Louisa May Alcott

Deanna McFadden

Arthur Pober

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Presents an abridged version of the novel chronicling the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

Classic Starts®: Little Women

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Chris Tait

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

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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Lucy Maud Montgomery

Kathleen Olmstead

Presents an abridged version of the tale of Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, who comes to live on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Classic Starts®: Anne of Green Gables

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Howard Pyle

Tania Zamorsky

Retold from the Howard Pyle Original

From the sword in the stone and the founding of Camelot to the famed Round Table and the Lake of Enchantment, the legend of King Arthur will never lose its magic. Though simpler, this version includes all the wonderful stories--such as King Arthur's winning of Guenievere and Merlin's tragic downfall at the hands of the evil Vivien.

Classic Starts®: the Story of King Arthur and His Knights

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John Burrows

New Jersey

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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Anna Sewell

Lisa Church

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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Johann David Wyss

Florida

Retold from the Johann David Wyss Original

A shipwreck; a deserted island; a single family, wondering if they can survive. Rich in suspense and surprises, The Swiss Family Robinson entices young readers to come along on a wonderful adventure, where each moment brings a new thrill. Featuring amazingly resourceful characters and a wondrous landscape bursting with exotic wildlife and plants, it's an irresistible tale of ingenuity.

Classic Starts®: the Swiss Family Robinson

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Kansas

Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father pampered and adored her. But ever since he died, leaving her alone and penniless, she's 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 children's hearts for a century--and continues to be a favorite.

A Little Princess

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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

Lewis Carroll

Eva Mason

Brand new, stunning copy of Alice in Wonderland

Have a tea party in Wonderland with this abridged retelling of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! "Life, what is it but a dream?" In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls down a rabbit hole to find herself in a bizarre land ruled by a ruthless Queen of Hearts. In Through the Looking-Glass, Alice visits another fantastical world where everything is reversed. Is it all real, just a figment of Alice's imagination, . . . or both? This abridged retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to the grinning Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, and the Jabberwocky.

Classic Starts®: Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

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Retold from the Lewis Carroll Originals

An abridged version of the stories that tell of Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and steps through a mirror, thereby experiencing unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.

Diane Namm

From Icarus's legendary flight to Orpheus's trip to the underworld,this edition introduces young readers to classic Greek myths.

Classic Starts®: Greek Myths

Jules Verne

Retold from the Jules Verne Original

In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

Classic Starts®: Around the World in 80 Days

James Fenimore Cooper

A fascinating adventure story, grounded in American history. As the French and Indian war rages, the two daughters of a British officer prepare to return home. But when, Cora, Alice, and the soldiers who guard them are betrayed by their Native American scout, their safety depends on wily forest tracker Hawkeye and his friends Chingachkook and Uncas--the last of the Mohicans.

The Last of the Mohicans

Johanna Spyri

Minnesota

Retold from the Johanna Spyri Original

An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

Classic Starts®: Heidi

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Jakob Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm

Grimm Grimm Brothers

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Texas

An abridged retelling of the adventures of the puppet boy whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie. Includes discussion questions.

Classic Starts®: Pinocchio

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Jonathan Swift

Martin Woodside

Top edge of cover has a mild dent shown in photo. Name inside front cover. 

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

Oliver Ho

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

South Carolina

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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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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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L. M. Montgomery

Now every child can celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery's ever-popular story! First introduced in Anne of Green Gables as a young orphan, Montgomery's feisty and imaginative heroine is now 16 years old and embarking on a new adventure: becoming a teacher in her old Avonlea school. It's an exciting year as Anne struggles to win over all her students, welcomes two new members to her family, and feels the first stirrings of love.

Anne of Avonlea

Mark Twain

Illinois

Retold from the Mark Twain Original

Classic Starts®: the Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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New York

An abridged version of the adventures of a nineteenth-century boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.

Classic Starts®: the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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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.

Classic Starts®: the Three Musketeers

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Eleanor H. Porter

Louisiana

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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H. G. Wells

Chris Sasaki

Kentucky

H. G. Wells's sobering, thought-provoking novel is one of the greatest works of science fiction ever created--and as powerful today as when it was written. After inventing a machine that moves through time, the Traveler leaves Victorian London and goes far, far into the future. At first, the world he discovers seems peaceful and prosperous. But as he looks below the surface he realizes that things are not exactly as they first appeared.

Classic Starts®: the Time Machine

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Bram Stoker

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.

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