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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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	Adventures of Perrine from the French En Famille Windermere Readers #10 by Hector Malot, translated by Gil Meynier, adapted by Edith Heal 1954 edition from Rand McNally for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	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) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	America Grows Up A History for Peter #2 by Gerald W. Johnson from Yesterday's Classics for 4th-7th grade in New Nation (1783-1800) (Location: HISA-18NN) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Andersen's Fairy Tales Windermere Readers #8 by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Valdemar Paulsen and illustrated by Milo Winter 1954 Edition from Rand McNally for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Awakening of Europe Story of the World Series #3 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)
	Bambi A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten, illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher from Charles Scribner's Sons Animal Stories: Fantasy for 4th-6th grade in Scribner Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SCRIB) $29.99 $18.00 (1 in stock)
	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) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Black Beauty Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Anna Sewell, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, Illustrated by Lucy Kemp-Welch from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 4th-8th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $12.00 (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) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Black Beauty Everyman Children's Classics by Anna Sewell, illustrated by Lucy Kemp-Welch from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Realistic Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $10.00 (1 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) $12.00 (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)
	Dorothy of Oz by Roger S. Baum, illustrated by Elizabeth Miles from Books of Wonder for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	ECL: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, illustrated by Don Irwin for 3rd-8th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	ECL: Virginian Educator Classic Library #6 by Owen Wister, illustrated by Don Irwin Complete and Unabridged Edition from Classic Press in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL) $5.00 (2 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 (2 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)
	Gabriel and the Hour Book by Evaleen Stein from Yesterday's Classics Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $9.95 $5.00 (2 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)
	Grimm's Fairy Tales Windermere Readers #4 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap 1954 printing from Rand McNally for 4th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (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) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Heidi A Story for Children and Those Who Love Children Rainbow Classics by Johanna Spyri, translated by Marian Edwards and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard 1st Printing from World Publishing Company for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Heidi A Golden Classic by Johanna Spyri, translated by Helen Dole, illustrated by Edna Cook Shoemaker & Pelagie Doane from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Heidi A Story for Children and Those Who Love Children Windermere Readers #3 by Johanna Spyri, translated by Philip Schuyler Allen and illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright 1954 Edition from Rand McNally for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Heroes by Charles Kingsley from Yesterday's Classics for 4th-7th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $12.95 $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Homer Price Puffin Modern Classics by Robert McCloskey from Puffin Books Humor for 3rd-6th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Kurt Wiese from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Just So Stories Puffin Classics by Rudyard Kipling from Puffin Books Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 1st-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	King Arthur and His Knights A Noble and Joyous History Windermere Readers #18 by Philip Schuyler Allen, illustrated by Mead Schaeffer & John R. Neill 1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (2 in stock)
	King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Sydney Lanier, Thomas Malory from Grosset & Dunlap British Fairy Tales/Prose Epic for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $12.50 (1 in stock)
	Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Amelia C. Houghton, Illustrated by Hokie from Yesterday's Classics for k-5 in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $4.50 (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) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Matter, Molecules, & Atoms by Bertha Morris Parker from Living Book Press for 4th-8th grade in Chemistry (Location: SCI-CHEM) $8.99 $5.50 (1 in stock)
	Odyssey (retold) Puffin Classics by Geraldine McCaughrean retells Homer Puffin Classics from Puffin Books for 4th-6th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $6.99 $4.00 (2 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 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Peter Pan Puffin Classics by J. M. Barrie from Puffin Books Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99 $4.00 (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 (4 in stock)
	Pinocchio Windermere Readers #2 by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Esther Friend from Rand McNally Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Prince and the Pauper (abridged) Puffin Classics by Mark Twain from Puffin Books Historical Fiction for 5th-8th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $6.99 $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Princess and the Goblin Puffin Classics by George MacDonald from Puffin Books Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99 $4.00 (9 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)
	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)
	Sampo by James Baldwin from Yesterday's Classics for 5th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $14.95 $9.00 (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) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children by H. E. Marshall from Yesterday's Classics Myth & Legend for 2nd-5th grade in Classics Retold (Location: FIC-RET) $9.95 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon from Yesterday's Classics for 5th-8th grade 1922 Newbery Medal winner in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $19.95 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of the Middle Ages by Samuel B. Harding from Yesterday's Classics History Reference for 4th-8th grade in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID) $12.95 $7.50 (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) $7.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Streams of History: Ancient Greece by Ellwood W. Kemp from Yesterday's Classics for 4th-8th grade in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR) $9.95 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Struggle for Sea Power Story of the World Series #4 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)
	Swiss Family Robinson Windermere Readers #9 by Johann Wyss, frontispiece by Milo Winter 1954 Edition from Rand McNally for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne Ill from Yesterday's Classics for 3rd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $13.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Tanglewood Tales Windermere Readers #6 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Thirty More Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin from Living Book Press for 2nd-5th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $9.99 $7.50 (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 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) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasure Island Scribner Illustrated Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth Deluxe from Atheneum for 5th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $18.00 (1 in stock)
	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 Macmillan Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by John Falter from Macmillan for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasure Island Windermere Readers #16 by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Milo Winter 1954 Edition from Rand McNally for 5th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Two Years Before the Mast (abridged) by Richard Henry Dana Jr. from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	What to Draw and How to Draw It by E.G. Lutz from Living Book Press for 2nd-6th grade in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW) $6.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Wonder Book Classic Retelling of the Most Famous Greek Myths and Legends Windermere Readers #1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1954 Edition from Rand McNally for 3rd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Yesterday's Classics Myths for 5th-10th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $12.95 $7.50 (1 in stock)

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