Classic Starts: A Best-Loved Library

Classic Starts: A Best-Loved Library
Author: Sterling Publishing Company
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781402794889

From Wonderland to a special secret garden, these tales are magical! For the first time, five of our most popular "Classic Starts" titles are available in paperback, packaged and shrink-wrapped in a beautifully designed, sturdy slipcase. Each all-time favorite novel is expertly abridged for easy reading and filled with all the enchantment that made the original story so beloved. Included are: "Alice""in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass," " Black Beauty, A Little Princess, Little Women," and "The Secret Garden."

Heidi

Heidi
Author: Johanna Spyri
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2007
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781402736919

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: Tales of Adventure

Classic Starts: Tales of Adventure
Author: Sterling Publishing Company
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781402794872

There's plenty of excitement here to thrill any child! For the first time, five of our most popular "Classic Starts" titles are available in paperback, packaged and shrink-wrapped in a beautifully designed, sturdy slipcase. Each all-time favorite is expertly abridged for easy reading and filled with all the adventure and mystery that made the original story so beloved. Includes: "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," "The Call of the Wild," and "Treasure Island."

Anne of Avonlea

Anne of Avonlea
Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 8026882008

Anne Shirley starts her first term teaching at the Avonlea School, although she still continues her own studies at home. She now takes her place among the "important" and "grown up" people of Avonlea society, as its only schoolteacher. Anne is also a founding member of the Avonlea Village Improvement Society which tries to improve the Avonlea landscape.

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds
Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781402736889

An abridged version of H. G. Wells' classic science fiction tale in which, as life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the Earth.

Classic Starts®: The Jungle Book

Classic Starts®: The Jungle Book
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2023-12-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1454950994

Run with the jungle animals in this illustrated chapter-book retelling of The Jungle Book, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! Mowgli has lived among his wolf brothers for as long as he can remember. Baloo and Bagheera teach him the ways of the jungle, but some animals view him as a threat—or, even worse, as prey. Can Mowgli find a place where he truly belongs? This abridged retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to Mowgli’s life among elephants, giant snakes, and monkeys. The book also includes discussion questions.

Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1911
Genre: Robin Hood (Legendary character)
ISBN:

Twelve selected adventures of Robin Hood and his outlaw band who stole from the rich to give to the poor.

Dracula

Dracula
Author: Tania Zamorsky
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781402736902

Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781402736896

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®: the Secret Garden

Classic Starts®: the Secret Garden
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Publisher: Union Square Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2023-01-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781454945390

When the newly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrives at her uncle's mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange to her. Then Mary hears of a mysterious, neglected garden. With the help of some new friends, she plans to uncover its secrets . . . and make it blossom once again.