The pictures below show many larger views of the Set of (4) ©1931 Kellogg's Cereal Advertising Premium Story Books of Games in this lot. The below pictures show the front and back covers, the board games in each and some random pages from inside. You would get one of the books with the purchase of a package of Kelloggs cereal, and advertising shows that in 1931 you could order the books by mail from Kelloggs for a cereal box top and 10 cents each. These colorful books were put out by The Home Economics Department of The Kellogg Company of Battle Creek, Michigan. They each have (12) pages with heavier card stock covers. Each have old Kelloggs cereal advertising, illustrated stories, character games, game instructions, game spinners, meal planning, menus, as well as eating and health tips with the story characters, and more. These soft cover premium books contain the following famous children's stories, tales, or fables with colorful images: (book #1) CINDERELLA LITTLE BLACK SAMBO THE THREE LITTLE PIGS HANSEL AND GRETEL (book #2) JACK AND THE BEANSTALK RUMPELSTILTSKIN HOP O' MY THUMB THE THREE BEARS (book #3) THE SEVEN SWANS THE SLEEPING BEAUTY JACK THE GIANT KILLER THE GLASS HILL (book #4) ALADDIN THE FLYING TRUNK LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD RAPUNZELLE The colorful Fairy Story games found inside these are as follows: (book #1) The Game of Cinderella The Game of Three Little Pigs The Game of Hansel and Gretel The Game of Poor Little Black Sambo (book #2) The Game of The Three Bears The Game of Jack and The Beanstalk The Game of Rumpelstiltskin The Game of Hop O' My Thumb (book #3) The Game of Jack The Giant Killer The Game of The Sleeping Beauty The Game of The Seven Swans The Game of The Glass Hill (book #4) The Game of Little Red Riding Hood The Game of Aladdin The Game of Rapunzelle The Game of The Flying Trunk The four books measure 8'' x 9-3/4''. They all appear to be in excellent used condition with some over all wear from use as pictured. Each book has a fold down section that has a game spinner. They once had colored cardboard game pieces on that section, but all of these pieces had been punched out, and they are missing. |