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Illustrated Junior Library

Providing children with quality reading material that is also pleasing to the eye is a great way to encourage reading without having to assign it. Kids will naturally bury themselves in these classics with their full-color plate illustrations and clear type that reads smoothly. The very best in children's literature is represented here—from Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn to Little Women and The Wizard of Oz.

Of the 45 titles, nearly all are unabridged (five have more extensive editing: Gulliver's Travels, King Arthur, Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson and Three Musketeers). Titles are chosen for their appeal to younger readers, and none of them include offensive or adult material—but like all great children's literature, the titles are equally appealing to adults. At the same time, books with a lot of philosophical content are absent in favor of more lighthearted, adventure-oriented fare.

A different illustrator was chosen for each volume based on their ability to adequately evoke a specific text. Some of the styles are more relevant to younger children, consequently making those titles probably less appealing to older readers, but illustrations throughout the series uphold a high artistic standard. Artwork never overwhelms a text, instead acting as a supplement and imaginative aide.

We've seen four renditions of this series, starting in the 1940s. To narrow the below results, simply click on the bold series number links at the beginning of each intro paragraph.

Series 1: The earliest ones (with a fairly plain cover and a pasted oval picture on the front) originally came in slip cases, and we don't believe they ever had dust jackets. There are only 29 titles in this series, published in the 1940s-50s. Later printings brought additional titles (you can download a full list in PDF here).

Series 2: The second "popular edition" run were slightly smaller size cloth books with a patterned design fairly consistent from volume to volume; these did have dust jackets, and used copies that still have quality djs are slightly more valuable than those without. Like Series 1, there are only 29 titles in this collection. There are also paperbacks of at least of few of this collection, which we don't regularly list here.

Series 3: The third version came in a larger size, and had very handsome pictorial cloth covers. This series was published primarily in the 1970s. We believe there were 34, but haven't solidly confirmed this. Collectors may quibble here, as some books have grainier textures than others, some came with titles printed on the covers, others had titles printed on a heavy mylar jacket and others had no title printed at all. We've also seen a couple from this era that are slightly narrower.

Series 4: The fourth versions were the same size again but with glossy covers. Some covers are the same as those in series 3, but a number are new and all have a different texture and the look of the binding is tweaked. New titles added here include Jane Eyre, Peter Pan, Dr. Dolittle, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Sherlock Holmes and some of the darker books like Frankenstein and Dracula.  These were published in the 1990s-2000s, and all have ISBNs printed on the back.

All editions stand tall and handsome on the shelf. Hardbound with sturdy pages and easy-to-read type, these are the kind of books you can hand down to successive generations without fear of premature destruction. Unless, of course, your kids abhor and despise books, in which case you wouldn't be collecting volumes as attractive as these for them.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Jules Verne, translated by Anthony Bonner and illustrated by Stephen Armes
from Grosset & Dunlap
Science Fiction for 5th-10th grade
in Science Fiction (Location: FIC-SCI)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 Paperback
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay
1987 Printing from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Anne of Avonlea
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by L. M. Montgomery, illustrated by Clare Sieffert
from Grosset & Dunlap
Orphan Stories for 5th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Anne of Avonlea
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by L. M. Montgomery, illustrated by Clare Sieffert
from Grosset & Dunlap
Orphan Stories for 5th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Anne of Green Gables
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by L. M. Montgomery, illustrated by Jody Lee
from Grosset & Dunlap
Orphan Stories for 5th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Anne of Green Gables
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by L. M. Montgomery, illustrated by Jody Lee
from Grosset & Dunlap
Orphan Stories for 5th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Anne of the Island
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by L.M. Montgomery, illustrated by Mark Graham
from Grosset & Dunlap
Orphan Stories for
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Anne of the Island
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by L.M. Montgomery, illustrated by Mark Graham
from Grosset & Dunlap
Orphan Stories for
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Call of the Wild and Other Stories
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Call of the Wild and Other Stories
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Call of the Wild and Other Stories
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Call of the Wild and Other Stories
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami
1981 Printing from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Call of the Wild and Other Stories
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Frankenstein
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Mary Shelley, illustrated by Larry Schwinger
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 7th-12th grade
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Gulliver's Travels (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Aldren Watson
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 6th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Gulliver's Travels (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Aldren Watson
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 6th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Gulliver's Travels (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Aldren Watson
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 6th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Gulliver's Travels (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Aldren Watson
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 6th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Gulliver's Travels (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Aldren Watson
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 6th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Jane Eyre
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Charlotte Bronte
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-12th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Kidnapped
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Kidnapped
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Kidnapped
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
Action/Adventure for 5th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Kidnapped
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
Action/Adventure for 5th-9th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Washington Irving
from Grosset & Dunlap
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 5th-9th grade
Little Princess
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Jamichael Henterly
from Grosset & Dunlap
Orphan Stories for 3rd-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Little Princess
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Jamichael Henterly
from Grosset & Dunlap
Orphan Stories for 3rd-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Little Women
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Louis Jambor
from Grosset & Dunlap
Romantic Realistic Fiction for 4th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Little Women
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Louis Jambor
from Grosset & Dunlap
Romantic Realistic Fiction for 4th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Little Women
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Louis Jambor
from Grosset & Dunlap
Romantic Realistic Fiction for 4th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Little Women
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Louis Jambor
from Grosset & Dunlap
Romantic Realistic Fiction for 4th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
from Grosset & Dunlap
Mystery for 6th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Pride and Prejudice
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Jane Austen
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-12th grade
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Robinson Crusoe (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Daniel Defoe, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Robinson Crusoe (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Daniel Defoe, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-9th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Secret Garden
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Kathy Mitchell
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 4th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Secret Garden
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Kathy Mitchell
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Fiction for 4th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Swiss Family Robinson
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Stories/Adventure for 5th-9th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Swiss Family Robinson
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-9th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Swiss Family Robinson
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-9th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Swiss Family Robinson
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
Realistic Stories/Adventure for 5th-9th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Swiss Family Robinson
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Tale of Two Cities
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Rafaello Busoni
from Grosset & Dunlap
Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Tale of Two Cities
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Rafaello Busoni
from Grosset & Dunlap
Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Tale of Two Cities
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Rafaello Busoni
from Grosset & Dunlap
Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Tale of Two Cities
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Rafaello Busoni
from Grosset & Dunlap
Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Three Musketeers (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Alexandre Dumastranslated by Jacques le Clercq, illustrated by Norman Price & E. C. Van Swearingen
from Grosset & Dunlap
Historical Fiction/Adventure for 9th-12th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Three Musketeers (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Jacques le Clercq and illustrated by Norman Price & E. C. Van Swearingen
from Grosset & Dunlap
Historical Fiction/Adventure for 9th-12th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Three Musketeers (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Jacques le Clercq and illustrated by Norman Price & E. C. Van Swearingen
from Grosset & Dunlap
Historical Fiction/Adventure for 9th-12th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Three Musketeers (abridged)
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Jacques le Clercq and illustrated by Norman Price & E. C. Van Swearingen
from Grosset & Dunlap
Historical Fiction/Adventure for 9th-12th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Treasure Island
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Norman Price
from Grosset & Dunlap
Action/Adventure for 5th-9th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Treasure Island
Illustrated Junior Library Series 3
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Norman Price
from Grosset & Dunlap
Action/Adventure for 5th-9th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Treasure Island
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Norman Price
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Treasure Island
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Norman Price
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Treasure Island
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Norman Price
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-10th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Treasure Island
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 Paperback
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Norman Price
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
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