A scraped knee, one bandage from Mother, and the tears stop on the spot. Then Dan gets to work: soon the dolls and teddy bears of the house are all wearing bandages too, tended by the neighborhood's smallest medical professional. Doctor Dan the Bandage Man is pretend play and reassurance in one, which is exactly why generations of families wore their copies out.

First published in the 1950s and remembered by millions of baby boomers, this is one of the most requested Little Golden Books ever, back in print as a Little Golden Book Classic with Corinne Malvern's warm midcentury illustrations and the unmistakable gold foil spine. The publisher notes the story proved so popular that it is now featured in the Smithsonian's permanent collection.

For ages 3 to 7, for the kid who insists on a bandage for every invisible scrape, and for anyone building a shelf of the Golden Books they grew up with.