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{{Short description|Series of pocket-sized books}}
{{Infobox book series
| name = Golden Guide
| image = Goldenguides.jpg
| image_caption = Early Golden Guides, published from 1949 to 1955.
| books =
| author =
| editors = [[Herbert Zim]], Vera Webster
| title_orig = Golden Nature Guides
| translator =
| illustrator = [[James Gordon Irving]]
| cover_artist =
| country = United States
| language = English
| discipline = 
| publisher = [[Western Publishing]]<br />[[Golden Press]]<br />[[St. Martin's Press]] (2001–present)
| pub_date = 1949–2002
| english_pub_date =
| media_type = [[Paperback|Pocket book]]
| number_of_books = 84
| list_books =
| oclc =
| preceded by =
| followed by = [[Golden Field Guide]]
| website = [http://us.macmillan.com/series/AGoldenGuidefromStMartinsPress Official website]
}}
The '''Golden Guides''', originally '''Golden Nature Guides''', were a series of 160-page, pocket-sized books created by [[Western Publishing]] and published under their "Golden Press" line (primarily a children's book imprint) from 1949. Edited by [[Herbert S. Zim]] and Vera Webster, the books were written by experts in their field and featuring realistic color illustrations.

Intended for primary and secondary school level readers, the first books were [[field guide]]s illustrated by [[James Gordon Irving]], with such titles as ''Birds'' (1949), ''Insects'' (1951), and ''Mammals'' (1955). The series later expanded beyond identification guides to cover a wider range of subjects, such as ''Geology'' (1972), ''Scuba Diving'' (1968)'','' and ''Indian Arts'' (1970).

In 1966, Zim launched a related series, the [[Golden Field Guide]]s, aimed at high school or college-age readers.

An updated series was relaunched in 2001 as "Golden Guides by [[St. Martin's Press]]", illustrated largely with photographs but retaining some of the original 1950s illustrations.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://uppercasemagazine.com/issue15|title = The Golden Nature of James Gordon Irving|last = Fandrich|first = Leslie|date = Fall 2012|journal = Uppercase|issue = 15|pages = 46–50}}</ref>

==List of Golden Guides==

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Title || Author(s) || Date Published
|-
| ''Acadia National Park'' || Grant Sharpe || 1968
|-
| ''American Antique Glass'' || Elizabeth Oliver || 1977
|-
| ''Antiques'' || Ann Cole || 1967
|-
| ''Architecture'' || Charles Rambert || 1969
|-
| ''Bats of the World'' || Gary Graham || 1994
|-
| ''Bicycling'' || George Fichter & Keith Kingbay || 1972
|-
| ''Bird Life'' || Stephen Kress || 1991
|-
| ''Birds'' || Herbert Zim & Ira Gabrielson || 1949
|-
| ''Birds of Europe'' || [[Bertel Bruun]] || 1967
|-
| ''Botany'' || Taylor Alexander, R. Will Burnett, Zim || 1970
|-
| ''Butterflies and Moths'' || Robert Mitchell & Herbert Zim || 1962
|-
| ''Cacti'' || Frank Venning || 1974
|-
| ''Camping'' || Robert Smallman || 1965
|-
| ''Casino Games'' || Bill Friedman || 1973
|-
| ''Cats'' || George Fichter || 1973
|-
| ''Dinosaurs'' || [[Eugene S. Gaffney|Eugene Gaffney]] || 1990
|-
| ''Ecology'' || Taylor Alexander & George Fichter || 1973
|-
| ''Endangered Animals'' || George Fichter || 1995
|-
| ''Everglades National Park'' ||Herbert Zim || 1960
|-
| ''Evolution'' || Frank T. Rhodes || 1974
|-
| ''Exotic Plants'' || Julia Morton || 1971
|-
| ''Exploring Space'' || Mark Chartrand || 1991
|-
| ''Families of Birds'' || Oliver Austin || 1971
|-
| ''Fishes'' || Herbert Zim & Hurst Shoemaker || 1955
|-
| ''Fishing'' || George Fichter & Phil Francis || 1965
|-
| ''Flowers'' || Herbert Zim & Alexander Martin || 1950
|-
| ''Flying'' ||[[Barry Schiff]]
|| 1971
|-
| ''Fossils'' || Frank Rhodes, H. Zim & Paul Shaffer || 1962
|-
| ''Gamebirds'' || Alexander Sprunt & Herbert Zim || 1961
|-
| ''Geology'' || Frank Rhodes || 1972
|-
| ''Guns'' || Larry Koller || 1961
|-
| ''Hallucinogenic Plants'' || [[Richard Schultes]] || 1976
|-
| ''Heart'' || Sarah Riedman || 1974
|-
| ''Herbs and Spices'' || Julia Morton || 1976
|-
| ''Horses'' || Moira Duggan || 1972
|-
| ''Indian Arts'' || Andrew Whiteford || 1970
|-
| ''Insect Pests'' || George Fichter || 1966
|-
| ''Insects'' || Herbert Zim & [[Clarence Cottam]] || 1951
|-
| ''Israel and the Holy Land'' ||Rinna Samuel || 1967
|-
| ''Italy'' || Paul Friedlander & Joseph Brooks || 1955
|-
| ''Kites'' || Wyatt Brummit || 1971
|-
| ''Landforms'' || George Adams & Jerome Wyckoff || 1971
|-
| ''Light and Color'' || Clarence Rainwater || 1971
|-
| ''Mammals'' || Herbert Zim & Donald Hoffmeister || 1955
|-
| ''Mexico'' || Herbert Zim || 1969
|-
| ''Modern Painting'' || Michel Hoog || 1970
|-
| ''Non-Flowering Plants'' || Floyd Shuttleworth & Herbert Zim || 1967
|-
| ''Oceanography'' || Gilbert Voss || 1972
|-
| ''Orchids'' || Shuttleworth, Zim & Gordon Dillon || 1970
|-
| ''Pacific Northwest'' || Herbert Zim & Natt Dodge || 1959
|-
| ''Painting - From Its Origins'' || Genevieve Monnier || 1969
|-
| ''Painting, Gasser's Guide to'' || Henry Gasser || 1964
|-
| ''Photography'' || Herbert Zim & R. Will Burnett || 1956
|-
| ''Planets'' || Mark Chartrand || 1990
|-
| ''Pond Life'' || George Reid || 1967
|-
| ''Power Boats'' || Bill Wallace || 1961
|-
| ''Reptiles and Amphibians'' || Herbert Zim & [[Hobart Muir Smith|Hobart Smith]] || 1953
|-
| ''Rocks and Minerals'' || Herbert Zim & Paul Shaffer || 1957
|-
| ''Rocky Mountains'' || Herbert Zim || 1964
|-
| ''Sailing'' || Bill Wallace || 1960
|-
| ''Scuba Diving'' || Wheeler North || 1968
|-
| ''Sculpture, An Introduction to'' || Guillaume Janneau & Simone Hoog || 1970
|-
| ''Seashells of the World'' || [[R. Tucker Abbott]] || 1962
|-
| ''Seashores'' || Herbert Zim & Lester Ingle || 1955
|-
| ''Ski'' || Bill Wallace & Bob Beattie || 1966
|-
| ''Sky Observer's Guide'' || R. Newton, M. Mayall & Jerome Wyckoff || 1965
|-
| ''Snakes'' || Sarah Whittley || 2002
|-
| ''Southeast, The American'' || Herbert Zim || 1960
|-
| ''Southwest, The American'' || Natt Dodge & Herbert Zim || 1959
|-
| ''Spiders & Their Kin'' || [[Herbert Levi]] & Lorna Levi || 1968
|-
| ''Sports Cars'' || Mortarini, Leopold & Waterfall || 1968
|-
| ''Stars'' || Herbert Zim & Robert Baker || 1951
|-
| ''Trees'' || Herbert Zim & A. Martin || 1952
|-
| ''Tropical Fish'' || Bruce Halstead & Bonnie Landa || 1975
|-
| ''Venomous Animals'' || Edmund Brodie, Jr. || 1989
|-
| ''Washington D.C.'' || Robert Smallman || 1964
|-
| ''Weather'' || Paul Lehr, R. Will Burnett & Herbert Zim || 1957
|-
| ''Weeds'' || Alexander Martin || 1972
|-
| ''Whales and Other Marine Mammals'' || George Fichter || 1990
|-
| ''Wines'' || [[Henri Fluchère]] || 1973
|-
| ''Yosemite'' || Douglass Hubbard || 1970
|-
| ''Zoo Animals'' || Donald Hoffmeister || 1967
|-
| ''Zoology'' || Will Burnett, Herbert Zim, & Harvey Fisher || 1958
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://us.macmillan.com/series/AGoldenGuidefromStMartinsPress Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press] - Current list of Golden Guides
* List of the [http://www.vintagepbks.com/gg-list.html original Golden Guide titles with links to cover images]

[[Category:Golden Books books]]
[[Category:Science books]]
[[Category:Book series]]
[[Category:Publications established in 1949]]
[[Category:Western Publishing]]

Golden Guide - Revision history

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