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The Great Illustrated Classics book series offers easy-to-read adaptations of well known literary classics, featuring large print and illustrations on every other page. The series is targeted at children. There are currently 66 titles.[1][2]
The series is owned, published, and sold by Waldman Publishing Corporation under the Baronet Books imprint. As of 2022, each release is available for purchase directly from the publisher's website, including bundled volumes of certain titles.
Great Illustrated Classics
editClassic Stories
editTitle | Code on Spine | Publication Date | Adapter | Original Publication Date | Original Author | Notes |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | C224-18 | 1977 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1870 | Jules Verne | |
Around the World in 80 Days | 224-1 | 1977 | Marian Leighton | 1872 | Jules Verne | |
Black Beauty | 224-2 | 1977 | Deidre S. Laiken | 1877 | Anna Sewell | |
Heidi | B224-12 | 1977 | Deidre S. Laiken | 1881 | Johanna Spyri | |
Kidnapped | C224-20 | 1977 | Deborah Kestel | 1886 | Robert Luis Stevenson | |
Little Women | 224-4 | 1977 | Lucia Monfried | 1868 | Louisa May Alcott | |
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | 1977 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1719 | Daniel Defoe | Originally Robinson Crusoe | |
The Three Musketeers | B224-15 | 1977 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1844 | Alexandre Dumas | |
The Wizard of Oz | 224-8 | 1977 | Deidre S. Laiken | 1900 | L. Frank Baum | Originally The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
David Copperfield | C224-23 | 1979 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1849 | Charles Dickens | |
Moby Dick | B224-16 | 1979 | Shirley Bogart | 1851 | Herman Melville | |
Oliver Twist | 224-5 | 1979 | Marian Leighton | 1837 | Charles Dickens | |
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1979 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1901 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Originally The Hound of the Baskervilles | |
Tales of Mystery and Terror | 1979 | Marjorie P. Katz | Edgar Allan Poe | Anthology including The Cask of Amontillado, The Gold Bug, The Fall of The House of Usher, and The Tell-Tale Heart | ||
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | B224-14 | 1979 | Deidre S. Laiken | 1885 | Mark Twain | |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 224-6 | 1979 | Deidre S. Laiken | 1876 | Mark Twain | |
The Call of the Wild | 224-3 | 1979 | Mitsu Yamamoto | 1903 | Jack London | |
The Count of Monte Cristo | D224-28 | 1979 | Mitsu Yamamoto | 1844 | Alexandre Dumas | |
The Last of the Mohicans | C224-24 | 1979 | Eliza Gatewood Warren | 1826 | James Fenimore Cooper | |
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood | B224-13 | 1979 | Deborah Kestel | 1883 | Howard Pyle | |
The Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty | C224-19 | 1979 | Deborah Kestel | 1932 | Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall | Originally The Mutiny on the Bounty |
A Tale of Two Cities | D224-26 | 1983 | Marian Leighton | 1859 | Charles Dickens | |
Swiss Family Robinson | B224-11 | 1983 | Eliza Gatewood Warren | 1812 | Johann David Wyss | |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | D224-25 | 1983 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1891 | Arthur Conan Doyle | |
The Man in the Iron Mask | 1983 | Raymond H. Harris | 1847 | Alexandre Dumas | Originally The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later | |
The Prince and the Pauper | C224-22 | 1983 | Shirley Bogart | 1881 | Mark Twain | |
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | B224-10 | 1983 | Mitsu Yamamoto | 1886 | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
The Time Machine | D224-32 | 1983 | Shirley Bogart | 1895 | H.G. Wells | |
The War of the Worlds | 1983 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1898 | H.G. Wells | ||
A Journey to the Center of the Earth | B224-9 | 1990 | Howard J. Schwach | 1864 | Jules Verne | |
The Red Badge of Courage | D224-27 | 1990 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1895 | Stephen Crane | |
Treasure Island | 224-7 | 1990 | Deidre S. Laiken | 1883 | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
Captains Courageous | D224-29 | 1992 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1897 | Rudyard Kipling | |
Frankenstein | D224-30 | 1992 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1818 | Mary Shelley | |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | 1994 | Eliza Gatewood Warren | 1903 | Kate Douglas Wiggin | ||
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1994 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1831 | Victor Hugo | ||
The Jungle Book | 1994 | Dan Johnson | 1894 | Rudyard Kipling | ||
The Secret Garden | 1994 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1911 | Frances Hodgson Burnett | ||
The Wind in the Willows | 1994 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1908 | Kenneth Grahame | ||
White Fang | 1994 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1906 | Jack London | ||
Gulliver’s Travels | 1995 | Saviour Pirotta | 1726 | Jonathan Swift | ||
Peter Pan | 1995 | Marian Leighton | 1911 | J.M. Barrie | Originally Peter and Wendy | |
Pollyanna | 1995 | Marian Leighton | 1913 | Eleanor H. Porter | ||
The Invisible Man | 1995 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1897 | H.G. Wells | ||
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle | 1995 | Jack Kelly | 1820 | Washington Irving | Originally The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1995 | Fern Siegel | 1890 | Oscar Wilde | ||
Dracula | 1996 | Jack Kelly | 1897 | Bram Stoker | ||
King Solomon’s Mines | 1996 | Jack Kelly | 1885 | H. Rider Haggard | ||
Pride and Prejudice | 1997 | Fern Siegel | 1813 | Jane Austen | ||
Aesop’s Fables | 2000 | Rochelle Larkin | Aesop | Original date(s) unknown | ||
Beauty & The Beast and Other Stories | 2000 | Rochelle Larkin | 1756 | Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont | Abridged version adapted from Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's 1740 works | |
King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table | D224-31 | 2000 | Joshua E. Hanft | Unknown author(s); Assorted tales from Arthurian legend | ||
Sleeping Beauty and Other Stories | 2000 | Rochelle Larkin | Unknown author(s); Originally The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods | |||
The Little Mermaid and Other Stories | 2000 | Rochelle Larkin | 1837 | Hans Christian Andersen | ||
Jane Eyre | 2004 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1847 | Charlotte Brontë | ||
A Little Princess | 2005 | Eliza Gatewood Warren | 1905 | Frances Hodgson Burnett | ||
Cinderella and Other Stories | 2005 | Rochelle Larkin | 1812 | Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm | Originally The Little Glass Slipper from Grimms' Fairy Tales | |
Grimm’s Fairy Tales | 2005 | Roy Nemerson | 1812 | Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm | ||
Snow White and Other Stories | 2005 | Rochelle Larkin | 1812 | Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm | Originally Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Grimms' Fairy Tales | |
The House of the Seven Gables | 2005 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1851 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
The Phantom of the Opera | 2005 | Shannon Donnelly | 1909 | Gaston Leroux | ||
Alice in Wonderland | 2012 | Eliza Gatewood Warren | 1865 | Lewis Carroll | Originally Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | |
Hans Brinker | 2012 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1865 | Mary Mapes Dodge | Originally Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates | |
Anne of Green Gables | Eliza Gatewood Warren | 1908 | Lucy Maud Montgomery | |||
Great Expectations | C224-21 | Mitsu Yamamoto | 1860 | Charles Dickens | ||
Ivanhoe | Malvina G. Vogel | 1820 | Walter Scott |
Additional Titles
editTitle | Code on Spine | Publication Date | Adapter | Original Publication Date | Original Author | Notes |
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Christmas Bedtime Stories | 226-3 | 1990 | Claudia Vurnakes | Anthology of Christmas stories | ||
Stories from the Bible: Old and New Testament | 226-2 | 1990 | Claudia Vurnakes, Mitsu Yamamoto | Anthology of selections from The Bible | ||
A Christmas Carol | 226-1 | 1990 | Malvina G. Vogel | 1843 | Charles Dickens |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Waldman Publishing Corp". www.familyequitypartners.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Purchase Complete Series - All 66 Titles (Great Illustrated Classics)". www.GreatIllustratedClassics.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Heroes of America". www.greatillustratedclassics.com.
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