Burnett F. Hodgson

Martha Hailey DuBose

Arthur Pober

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Age range 6 to 9 

Mary Lennox, a young English girl, returns to England from India, having suffered the loss of both her parents in a cholera epidemic. However, her memories of her parents are not pleasant, as they were a selfish, neglectful and pleasure-seeking couple. Mary is given to the care of her uncle Archibald Craven, whom she has never met. She travels to his home in gloomy Yorkshire, a vast change from the sunny and warm climate she was used to, and she becomes miserable and angry and rude. Once when he's away from home, Mary discovers a charming walled garden which is always kept locked. The mystery deepens when she hears sounds of sobbing from somewhere within her uncle's vast mansion. When the normally friendly servants pretend they haven't heard, Mary's curiosity spikes.

Classic Starts is agorgeously produced, thoughtfully written series of abridged editions ofbeloved classics. Rewritten to accommodate the reading and interest level ofchildren who are too young to tackle the larger unabridged volumes, this seriesoffers a great way to introduce young readers to favourite tales.

Classic Starts: The Secret Garden

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Howard Pyle

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

New Jersey

Age range 10 to 13

The legendary adventures of King Arthur, his Knights of the Table Round, and the court of Camelot come to life in a lively and accessible retelling by Howard Pyle.

When the young Arthur pulls the embedded sword from the stone, his future as the King of England is foretold. This imaginative retelling of the classic legends recounts the story of Arthur's formation of the Knights of the Round Table, his securing of the enchanted sword Excalibur, his wooing of the Lady Guinevere, and many other beloved Arthurian tales. 

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Barnes and Noble Collectible Classics: Children's Edition)

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Deanna McFadden

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

Retold from the Mary Shelley Original

Mary Shelley's tragic story of a scientist who created a monster is perhaps even more compelling and meaningful today than when it was written nearly two centuries ago. From the bits and pieces of dead bodies, and the power of electricity, the brilliant Victor Frankenstein fashions a new form of life--only to discover, too late, the irreparable damage he has caused.

Classic Starts®: Frankenstein

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

Tania Zamorsky

Some scuff marks on cover. Excellent condition inside.

South Carolina

Following Sterlings spectacularly successful launch of its childrens classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the worlds beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.

Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father pampered and adored her. But ever since he died, leaving her alone and penniless, shes been caught in the cruel clutches of Miss Minchin, the headmistress at the Select Seminary for Young Ladies, where Sara once studied. But no matter how terrible things get, Sara always has her imagination and goodness of heart to carry her through. This timeless tale of a poor orphan has won childrens hearts for a century--and continues to be a favorite.


Classic Starts®: a Little Princess

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Bram Stoker

Illinois

Retold from the Bram Stoker Original

Dracula, that compelling creature of the night, continues his neck-biting ways in a version of the novel that children will devour. Moving from Transylvania to London, the timeless vampire serves up thrills and chills as he imprisons and terrorizes the innocent Jonathan Harker, and then goes after his fiancée, Mina, and her friend Lucy. From creepy, insect-eating Renfield to Dr. Van Helsing--who valiantly fights Dracula's evil--the characters and drama are spellbinding.

Classic Starts®: Dracula

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Chris Tait

Louisiana

Every child deserves an appealing introduction to the classics, with age-appropriate text and beautiful art throughout. That's exactly what this Classic Starts(tm) provides. Welcome to the world of TREASURE ISLAND!



The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.



Pirates, buried treasure, and action aplenty--that's what's served up in this fine story, mates, and kids will eat it up. After Jim Hawkins finds the map to a mysterious treasure, he sets sail in search of the fortune. Little does he realize he's boarded a pirate ship, and that surprises and danger await him . . . including a meeting with the unforgettable Long John Silver.

Classic Starts®: Treasure Island

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Jack. London

Oliver Ho

New York

Presents an abridged version of the tale of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

Classic Starts®: the Call of the Wild

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Mark Twain

Kathleen Olmstead

California

One boy, penniless and in rags, forced to beg in the street. The other, a king's son, coddled and given all he could want. What happens when the two boys change clothes and places, and each one learns how the other half lives? Mark Twain's satirical and suspenseful novel about the thin line that separates prince and pauper is a perennial favorite.

Classic Starts®: the Prince and the Pauper

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Jonathan Swift

Martin Woodside

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Oregon

Retold from the Jonathan Swift Original

An abridged version of the voyages of an eighteenth-century Englishman that carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants.

Classic Starts®: Gulliver's Travels

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Alexandre. Dumas

Some light scrapes on back cover, otherwise, it’s in excellent shape - totally clean pages. 

Dumas' famous musketeers return in another exciting swashbuckler. And this time, Aramis is embarking on the most perilous mission of all: to depose King Louis XIV and put his twin brother Philip on the throne instead. Since childhood, Philip has been hidden away so no one would know of his existence--but Aramis believes that he would be the superior ruler. Is Aramis right...or is he making a deadly mistake?


Classic Starts®: the Man in the Iron Mask

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John Burrows

Retold from the Howard Pyle Original

Following Sterlings spectacularly successful launch of its childrens classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the worlds beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.

He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, and had escapades enough to please any adventure-loving child. Now even the youngest readers can have the chance to enter Sherwood Forest with Robins band of merry men, and meet such unforgettable characters as Friar Tuck, Little John, Allan-a-Dale, the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham, and wicked King John. Every moment of the story is filled with action and excitement.


Classic Starts®: the Adventures of Robin Hood

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Grimm Grimm Brothers

Jakob Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm

Retells classic German versions of "Rapunzel," "Cinderella," "Rumpelstiltskin," "The Brave Little Tailor," and other tales.

Classic Starts®: Grimm's Fairy Tales

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Texas

Lewis Carroll

Connecticut

One of the most magical concoctions in childrens literature, Lewis Carrolls tale follows Alice into the upside-down, inside-out world of Wonderland where she attends the tea party of the Mad Hatter and plays croquet in the court of the Queen of Hearts


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Doyle A. Conan

Chris Sasaki

Arthur Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Age range 6 to 9 

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that were first published and made famous in the Strand magazine, which won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. This volume is filled with his most infamous cases, adapted and made accessible for young readers. 

Classic Starts is agorgeously produced, thoughtfully written series of abridged editions ofbeloved classics. Rewritten to accommodate the reading and interest level ofchildren who are too young to tackle the larger unabridged volumes, this seriesoffers a great way to introduce young readers to favourite tales.

Classic Starts: the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor: these are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryar...and to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs and genies, men transformed into dogs and monsters with eyes that glow. Like the king, children will find themselves enchanted by every tale.

Classic Starts®: Arabian Nights

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Eleanor H. Porter

Retold from the Eleanor H. Porter Original

"Once you start looking for the happy things, you don't think about the bad ones as much." That's the joyful way Pollyanna sees the world: no matter what happens, she plays her "Just Be Glad" game and finds the sunny side of any situation. But when she's orphaned and forced to live with her rigid Aunt Polly, will high-spirited Pollyanna succeed in melting her Aunt's cold heart?

Classic Starts®: Pollyanna

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Hugh Lofting

Virginia

Doctor Dolittle is a very special vet--because he knows how to talk to the animals!  So when he hears that there's a terrible sickness hurting all the monkeys in Africa, the good doctor knows he must go and help them. Soon he's off on an exciting adventure across the seas in this superb retelling of Hugh Lofting's beloved classic.

Classic Starts®: the Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

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Anna Sewell

Lisa Church

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

Presents an abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England.

Classic Starts®: Black Beauty

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Retold from the Mark Twain Original

Classic Starts®: the Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Presents an abridged version of the tale of ten-year-old Mary who, after the death of her parents, comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Classic Starts®: the Secret Garden

Retold from the Alexandre Dumas Original

All for one and one for all! That's the rallying cry of the Musketeers--guards of the French King--and the call to adventure for young readers enjoying their first taste of Dumas' classic swashbuckler. Aramis, Athos, Porthos, and the not-quite-yet Musketeer D'Artagnan use their wits and their swords to battle an evil Cardinal, the traitorous Milady, and other enemies of the French court.

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Burnett F. Hodgson; Martha Hailey DuBose; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts: The Secret Garden

Howard Pyle; Arthur Pober

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Barnes and Noble Collectible Classics: Children's Edition)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Deanna McFadden; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: Frankenstein

Frances Hodgson Burnett; Tania Zamorsky; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: a Little Princess

Bram Stoker; Tania Zamorsky; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: Dracula

Robert Louis Stevenson; Chris Tait; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: Treasure Island

Jack. London; Oliver Ho; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Call of the Wild

Mark Twain; Kathleen Olmstead; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Prince and the Pauper

Jonathan Swift; Martin Woodside; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: Gulliver's Travels

Alexandre. Dumas; Oliver Ho; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Man in the Iron Mask

Howard Pyle; John Burrows; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Adventures of Robin Hood

Grimm Grimm Brothers; Jakob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm; Deanna McFadden; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: Grimm's Fairy Tales

Howard Pyle; Arthur Pober

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Barnes and Noble Collectible Classics: Children's Edition)

Lewis Carroll; Arthur Pober

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Bram Stoker; Tania Zamorsky; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: Dracula

Doyle A. Conan; Chris Sasaki (Abridged by); Lucy Corvino (Illustrator); Arthur Pober (Afterword by); Arthur Conan Doyle

Classic Starts: the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Martin Woodside; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: Arabian Nights

Arthur Pober; Eleanor H. Porter; Kathleen Olmstead

Classic Starts®: Pollyanna

Hugh Lofting; Kathleen Olmstead; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Anna Sewell; Lisa Church; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: Black Beauty

Mark Twain; Martin Woodside; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Hugh Lofting; Kathleen Olmstead; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Frances Hodgson Burnett; Martha Hailey DuBose; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Secret Garden

Alexandre. Dumas; Oliver Ho; Arthur Pober

Classic Starts®: the Three Musketeers