- 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.
Eggs to Market
comic story / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- An old woman has troubles when she takes Easter eggs to sell at the market.
Indexer Notes
Poem and illustrations.
Three Men in a Basket
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Variation on the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-Dub-Dub," with an Easter theme.
Indexer Notes
Poem and illustrations.
Goldilocks and the Baby Bear's Basket
comic story / 7 pages
- Characters
- Goldilocks; The Three Bears; Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- An Easter variation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Mr. Dumpty Gets Mended
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Humpty Dumpty; Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- After Humpty Dumpty has his great fall, the Easter Bunny helps put him back together.
Indexer Notes
Poem and illustrations.
Ugly, the Duckling
comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- The Ugly Duckling
- Synopsis
- The story of the Ugly Duckling, told in verse.
Indexer Notes
Poem and illustrations.
Jack Spratt
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Jack Spratt
- Synopsis
- Jack Spratt and his wife celebrate by feasting on Christmas, Halloween, and Easter.
Indexer Notes
Poem and illustrations.
Chicken Little
comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Chicken Little; Henny Penny; Ducky Daddles; Goosey-Poosey; Turkey-Lurkey; Caterpillar-Smatterwiller; Foxey-Loxey
- Synopsis
- The Chicken Little story with a twist ending.
Little Boy Blue
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Little Boy Blue; Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- Easter variation of the "Little Boy Blue" nursery rhyme.
Indexer Notes
Poem and illustrations.
The Easter Bunny and the Dwarf
comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Easter Bunny; Mother Goose (cameo); Little Jack Horner (cameo); Jack (cameo); Jill (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A dwarf gets his head stuck inside one of the Easter Bunny's decorated eggs.
Indexer Notes
Story segues into a closing page for Mother Goose's party from the first story of the issue.
Three Little Birds
text story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A little bird shivers on a cold Easter morning.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Poem and illustrations.
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Table of Contents
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Easter With Mother Goose -
1.
Easter Lily
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2.
The Easter Egg Party
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3.
Eggs to Market
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4.
Three Men in a Basket
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5.
Goldilocks and the Baby Bear's Basket
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6.
Mother Goose Egg Race
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7.
Mr. Dumpty Gets Mended
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8.
Ugly, the Duckling
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9.
Jack Spratt
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10.
Chicken Little
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11.
The Old Woman in the Basket
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12.
Little Boy Blue
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13.
The Easter Bunny and the Dwarf
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14.
Three Little Birds
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15.
Today's the Day
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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