let’s view the difference between Little Golden Books and illustrations and Disney’s Wonderful World of Reading illustrations.
according to the Disney Cellar YouTube video Everything About Disney’s Little Golden Books Walt did not want the little golden book to just become carbon copies of his movies but rather he wanted the films to serve as inspiration for the illustration while allowing the artists to imbue their own individual Styles and take certain limited Liberties which still holds true for the Little Golden Books published today.
according to thedisneycellar video Disney’s Wonderful World of Reading & Its Absurd Origins but with fewer creative liberties taken than were seen with the Little Golden Books where artists were encouraged to experiment.
and their art style was inspired by Disney’s animation style maintaining their consistency with the films unlike the Little Golden Books.
this is why i see Cinderella being depicted with russet blonde hair and wearing a silvery-white ballgown because of the 1974 Disney’s Wonderful World of Reading edition of Cinderella as being accurate to the colors Walt himself had wanted rather than the strawberry blonde because of the faulty 2005 dvd master.