"Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol (1960) - A Little Golden Book - "Stave 5"

At last we reach "Stave 5" in our fun little breakdown of 1960's Little Golden Book of  "Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol."

The End of It:

I think this book is terrific and holds up really well, 60(!) years later!

Good work!

"Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol (1960) - A Little Golden Book - "Stave 4”

Now it's "Stave 4" from "Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol," the Little Golden Book from 1960.

The Last of the Spirits:

That's Dewey, as the headband on his hat is blue. I rest my case!

Stave 5 ahead!

"Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol (1960) - A Little Golden Book - "Stave 3"

Here's "Stave 3" from our breakdown of the 1960 Little Golden Book "Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol."

The Second of the Spirits:

This spirit must be Huey, right, as he's wearing red? Louie has the green scarf and gloves and Dewey the bluish ones.

And good to see Daisy being recruited to help!

Now on to Stave 4!

"Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol (1960) - A Little Golden Book - "Stave 2"

Next we take a look at "Stave 2" of our review of "Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol," a Little Golden Book from 1960.

The First of the Spirits:

I like where this is going!

My theory, by the way, is that this first "spirit" is Louie, as evidenced by the green wreath he's wearing on his head...

Ready for Stave 3?

"Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol (1960) - A Little Golden Book - "Stave 1"

Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol (1960)
A Little Golden Book
Scrooge: Scrooge McDuck

From about the same time period as the collector's plates we were looking at comes some more illustration, this time in the form of a Little Golden Book from 1960 titled "Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol."

Based on the title and the cover art, it may not be apparent that this is a takeoff on "A Christmas Carol" featuring the great Carl Barks character Uncle Scrooge (Scrooge McDuck), years before the album and cartoon versions of "Mickey's Christmas Carol."

I think it's  a lot of fun, with a simple yet effective story (by Annie North Bedford, adapted by Norman McGary - not sure what that means exactly and what about Dickens?) and extremely appealing artwork (credited as by the Walt Disney Studio).

There are 23 pages of story, which are mostly short sentences with big pictures, effect for young readers.

Since the "plot" actually follows the structure of the book fairly closely, I thought it would be fun to break it down into staves.

So, without further ado, here's Stave 1:

One thing I will point out is that Huey's name is spelled as "Hughie" here. Not sure when "Huey" became standardized, but the boys are wearing their established colors: Red (Huey), Blue (Dewey) and Green (Louie).

Stave 2 coming up!