Golden Book Video

Golden Book Video was a line of children’s animated videos marketed by Western Publishing, beginning in 1985 and ended in 1997 when the company was officially renamed and changed to Golden Books Family Entertainment. It was later acquired by DreamWorks Animation SKG in 2012, which in turn was acquired by Comcast in 2016.

Sound Effects Used

NOTE: The videos largely use sound effects from the former Major Records/Valentino library, the Series 1000 Sound Effects Library, the Network Sound Effects Library, and the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library (the latter mostly only on videos where Studio Consultants, Inc. did the audio production). Some effects from Elektra Records' sound effects LP album volumes are used as well.

• Elektra Records, Blizzard/Sound Ideas, WEATHER, WIND - STRONG HOWLING WIND/Sound Ideas, WIND - SIBERIAN WIND, WEATHER (Heard once in "5 Sesame Street Stories.")
• Elektra Records, Car Skid And Crash/Sound Ideas, AUTO, CRASH - SKIDS AND CRASHES 03/Sound Ideas, CRASH, AUTO - AUTO APPROACH, SKID AND CRASH, CARTOON (Heard once in "3 Richard Scarry Tales;" the crash only was also heard once in "Golden Jungle Tales.")
• Elektra Records, City Catastrophe (Heard once in "Merry Mother Goose.")
• Elektra Records, Dive Bomber/Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, PROP - LONG DIVE 02 (Heard once in "3 Sesame Street Stories" and "5 Sesame Street Stories.")
• Elektra Records, Factory Whistle/Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, STEAM - FACTORY WHISTLE, LARGE FACTORY
• Elektra Records, Fire Engine Passes With Bell Clanging/Sound Ideas, FIRE TRUCK - PASS BY WITH BELL CLANGING, SIREN IN B/G (Heard once in "3 Sesame Street Stories.")
• Elektra Records, Rooster Crows Three Times/Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, BIRD - ROOSTER CROW 03
• H-B LION - FUNNY GROWLS, ANIMAL, CAT, (Heard in "Golden Jungle Tales.", and "See, Sing, and Play".)
• H-B RISE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING RISE UP (Heard once in "Get Ready to Read.")
• H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WACKY SPIN WITH DRUM (Heard once in "5 Sesame Street Stories.")
• H-B ZIP, CARTOON - LOW WHISTLE ZIP OUT
• Hollywoodedge, Boing Box Bing CRT2010806/Valentino Boings (4 Different) (varying pitches)
• RICOCHET - LONG WARBLY FALLING RICCO (Heard once in "5 Sesame Street Stories.")
• Sound Ideas, AUTO, CARTOON - CRAZY AUTO SPUTTERS, (Heard once in "3 Pound Puppies Adventures.")
• Sound Ideas, AUTO, HORN - ANTIQUE: AHOOGA (Heard once in "Learn About Living: Never Talk to Strangers.")
• Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - TIRE SKID 03 (Heard once in "Merry Mother Goose.")
• Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - TIRE SKID 04
• Sound Ideas, BANJO - TUNE no. 2, MUSIC (Heard in "Get Ready for School.")
• Sound Ideas, BELL, ALARM - BURGLAR OR FIRE ALARM 01/Sound Ideas, Music/Bells - Burglar or fire alarm bell 01 (Heard once in "Pound Puppies: Featuring the Newborns.")
• Sound Ideas, BELL, ALARM - BURGLAR OR FIRE ALARM 02/Sound Ideas, Music/Bells - Burglar or fire alarm bell 02 (Heard in "Get Ready for School.") (used as a school bell)
• Sound Ideas, BELL, CHURCH - RINGING (Heard once in "3 Favorite Fairy Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, BELL, FIGHT - ONE RING, BOXING, SPORTS 01/Sound Ideas, Music/Bells - Fight bell . . . one ring 02
• Sound Ideas, BELL, FIGHT - ONE RING, BOXING, SPORTS 02/Sound Ideas, Music/Bells - Fight bell . . . one ring 03/Valentino Fight Bell (1 Stroke) (Heard in "Get Ready for School.")
• Sound Ideas, BELL, HAND - FIRE BELL/Sound Ideas, Music/Bells - A chuck wagon or ranch house dinner bell . . . also could be used as a rural fire bell 02 (Heard once in "Get Ready for School.")
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, CROW - CAWING, ANIMAL/Sound Ideas, Animals - Crow cawing
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, CROW, COMMON - CALLS, ANIMAL (Heard once in "Merry Mother Goose.")
• Sound Ideas, BIRDS, JUNGLE - AFTERNOON JUNGLE BIRDS CALLING, ANIMAL / Valentino Single Cockatoo Trills & Caws (Heard often in "Golden Jungle Tales" and once in "3 Masters of the Universe Stories.")
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, OWL - SINGLE OWL HOOTS, ANIMAL/Valentino Owl Hoots & Clucks
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - ROOSTER: ONE CALL, ANIMAL 01/Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - ROOSTER: ONE CALL, ANIMAL 02/Sound Ideas, Animals - Rooster crowing . . . country ambiance 01
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - ROOSTER: TWO CALLS, ANIMAL/Sound Ideas, Animals - Rooster crowing . . . country ambiance 02
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, TOY - TOY BIRD: CHIRPING THREE TIMES, COMEDY/Sound Ideas, Animals - Toy bird tweeter . . . one blows through device to make chirping . . . three short chirps
• Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BONE BITE
• Sound Ideas, BLOOP, CARTOON - LITTLE BLOOP
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - BOINK AND WIGGLE
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - BROKEN SPROING (Heard once in "3 My Pet Monster Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - FAST WIGGLE BOWANG, 01 (Heard once in "3 Pound Puppies Adventures.")
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING COLLECTION, 01 (Heard once in "Merry Mother Goose" and "3 My Pet Monster Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - TROMBOING,
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - WIGGLE BOWANG (Heard once in "3 Sesame Street Stories.")
• Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 01
• Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - DOINK 03 / HIT, CARTOON - PAT'S BILP
• Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - TIMP DOINK (Heard once in "3 Pound Puppies Adventures".)
• Sound Ideas, BORK, CARTOON - LOUD ZORK
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON - MISSY AND TIM FIGHTING, (Heard once in "Five Sesame Street Stories.")
• Sound Ideas, CAT - GROWLING AND MEOWING, ANIMAL/Sound Ideas, Animals - Cat growling and striking out with paw
• Sound Ideas, CAT - MEOWING, EXCITED TOM CAT, ANIMAL/Sound Ideas, Animals - Cat meowing 01
• Sound Ideas, CHICKEN - GETS EXCITED, CLUCKING, FLAPPING OF WINGS, ANIMAL, BIRD/Sound Ideas, Animals - Chicken clucking . . . becomes agitated and flaps wings/Valentino Chasing Chickens/Valentino Excited Hen 01
• Sound Ideas, CHICKEN - HEN HOUSE, HENS CLUCKING, ANIMAL, BIRD/Sound Ideas, Animals - Chickens in henhouse/Valentino Excited Hen 02
• Sound Ideas, CLOCK, ALARM - OLD CLOCK TICKING, ALARM SOUNDS (Heard once in "Get Ready for School.")
• Sound Ideas, CLOCK, GRANDFATHER - GONG, RINGING FIFTEEN TIMES/Sound Ideas, Household, Etc. - Chimes from a grandfather clock (Heard once in "3 Favorite Fairy Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, CLOCK, TICK - OLD CLOCK TICKING / Sound Ideas, Household, Etc. - Ticking from an older . . . windup-type clock
• Sound Ideas, COMEDY - LICKING (Heard once in "Merry Mother Goose.")
• Sound Ideas, CONSTRUCTION, WRENCH - TURNING NUT, VERY SQUEAKY
• Sound Ideas, COUNTRY, AMBIENCE - MORNING TIME, BIRDS / People - Rural or country atmosphere during daylight . . . birds chirping . . . light traffic in background 02
• Sound Ideas, COW - MOOING IN A BARN; HENS IN B/G, ANIMAL, CATTLE/Sound Ideas, Animals - Cows mooing . . . barn atmosphere . . . hens in background
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, AUTO - SKID AND LARGE AUTO CRASH, CARTOON/Valentino Car Skid & Crash (Heard in "Merry Mother Goose.")
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - GLASS SHATTERING, AUTO, SMASH 02/Sound Ideas, Household, Etc. - Sound of a crash . . . such as an auto accident . . . or the dropping of debris to create a crashing sound . . . or the clatter of junk 01
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - GLASS SHATTERING, SMASH/Sound Ideas, Household, Etc. - Sound of a crash . . . such as an auto accident . . . or the dropping of debris to create a crashing sound . . . or the clatter of junk 02 (Heard once in "Merry Mother Goose.")
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, INDUSTRIAL - SOMETHING FALLING/Sound Ideas, Household, Etc. - Sound of a crash . . . such as an auto accident . . . or the dropping of debris to create a crashing sound . . . or the clatter of junk 04
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, JUNK - JUNK FALL AND CRASH / Household, Etc. - Sound of a crash . . . such as an auto accident . . . or the dropping of debris to create a crashing sound . . . or the clatter of junk 05
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, JUNK - METAL JUNK CRASH 03/Sound Ideas, Household, Etc. - Sound of a crash . . . such as an auto accident . . . or the dropping of debris to create a crashing sound . . . or the clatter of junk 10 (Heard once in "3 Sesame Street Stories.")
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, LIGHT BULB - GLASS, LIGHT BULB CRASH, SMASH 02/Sound Ideas, Household, Etc. - Lightbulb or fluorescent tube breaking 03 (Heard once in "Merry Mother Goose.")
• Sound Ideas, CREAK, CART WHEELS - SQUEAKING/Sound Ideas, Household, Etc. - Squeaky wheels of a wagon or cart
• Sound Ideas, DOG, PUPPY - WHINING, ANIMAL/Sound Ideas, Animals - Puppy whining . . . crying
• Sound Ideas, DOG, PUPPY - BARKING, ANIMAL/Sound Ideas, Animals - Small dog or puppy barking
• Sound Ideas, DONKEY - BURPS AND SNORTS, ANIMAL/Sound Ideas, Animals - Donkey braying 01/Valentino Donkey Brays & Snorts
• Sound Ideas, DOOR, METAL, CELL - CLOSE, JAIL, CELL, CASTLE
• Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OPEN, SQUEAK/Valentino Door Opening
• Sound Ideas, DRAWBRIDGE - RAISED: CHAINS AND PULLEYS, CRANKING SLOWLY, CASTLE/Sound Ideas, Water - Drawbridge being raised
• Sound Ideas, Electronic - Synthesized sound of an old car having trouble starting (Heard once in "3 My Pet Monster Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - TRUMPETS, VARIOUS, ANIMAL / Valentino Bull Elephant Trumpeting (Heard in "3 Sesame Street Stories" in a normal pitch, "3 Golden Bible Tales" in high and normal pitches, "Golden Jungle Tales" in high pitches, and "See, Sing and Play" in a normal pitch.)
• Sound Ideas, FIRE ENGINE - GOING TO FIRE SCENE: SIREN AND HORN, COMES TO A STOP/Sound Ideas, Emergency - Fire truck heading for fire . . . sound of siren and air horn
• Sound Ideas, FLEXITONE - ACCENT, ONE TONE, BOING, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, COMEDY (Heard once in "The Ugly Duckling and Other Treasured Tales".)
• Sound Ideas, GOAT - BAA AND GROANING, ANIMAL, LAMB, SHEEP/Sound Ideas, Animals - Goats bleating . . . lambs and sheep baaing
• Sound Ideas, HEAD SHAKE, CARTOON - PINGY HEAD SHAKE
• Sound Ideas, HEAD SHAKE, CARTOON - XYLO HEAD SHAKE (Heard once in "Get Ready for School.") (Lower-pitched.)
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG SMASH AGAINST WALL (Heard once in "Golden Jungle Tales," "5 Sesame Street Stories" and "3 My Pet Monster Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG SWOOSH AND HIT (High-pitched edits)
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BILP (Heard once in "Get Ready to Read.")
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLAT BONK
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLBONK
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - SHRILL BILP
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - SWING AND BROKEN HIT
• Sound Ideas, HOP, CARTOON - HOPPING SPROINGS, LONG (Heard once in "Golden Jungle Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, JUNGLE, AMBIENCE - VARIOUS BIRDS (Heard in "Journey Through the Jungle of Words".)
• Sound Ideas, MOUTH HARP - SINGLE BOING, MUSIC, COMEDY, JEW'S HARP 06
• Sound Ideas, MUSIC - THEME: 'CIRCUS' OR 'CAROUSEL', AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR 01 (Heard once in "3 My Pet Monster Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, People - Child getting hit . . . starts to cry saying "you hit me" . . . (Heard once in "3 Tales from the Care Bears," crying only.)
• Sound Ideas, PLINK, CARTOON - SOUR PLINK
• Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP
• Sound Ideas, POOF, CARTOON - FOOF
• Sound Ideas, POOF, CARTOON - POOF 01
• Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - CORK SQUEAK AND POP
• Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - TEMPLE BLOCK RIOT, SHORT, (and MEDIUM and LONG edits too)
• Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - TEMPLE BLOCK RUN UP 02
• Sound Ideas, SCI FI - ROSEY'S ROBOT MOTOR, (Heard once in "3 Pound Puppies Adventures.")
• Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BENT SKID (Heard in "Get Ready to Read.") (Low-pitched)
• Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE AND QUICK RUN UP, (Heard once in "3 My Pet Monster Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE DOWN, 01
• Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - SHORT SPLING,
• Sound Ideas, SPIN, CARTOON - SPIN COMMOTION, (Heard once in "3 Tales From the Care Bears.")
• Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - EARL'S PIE HIT,
• Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - PAINT FIGHT GLOP 04 (Heard once in "Merry Mother Goose," lower pitched.)
• Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - PIE IN FACE SPLAT,
• Sound Ideas, SPUTTER, CARTOON - SLOPPY SPUTTERING, (Heard once in "3 Richard Scarry Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, SQUISH, CARTOON - LITTLE SQUISH,
• Sound Ideas, SQUISH, CARTOON - SOFT SQUISH,
• Sound Ideas, SWIMMING, DIVE - DIVING SPLASH, WATER, POOL 01
• Sound Ideas, SWOOSH, CARTOON - LONG AIR BY,
• Sound Ideas, SWOOSH, CARTOON - LONG SWIRL SWOOSH
• Sound Ideas, TEETH, CARTOON - SCOOBY'S TEETH CHATTER, LONG, (Heard once in "Get Ready to Read.")
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Heard once in "Learn About Living: Never Talk to Strangers.")
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 02 (Heard once in "Learn About Living: Never Talk to Strangers" and "4 Masters of the Universe Stories.") (the latter Low-pitched)
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - LOUD THUNDER CRACK, WEATHER, RAIN 01
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - SINGLE THUNDER ROLL, WEATHER 01/Valentino Clap Of Thunder & Rain/Valentino Continuous Thunder
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CRACK, RAIN IN B/G, WEATHER 01
• Sound Ideas, TRAFFIC, CITY - HEAVY TRAFFIC, MANY HORNS: WEDDING OR RUSH HOUR
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - CONDUCTOR CALL 'ALL ABOARD'/Sound Ideas, Rail - Conductor saying "all aboard" (Heard once in "Get Ready for School.")
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM WHISTLE: SMALL, ONE BLAST 01/Sound Ideas, Rail - Sound of a steam whistle . . . like that on an amusement-park train 01 (Heard once in "Get Ready for School.")
• Sound Ideas, TRUMPET - JAZZ FANFARE, MUSIC 02 (Heard once in "Get Ready for School.")
• Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - BOWANG
• Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - HEAVY BOW TWANG, (Heard once in "3 Mercer Mayer Stories.")
• Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - METALLIC RULER VIBRATE, (Heard once in "Get Ready to Read.")
• Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - SAW BLADE TWANG 01 (Heard once in "Golden Jungle Tales.") (Low-pitched.)
• Sound Ideas, WATER, OCEAN - SEAGULLS, WAVES COMING IN, SEASHORE, SURF, BEACH, BIRD / Valentino Seagulls
• Sound Ideas, WHINE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN (Heard once in "Golden Jungle Tales," "3 Richard Scarry Tales" and "Get Ready to Read.")
• Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, SLIDE - WARBLE AND UPWARD SLIDE, MUSIC, COMEDY
• Sound Ideas, WINDOW - SLIDE OPEN 01
• Sound Ideas, XYLOPHONE - COMEDY: MYSTERY WALK, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Heard once in "Golden Jungle Tales.")
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - HANK'S ZIP, (Heard once in "3 Richard Scarry Tales.") (Low-pitched)
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - HOYT'S ZIP (Heard once in "3 My Pet Monster Tales.") (Low-pitched)
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT (Low-pitched)
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - SHARP ZIP, (Low-pitched)
• Sound Ideas, ZONK, CARTOON - HEAVY ZONK, (Heard once in "3 Richard Scarry Tales.")
• Tod Dockstader "Boi-oi-oi-oing" Sound/Valentino Boings (3 Different) (1st boing)
• Valentino Cat Meows
• Valentino Chinese Bell Tree 01
• Valentino Closet Crashing
• Valentino Cow Bellows Four Times
• Valentino Cow Bellows Twice
• Valentino Cows
• Valentino Cuckoo (4)
• Valentino Door Opening & Closing
• Valentino Excited Cougar
• Valentino Fishing Reel - Casting, Winding
• Valentino Horse Whinnying
• Valentino Horse Whinnying, Three Winnies
• Valentino Large Dog Barking 01
• Valentino Large Mantle Clock, Twelve Stokes (Heard once in "3 Favorite Stories.")
• Valentino Monkey Chatter And Screaming
• Valentino Old Car Starts, Runs, Sputters, Backfires And Falls Apart (Heard once in "Herbert the Timid Dragon and Other Tales.")
• Valentino One Seal Honking (Heard in "3 Golden Bible Tales", and "See, Sing, and Play".)
• Valentino Rooster Crow 01
• Valentino School Bell (Indoor) (Heard once in "3 Tales From the Care Bears".)
• Valentino Sheep (Small Group)
• Valentino Single Duck
• Valentino Single Duck, Excited
• Valentino Slow Closet Crashing
• Valentino Small Dog Barking
• Valentino Trumpet Fanfares No. 1 (Heard in "Five Sesame Street Stories" and "Herbert the Timid Dragon", the latter high-pitched.)
• Valentino Wind Blowing

Other Audio

• Bruton Music
• KPM Music

Image Gallery

• Golden Book Video/Image Gallery

External Links

• Get Ready for School
• Know the Alphabet
• The Rainy Day Numbers Show
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• Journey Through the Jungle of Words