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Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.

22) Around the world in 80 days

Author

Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of the many adventures of English gentleman Phileas Fogg as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

23) Dracula

Author

Zamorsky, Tania

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

24) Pollyanna

Author

Series

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness.

25) The prince and the pauper

Author

Series

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of the Mark Twain classic in which young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places and each learns something about the other's very different station in life.

26) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Author

Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.

27) The three musketeers

Author

Ho, Oliver

Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of an adventure in seventeenth-century France, when young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.

28) The war of the worlds

Author

Sasaki, Chris

Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of H. G. Wells' classic science fiction tale in which, as life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the Earth.

29) The wind in the willows

Author

Woodside, Martin

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

An abridged version of Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of the escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

30) Arabian nights: retold from the original

Author

Woodside, Martin

Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of the tale of Scheherazade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, who tells her husband, the king, a different story every night to keep him from fulfilling his plan to kill her in the morning.

31) The hunchback of Notre Dame

Author

Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

2008

Language

English

Description

An abridged retelling of the tale, set in medieval Paris, of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmaralda from being unjustly executed.

32) The jungle book

Author

Church, Lisa R

Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

Description

An abridged retelling of the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Includes discussion questions.

33) Pinocchio

Author

Zamorsky, Tania

Series

Classic Starts

Language

English

Formats

Description

An abridged retelling of the adventures of the puppet boy whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie. Includes discussion questions.

34) Alice in Wonderland: & Through the looking glass

Author

Mason, Eva

Series

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

Description

An abridged version of the stories that tell of Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and steps through a mirror, thereby experiencing unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.

35) Classic Starts®: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Author

Verne, Jules

Series

Classic Starts

Publisher

Union Square Kids

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

Description

Jules Verne's classic science fiction fantasy carries its hero—Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris—on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the ocean's depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine.

36) Little men

Author

Little Women
Classic starts

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

An abridged version of the Louisa May Alcott novel that follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.

37) Peter Pan

Author

Zamorsky, Tania

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

An abridged retelling of the adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.

38) Ballet stories: retold from the classic originals

Author

Church, Lisa R

Series

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

Description

Retells eight ballet plots based on original and classic fairy tales.

39) Moby-Dick

Author

Series

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

Description

An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

40) Greek myths

Author

Namm, Diane

Series

Language

English

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Kids - Myths and Legends

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