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Kathleen Olmstead
Kathleen Olmstead is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Anne of Avonlea and Moby Dick, as well as Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea and Matthew Henson: The Quest for the North Pole, both in the Sterling Biographies series.
Sarah Brannen has illustrated more than a dozen books for children, and is the author and illustrator of Uncle Bobbys Wedding (Putnam, 2008). She won the Ann Barrow Scholarship from the New England chapter of the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators in 2007. Learn more about her at sarahbrannen.com.
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Classic Starts®: White Fang
An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of White Fang, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! …
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Classic Starts®: Oliver Twist
An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of Oliver Twist, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! …
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Classic Starts®: Anne of Green Gables
“One thing’s for certain, no house that Anne’s in will ever be dull.” That’s what Marilla Cuthbert says about Anne, the lively red-headed orphan…
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Classic Starts®: The Iliad
This high interest/low vocabulary retelling of The Iliad introduces young readers to Homers thrilling epic tale. Set during the siege of Troy, and complete with…
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Classic Starts®: Journey to the Center of the Earth
“Go down the crater of the volcano Snaefells. Follow the shadow just before the month of July. You will find your way to the center…
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Classic Starts®: Anne of Avonlea
Now every child can celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s ever-popular story! First introduced in Anne of Green Gables as a young orphan,…
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Classic Starts®: Pollyanna
“Once you start looking for the happy things, you don’t think about the bad ones as much.” That’s the joyful way Pollyanna sees the world:…
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Classic Starts®: Moby-Dick
Call me Ishmael. These three famous words begin one of America’s most epic novels, a tale of one obsessed captain, his doomed crew, and an…
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Classic Starts®: The Prince and the Pauper
One boy, penniless and in rags, forced to beg in the street. The other, a king’s son, coddled and given all he could want. What…
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Classic Starts®: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle is a very special vet—because he knows how to talk to the animals! So when he hears that there’s a terrible sickness hurting…
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Classic Starts®: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A single person—but with two personalities: one that’s noble and kind and another that’s pure, repulsive evil. Robert Louis Stevenson’s engrossing masterpiece about the dual…