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Tales of Adventure (Classic Starts) by Sterling Publishing
Category: Classics | Series: Classic Starts
This box set includes: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Treasure Island", and "The Call of the Wild". Each story is sure to please any adventure-loving child. It is suitable for children aged 7 to 9 years old. Now even the youngest rea ...Show more
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Classic Starts) by Mark Twain
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Classic Starts
Sail down the Mississippi with Huck Finn and the runaway slave, Jim. Intended for young readers, this title offers a tale that creates an image of pre-Civil War America with its sleepy river towns, con men, family feuds and a variety of colourful characters. It is part of the "Classic Starts[trademark]" ...Show more
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Classic Starts) by Mark Twain; Oliver Ho (Abridged by); Dan Andreasen (Illustrator); Arthur Pober (Afterword by)
Category: Classics | Series: Classic Starts® Ser.
Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunken father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi river with runaway slave, Jim.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Category: No Category | Series: Classic Starts
This title is suitable for children aged 7 years and up. No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive powers of the world's smartest detective. These easy-to-read Sherlock Holmes stories provide the perfect introduction to the super sleuth and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. Among the ...Show more
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Classic Starts) by Mark Twain, Martin Woodside
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Classic Starts
Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: " Classic Starts." The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. "Classic Starts" treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect the ...Show more
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Classic Starts) by Mark Twain; Martin Woodside (Abridged by); Lucy Corvino (Illustrator); Arthur Pober (Afterword by)
Category: Classics | Series: Classic Starts® Ser.
An abridged version of the adventures of Tom and his friends growing up in a small Missouri town on the banks of the Mississippi River in the nineteenth century.
The Iliad (Classic Starts) by Homer
Category: Classics | Series: Classic Starts
This high interest/low vocabulary retelling of The Iliad introduces young readers to Homer's thrilling epic tale. Set during the siege of Troy, The Iliad is truly the ultimate adventure story. It is suitable for ages 7-9. Homer's The Iliad is the perfect way for young readers to become familiar with the ...Show more
The Odyssey (Classic Starts) by Homer
Category: Reference | Series: Classic Starts
In this title, Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus' decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold, with all the drama intact. Young readers will thrill at Odysseus' adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enchantress Circe, who turns his crew into p ...Show more
The Phantom of the Opera (Classic Starts) by Gaston Leroux
Category: Classics | Series: Classic Starts
<b>Retold from the Gaston Leroux Original</b><br><br>The long-ago mysteries of the great opera house in Paris have never been explained. Why did so many terrible tragedies happen there? Why did everyone flee from it in fear? This gripping story about the 'opera ghost' and the bea ...Show more