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There are two sets of books in this collection—the single title editions, and the doubles. The singles are simple, unabridged copies of standard children's classics with 1950s-esque cover art, sturdy hardcovers, lightly illustrated with line drawings throughout, and decidedly not fancy. The doubles are, in a way, just like them; there's nothing terribly distinctive about these...except that each volume includes two novels, printed together, but upside down and back-to-back, so you read one, then then flip the book over to start reading the other. This is called tête-bêche (French, head-to-tail) binding, and you can read a little more about its fascinating history here on wikipedia's "dos-à-dos (back-to-back)" article or here at an article from The Guardian.

Pairing of books seems pretty arbitrary: there's no good reason The Wizard of Oz and The Jungle Book should go together, but that's the kind of shenannigans the publishers have pulled. As a gimmicky novelty item, The Companion Library is a fun and inexpensive collection to have on your shelves.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes 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 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Samuel Clemens from Grosset & Dunlap for 2nd-5th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Andersen's Fairy Tales / Grimm's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm from Grosset & Dunlap for 2nd-5th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Arabian Nights Companion Library by Anonymous, illustrated by Mamoru Funai from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Arabian Nights / Aesop's Fables by Mamoru Funai, Aesop from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-7th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Black Beauty / Call of the Wild by Anna Sewell, Jack London, illustrated by E. Raymond Kintsler from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-8th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Five Little Peppers / Alice in Wonderland by Margaret Sidney, Lewis Carroll from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Grimms' Fairy Tales Companion Library by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Gulliver's Travels (abridged) by Jonathan Swift, Illustrated by Jo Polseno Abridged from Grosset & Dunlap for 6th-9th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Gulliver's Travels / Treasure Island by Jonathan Swift, Robert Louis Stevenson from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-10th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Hans Brinker Or, The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge & Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Heidi / Hans Brinker by Johanna Spyri, Mary Mapes Dodge from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Earl Mayan from Grosset & Dunlap Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Jungle Book / The Wizard of Oz by Rudyard Kipling, L. Frank Baum from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Just So Stories / The Prince and the Pauper by Rudyard Kipling, Samuel Clemens from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Little Lame Prince / The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Dinah Maria Mulock, Howard Pyle from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-5th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Little Men by Louisa May Alcott from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-5th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Anna Marie Magagna from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Little Women / Little Men by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Anna Marie Magagna from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-5th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Prince and the Pauper / Wizard of Oz by Mark Twain, L. Frank Baum from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales by Washington Irving from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Robinson Crusoe / Swiss Family Robinson by Daniel Defoe, Johann Wyss from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle & Sergio Leone from Grosset & Dunlap for 5th-8th grade in Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Story of King Arthur and His Knights / Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, Howard Pyle from Grosset & Dunlap for 2nd-5th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Sheilah Beckett from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Toby Tyler / Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories by James Otis, Washington Irving from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain from Grosset & Dunlap for 7th-Adult in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tom Sawyer Abroad / A Dog of Flanders and Other Stories from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tom Sawyer Detective / Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson / Samuel Clemens from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows Companion Library by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Roberta Carter Clark from Grosset & Dunlap Humorous Animal Fantasy for 10th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows / Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne & Kenneth Grahame from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wonder Book Classic Retelling of the Most Famous Greek Myths and Legends by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Dick Cuffari from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-5th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Wonder Book / Nonsense Books by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edward Lear from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-5th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)

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