Although Ladybird books
have been published in many languages and exported to many countries
including, Sweden, France, Spain and Italy, they never quite
made it to America in their original format.
But a small publishing company from New York in the United States
apporached Ladybird in the 1970s to ask for special licence
to produce 'new' editions of some of the more popular titles.
This page looks at some of the American editions. You can click
on any of the books for more information.
These US editions were
all produced as paperbacks and are a little larger in size than
their UK counterparts, measuring in at 9.25 by 7 inches (the
standard UK Ladybird books measure 7 by 4.75 inches).
The printing quality is a little poorer than the UK editions
and many of the images have been cropped a little.
Some of the text has been either edited, or changed altogether
and on one or two of the books credit has not been given to
the correct illustrator.
It has to be said that
the American editions are not nearly as well-presented as the
original little UK hardbacks.
