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Issue Details

Issue	#551
Published	June 1958
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Executive Editor); Roberta Strauss (Editor)

Cover Details - "The Queen Bee"

Characters	Simpleton; Simpleton's Pet Rabbit; Queen of the Bees
Synopsis	Full-page color illustration depicts Simpleton holding his pet rabbit while greeting the Queen Bee.
Genre	Children
Pencils	? (painting)
Inks	? (painting)
Colors	? (painting)
Notes	front cover

Half page Coming Next Month promo (ad from the publisher) "Forthcoming Title"

Synopsis	Half-page, vertically-oriented promo on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "The Three Little Dwarfs". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover.
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum (spot illustration)
Inks	Alex A. Blum (spot illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover

Half page What Is This? activity "Dot-to-Dot Puzzle"

Synopsis	Half-page, vertically-oriented dot-to-dot puzzle on the right side of the page.
Genre	Children
Script	? (puzzle directions)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum ?
Inks	Alex A. Blum ?
Letters	typeset

28 page The Queen Bee story "The Queen Bee"

Characters	Simpleton; Savvo and Sturdo (Simpleton's brothers); King; Gray Old Man; Three Princesses; King of the Ants; King of the Ducks; Queen of the Bees; Simpleton's Pet Rabbit
Synopsis	Kind-hearted Simpleton accomplishes three difficult tasks with the help of ants, ducks, and bees, and is rewarded with the hand of a princess in marriage.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Brothers Grimm ? (original authors)
Pencils	Dik Browne ?
Inks	Dik Browne ?
Letters	typeset

2 page Aesop's Fables story "The Plane Tree"

Characters	Three Young Men; Plane Tree
Synopsis	Three young men rest beneath a plane tree and complain about the tree's uselessness. The tree remarks that his shade gives refreshment to weary travelers and notes that many a gift never hears the words, "Thank you!"
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Letters	typeset

1 page text article "There Was an Old Man of Kilkenny"

Characters	Old Man
Synopsis	Limerick about an old man who spends his only penny on onions and honey.
Genre	Children
Script	Edward Lear ?
Letters	typeset

1 page The Animal World text article "The Puma"

Synopsis	Full-page illustrated article about the puma.
Genre	fact
Pencils	William A. Walsh ?
Inks	William A. Walsh ?
Letters	typeset

1 page Color This Picture With Crayons activity "Picture to Color"

Characters	Simpleton; Deer; Bird
Synopsis	Line-drawn illustration depicts Simpleton in a castle garden with a deer and a bird.
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "List of Back Titles"

Synopsis	List of Classics Illustrated Junior mail order back titles. Spot illustration depicts front covers from the series.
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	? (spot illustration)
Inks	? (spot illustration)
Colors	? (spot illustration)
Letters	typeset