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Companion Library

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 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 shenanigans 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'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 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)
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)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
Andersen's Fairy Tales / Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Arabian Nights
Companion Library
by Anonymous, illustrated by Mamoru Funai
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
Arabian Nights / Aesop's Fables
by Mamoru Funai, Aesop
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-7th grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell, illustrated by E. Raymond Kinstler
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-8th grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
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)
Call of the Wild
by Jack London, illustrated by Lee Gregori
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-8th grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
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 & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Adele Werber
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
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)
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, illustrated by Earl Mayan / Howard Pyle, illustrated by Jo Polseno
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)
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
by Howard Pyle, illustrated by Jo Polseno
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 5th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
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
by Washington Irving
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe, illustrated by Gerald McCann
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-8th grade
in Companion Library (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 Action & 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)
Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann Wyss, illustrated by Lee Gregori
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-8th 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)
Tanglewood Tales / Wind in the Willows
by Nathaniel Hawthorne & Kenneth Grahame
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
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)
Toby Tyler or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
by James Otis
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 2nd-5th 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
by Louise De La Ramee
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)
Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Anna Marie Magagna
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-6th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Wonder Book
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Dick Cuffari
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-5th grade
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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