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Doctor Dan the Bandage Man is a children's book first published in 1950,[1] which promotes adhesive bandages. It was originally sold with six Band-Aid brand bandages inside (later editions contained two).[2] The book was conceived by publisher Simon & Schuster, and published as part of their Little Golden Books series, with the cooperation of Band-Aid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson.[3] It was written by Helen Gaspard, with illustrations by Corinne Malvern.[1]
Author | Helen Gaspard |
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Audio read by | Ann Gladys Lloyd, Dick Byron |
Illustrator | Corinne Malvern |
Language | English |
Series | Little Golden Books |
Release number | 111 |
Subject | adhesive bandages |
Genre | children's literature |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House |
Publication date | 1950 |
Media type | hardback |
Pages | 24 |
ISBN | 0-375-82880-X |
OCLC | 1019733909 |
LC Class | PZ7.G214 |
The book follows a child named Dan who, while playing, gets a scratch on his finger, to which his mother applies a Band-Aid. Dan then provides Band-Aids to his injured sister, her doll, their dog, and his father, leading the latter to nickname him "Doctor Dan".[2][4]
Following an initial print run of 1.75 million copies (the largest first printing in the Little Golden Books series to that date),[3] Doctor Dan quickly became and remains one of the series' most popular titles,[5] and remains in print as of 2018[update] under the Little Golden Books series' current publisher, Penguin Random House.[3] The book is in the collection of the National Museum of American History.[1]
An audio edition of the book was also published by Golden Records and distributed by Simon & Schuster in 1950.[6] The publisher released a similar book containing Band-Aids aimed at girls, Nurse Nancy, in 1952.[7] A sequel, Doctor Dan at the Circus, written by Pauline Wilkins and illustrated by Katherine Sampson, was published in 1960 by Golden Press.[8]
A Dutch translation by novelist Nicolaas Matsier was published in 2011.[9]
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