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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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	Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass Windermere Readers #5 by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Milo Winter 1954 edition from Rand McNally for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	All the Mowgli Stories Junior Deluxe Editions by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Richard M. Powers from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $5.00 (1 in stock)
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	Andersen's Fairy Tales Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 Paperback by Hans Christian Anderson, illustrated by Arthur Szyk from Grosset & Dunlap Fairy Tales for 3rd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $5.00 (1 in stock)
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	Bible Stories for Young Readers Junior Deluxe Editions by April Oursler Armstrong, illustrated by Jules Gotlieb from Junior Deluxe Editions for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Bible Story Books (Location: VIN-BIB) $3.75 (1 in stock)
	Black Beauty Junior Deluxe Editions by Anna Sewell, illustrated by Walter Seaton from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Black Beauty Macmillan Classics by Anna Sewell, illustrated by John Groth from Macmillan for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Black Beauty / Call of the Wild by Anna Sewell, Jack London, illustrated by E. Raymond Kintsler & Lee Gregori from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-8th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
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	Davy Crockett Junior Deluxe Editions by Constance Rourke, illustrated by Walter Seaton from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-7th grade 1935 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Discovery of New Worlds Story of the World Series #2 by M. B. Synge from Yesterday's Classics History Reference for 4th-8th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $13.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	East of the Sun and West of the Moon Macmillan Classics by P. C. Asbjornsen & Jorgen E. Moe, illustrated by Tom Vroman from Macmillan for 1st-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Eight Cousins Puffin Classics by Louisa May Alcott from Puffin Books Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Fairy Tales: The Brothers Grimm Everyman's Library Children's Classics by The Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 2nd-6th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $19.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
	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 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	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 $5.50 (1 in stock)
	Four American Inventors by Frances M. Perry from Yesterday's Classics for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $13.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	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 Sterling Classics by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Scott McKowen from Sterling Publishing Co. Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Growth of the British Empire Story of the World Series #5 by M. B. Synge from Yesterday's Classics British History Reference for 4th-8th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $13.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Hans Brinker Or, The Silver Skates Windermere Readers #7 by Mary Mapes Dodge, illustrated by Milo Winter 1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.50 (2 in stock)
	Hexapod Stories from Yesterday's Classics for 2nd-4th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Just So Stories Puffin Classics by Rudyard Kipling from Puffin Books Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 1st-6th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Kidnapped Junior Deluxe Editions by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Tom O'Sullivan from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.75 (1 in stock)
	Little Lord Fauntleroy Puffin Classics by Frances Hodgson Burnett from Puffin Books Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Little Lord Fauntleroy Junior Deluxe Editions by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Peter Spier from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.75 (1 in stock)
	Little Men Dover Evergreen Classics by Louisa May Alcott from Dover Publications for 4th-7th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $11.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Little Men by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Ruth Ives from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Little Women Whole Story Series by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by James Prunier from Viking Press Realistic Romantic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $12.00 (3 in stock)
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	Myths Every Child Should Know Junior Deluxe Editions by Hamilton Wright Mabie, illustrated by Colleen Browning from Junior Deluxe Editions for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $5.00 (1 in stock)
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	Old-Fashioned Girl Puffin Classics by Louisa May Alcott from Puffin Books Realistic Romantic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $9.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	On the Shores of the Great Sea Story of the World Series #1 by M. B. Synge from Yesterday's Classics History Reference for 4th-8th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $13.95 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Peter Pan Dover Evergreen Classics by J. M. Barrie from Dover Publications for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $4.79 $2.40 (1 in stock)
	Pinocchio Puffin Classics by Carlo Collodi, translated by E. Hardin and illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi from Puffin Books Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $2.50 (2 in stock)
	Pinocchio Junior Deluxe Editions by Carlo Collodi, translated by M. A. Murray and illustrated by Roberta MacDonald from Junior Deluxe Editions Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.75 (1 in stock)
	Rabbit Hill Puffin Modern Classics by Robert Lawson from Puffin Books for 3rd-6th grade 1945 Newbery Medal winner in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99 $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Rascal Memoir of a Better Era by Sterling North from Puffin Books Biography for 4th-8th grade 1964 Newbery Honor Book in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories by Washington Irving, illustrated by Susanne Suba from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Puffin Modern Classics by Eleanor Coerr from Puffin Books Historical Fiction for 4th-6th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $5.99 $3.50 (2 in stock)
	Sherlock Holmes Junior Deluxe Editions by Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by Richard M. Powers from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Smoky the Cow Horse by Will James August 1928 printing from Charles Scribner's Sons for 4th-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Stories from Ancient Rome by Alfred J. Church from Yesterday's Classics for 4rd-6th grade in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO) $9.95 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Stories from the Arabian Nights And Sinbad the Sailor Junior Deluxe Editions by Retold by A.E. Housman, illustrated by Girard Goodenow from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-9th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Stories of Robin Hood Told to the Children by H. E. Marshall from Yesterday's Classics for 2nd-5th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $9.95 $5.50 (1 in stock)
	Story Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre from Living Book Press for 4th-6th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $12.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of the Treasure Seekers Puffin Classics by E. Nesbit, illustrated by Cecil Leslie from Puffin Books Family Stories for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Tales from Shakespeare Junior Deluxe Editions by Charles & Mary Lamb, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.75 (2 in stock)
	Through Four Seasons by Edith M. Patch from Yesterday's Classics for 4th-6th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $14.95 $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll from Junior Deluxe Editions for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Tommy Smith's Animals by Edmund Selous from Yesterday's Classics for 4th-6th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasure Island Macmillan Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by John Falter from Macmillan for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Water Babies (abridged) Puffin Classics by Charles Kingsley from Puffin Books Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Wizard of Oz Puffin Classics by L. Frank Baum from Puffin Books for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Wizard of Oz Junior Deluxe Editions by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $5.00 (1 in stock)

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