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If you've ever talked to Eli about anything, you'll know that the good folks here at Exodus are into good books. We're not just talking the classics—we're talking good volumes, quality copies of the classics that look good on a shelf even after years of use. So we are talking about the classics, but a particular presentational kind of the classics.

Fortunately, there are publishers who share the same love of attractive editions, and have made it their business to offer affordable copies to the helpless collector in all of us (some are more helpless than others). There are publishers who put more emphasis on the attractive aspect (Illustrated Junior Library, Everyman's Library), while others are more affordable (Puffin Classics), or strike a happy balance (Sterling Classics).

Puffin Classics, Everyman's Library, and Illustrated Junior Library offer mostly unabridged stories—few of the titles any of them publish have been edited, but a few have undergone weight reduction surgery to make novels like A Tale of Two Cities more manageable for children. Even in the abridgements, however, the author's style and language are retained, so kids aren't completely baffled when they encounter the originals later.

Kids can handle a lot more than we typically give them credit for, though, and we appreciate the fact that most of the books offered by these publishers are unchanged from their original state. Providing classic literature for your kids to read is one of the best ways to get them to love reading in general, and the old texts don't need to be souped up or modernized to have that effect.

Not that a little souping up hurts anything—Everyman's Library and Illustrated Junior Library offer handsome hardcover editions with beautiful full-color illustrations. These aren't just children's book illustrations of the "that's cute but whatever" variety, they're handsome paintings by the likes of N.C. Wyeth (if you aren't a fan, look him up: you will be). Sterling Classics also feature very attractive illustrations by Robert Ingpen (also fan-worthy).

It's important to get kids reading the very best literature from an early age. Great books have a way of forming the character, teaching virtue, offering a new view of the world, and providing wholesome entertainment in a way nothing else can. To have easy access to so many of them is a privilege not to be taken for granted....though we hope you'll take advantage of the opportunity to stock your shelves with these excellent titles.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	ABC Book Books of Wonder by C. B. Falls from William Morrow & Company for Nursery-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	Aesop's Fables Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Aesop, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for Nursery-2nd grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Aesop's Fables Puffin Classics by Aesop Reprint from Puffin Books Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Kindergarten-4th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99
	Aesop's Fables by Aesop, illustrated by W. Kirtman Plummer 1970 printing from Grosset & Dunlap for 1st-3rd grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Among the Farmyard People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Yesterday's Classics for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $10.95
	Among the Farmyard People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Living Book Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $13.99
	Among the Forest People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Yesterday's Classics for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $10.95
	Among the Forest People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Living Book Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $11.99
	Among the Meadow People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Yesterday's Classics for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $10.95
	Among the Meadow People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Living Book Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $10.99
	Among the Night People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Yesterday's Classics for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $10.95
	Among the Night People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Living Book Press for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $11.99
	Among the Pond People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Yesterday's Classics for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $10.95
	Among the Pond People by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Living Book Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $11.99
	Book of Centuries (BC/AD Edition) from Living Book Press for 1st-12th grade in Timeline Resources (Location: HISRF-TIM) $10.99
	Book of Centuries (BCE/CE Edition) from Living Book Press for 1st-12th grade in Timeline Resources (Location: HISRF-TIM)
	Book of Legends by Horace E. Scudder from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-5th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $9.95
	Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $15.95
	Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $15.95
	Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess Color Edition from Living Book Press in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $19.99
	Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess from Living Book Press in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $18.99
	Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess from Living Book Press in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $28.99
	Burgess Flower Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess from Living Book Press in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $19.99
	Burgess Flower Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess from Living Book Press in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $18.99
	Burgess Flower Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess from Living Book Press in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $28.99
	Charlotte Mason Book of Centuries from Living Book Press for 1st-12th grade in Timeline Resources (Location: HISRF-TIM)
	Child's Book of Country Stories by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 1st-4th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Child's Book of Stories Best-Known and Best-Loved Tales from Around the World by Jessie Willcox Smith (illustrator) from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 1st-3rd grade in Picture Book Treasuries (Location: PIC-TRE)
	Child's Book of Stories from Many Lands by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 1st-4th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for Kindergarten-6th grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL)
	Child's Garden of Verses Books of Wonder by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Diane Goode from HarperCollins for Kindergarten-4th grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL)
	Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Charles Robinson from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Poetry for 1st-5th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Cinderella Everyman's Library Children's Classics by C. S. Evans, illustrated by Arthur Rackham from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 1st-4th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $15.95
	Cinderella and other Classic Italian Fairy Tales by Christine Messina (editor) with illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Warwick Goble from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 1st-4th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Dooryard Stories by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Living Book Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $8.99
	East of the Sun and West of the Moon by P. C. Asbjornsen & Jorgen E. Moe, illustrated by Tom Vroman from Macmillan for 1st-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $16.00 (1 in stock)
	ECL: Sleeping Beauty and other Tales and other Classic French Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Wayne Brown from Classic Press for 1st-6th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
	Everyman Book of Nonsense Verse by Louise Guinnes (editor), illustrated by Mervyn Peake from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for Preschool-3rd grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Fables of Aesop by Aesop, illustrated by Stephen Gooden and translated by Roger L’Estrange from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Fairy Ring by Kate Douglas Wiggin from Yesterday's Classics in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $23.95
	Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $11.95
	Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $11.95
	Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin from Living Book Press for 1st-4th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $8.99
	First Book of Bees by Albert B. Tibbets, illustrated by Helene Carter from Living Book Press for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
	First Book of Bugs First Book Series by Margaret Williamson from Living Book Press for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
	First Caldecott Collection by Randolph Caldecott from Living Book Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $19.99
	For the Children's Hour by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Clara M. Lewis from Yesterday's Classics for Nursery-1st grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $18.95
	Fourth Caldecott Collection by Randolph Caldecott from Living Book Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $19.99
	Gladiola Garden World Voices by Effie Lee Newsome, illustrated by Lois Mailou Jones from Living Book Press for Kindergarten-5th grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Louis Rhead from SeaWolf Press for 1st-5th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW)
	How Sammy Went to Coral-Land by Emily Paret Atwater from Living Book Press for 1st-4th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
	Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Told For Young and Old by Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut from Yesterday's Classics for Preschool-6th grade in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO)
	Just So Stories Everyman's Library Children's Classics by Rudyard Kipling from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 1st-6th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $18.00
	Just So Stories Children's Classics by Rudyard Kipling (illustrated by Joseph M. Gleeson) from Dilithium Press, Ltd. Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 1st-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Just So Stories Books of Wonder by Rudyard Kipling (illustrated by Barry Moser) from HarperCollins Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 1st-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Katya's Book of Mushrooms from Living Book Press for Preschool-3rd grade in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT) $12.99
	Kindergarten Gems by Agnes Taylor Ketchum, Ida M. Jorgensen from Yesterday's Classics for Preschool-1st grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $15.95
	Little Child's Book of Stories by Ada M. Skinner & Eleanor L. Skinner, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for Preschool-3rd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Manual of Clay Modeling by Hermione Unwin from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-12th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC) $11.95
	Mary's Grammar by Jane Marcet from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Charlotte Mason Language Arts (Location: GRA-CM)
	Mother Goose Picture Book Calla Edition by Berta & Elmer Hader from Dover Publications for Preschool-3rd grade in Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes (Location: PIC-MG)
	Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes by Walter Jerrold, illustrated by Charles Robinson from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for Nursery-2nd grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, Illustrated by Kate Greenaway from Living Book Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Poems Every Child Should Know by Mary E. Burt, ed. from Yesterday's Classics for Kindergarten-6th grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $16.95
	Poppy Seed Cakes by Margery Clark, Illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $26.95
	Princess and the Goblin Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by George MacDonald from Grosset & Dunlap for 1st-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Reading-Literature First Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-2nd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Reading-Literature Second Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-2nd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Ride a-Cock-Horse and Other Rhymes and Stories by Randolph Caldecott from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Ring o' Roses by L. Leslie Brooke from Living Book Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes (Location: PIC-MG) $11.99
	Ring O' Roses Treasury: Nursery Rhymes and Stories Calla Editions by L. Leslie Brooke from Dover Publications for Nursery-6th grade in Picture Book Treasuries (Location: PIC-TRE)
	Second Caldecott Collection by Randolph Caldecott from Living Book Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $19.99
	Selections for Children: Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale from Living Book Press for 1st-5th grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $6.99
	Sleeping Beauty and other Classic French Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault & Madame d'Aulnoy, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, Gustaf Tenggren and William Robinson from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 1st-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Sleeping Beauty & Cinderella by C. S. Evans, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 100th Anniversary from SeaWolf Press for 1st-4th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $7.95
	Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Tasha Pym from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 1st-3rd grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Stories from the History of Rome by Emily Beesly from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
	Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston from Yesterday's Classics Narrative History for 1st-4th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $11.95
	Tales from a Poultry Farm by Clara Dillingham Pierson from Living Book Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $7.99
	Third Caldecott Collection by Randolph Caldecott from Living Book Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $19.99
	Very Little Child's Book of Stories by Ada M. Skinner & Eleanor L. Skinner, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for Preschool-3rd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Viking Tales by Jennie Hall from Living Book Press for 1st-4th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $8.99
	West African Folk-Tales by William H. Barker from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $10.95
	Wild Life in Woods and Fields Eyes and No Eyes #1 by Arabella B. Buckley from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $13.95
	Wild Life in Woods and Fields Eyes and No Eyes #1 by Arabella B. Buckley from Living Book Press for 1st-4th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)

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