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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was a child, I LOVED these "classic" books that were written and adapted for children. They were chapter books, smaller in size than a typical novel. I had a collection of them, which I carried around. I read these over and over again. I was 6 years old when I started 2nd grade, so I'm certain that's how old I was when I started reading these. That was in the 1970s, and no one read along with me or discussed the stories with me. Just me, the books, and my imagination.

My favorites:

Heidi by Swiss author Johanna Spyri
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Others:

The Call of the Wild
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
A Tale of Two Cities
Frankenstein
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Kidnapped
The Prince and the Pauper
Black Beauty
Anne of Green Gables
The Count of Monte Cristo
Aesop's Fables
Three Musketeers
Jekyll and Hyde

I looked online, and you could purchase them for $5 each. 
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I looked online again, and they were part of Great Illustrated Classics series for children. Each page had an illustration of what was going on in the story, which I thoroughly enjoyed as a child. I still remember the photo of Jo's dress in [i]Little Women[/i], with the burn mark on it. LoL.

I suppose because these were adaptations and not the original writing some would advise against these. They are the classics, though. [/quote]

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