NEW Little Golden Book - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Follow the Ninja!

Publisher: Golden Books

Language: English

Hardcover: 24 pages

Reading Age: 2–5 years

Item Weight: 90 grams

Dimensions: 16 cm x 0.5 cm x 20 cm

Origin Story: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is a globally recognised franchise that began as a comic book series created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984. The story follows four anthropomorphic turtle brothers—Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo—who were mutated by a mysterious substance and trained in ninjutsu by their sensei, a mutant rat named Splinter.

Ninja Training: A core part of the Turtles' identity is their rigorous ninjutsu training under Splinter, which teaches them discipline, stealth, and combat skills they use to protect New York City from evil villains like Shredder and the Foot Clan.

Cultural Phenomenon: What started as a self-published, black-and-white comic quickly exploded into a cultural phenomenon. The franchise expanded into an animated television series in 1987, which cemented the Turtles' popularity among children worldwide, along with catchphrases like "Cowabunga!" becoming embedded in pop culture.

Modern Era: Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the franchise in 2009, producing new animated series and helping to introduce the Turtles to a new generation of fans. Throughout all its iterations, the franchise has maintained its core themes of brotherhood, heroism, martial arts action, and irreverent humour.

• Leonardo (Blue): The disciplined leader who wields twin katana and keeps his brothers focused

• Michelangelo (Orange): The fun-loving, pizza-obsessed party dude who fights with nunchaku

• Donatello (Purple): The brainy inventor and tech expert who fights with a bo staff

• Raphael (Red): The hot-headed rebel with a soft heart who wields twin sai

• Splinter: The wise mutant rat sensei who trained the Turtles in the art of ninjutsu

Revolutionary Beginning: When Little Golden Books were first published in 1942, high-quality books for children hadn't been available at a price most people could afford. Little Golden Books changed that! Priced at just 25 cents and sold where people shopped every day, they caused an instant sensation and were soon purchased by the hundreds of thousands.

Influential Illustrators: Several of its illustrators later became influential within the children's book industry, including Corinne Malvern, Tibor Gergely, Gustaf Tenggren, Feodor Rojankovsky, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkin, and Garth Williams.

Diverse Content: Many books in the Little Golden Books series deal with nature, science, Bible stories, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales. Christmas titles are published every year.

Popular Characters: Some Little Golden Books and related products have featured popular characters from other media, such as Disney, Looney Tunes, The Muppets, Sesame Street, Sonic the Hedgehog, Barbie, Power Rangers, Thomas the Tank Engine, and others.

Action Hero Adaptations: The line has also adapted popular action franchises like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, bringing beloved characters to young readers in age-appropriate formats while maintaining the excitement and adventure that made them famous.

Original Partnership: The series started with publishing firm Simon & Schuster; Western Printing and Lithographing Company in Racine, Wisconsin was Simon & Schuster's partner in the Little Golden Books venture, with Western handling print operations. Ownership and control of the series have changed several times since; today, Penguin Random House is its current publisher.

Consistent Quality: Despite the changes of detail that occurred over the years, the Little Golden Books maintains a distinctive appearance. A copy of The Poky Little Puppy bought today is essentially the same as one printed in 1942. Both are readily recognisable as Little Golden Books. At the time of the series' golden anniversary in 1992, Golden Books claimed that a billion and a half Little Golden Books had been sold.

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