HIT: Illustrated Classics

[Joan Sawyer <jsawyer@SCNC.LSD.K12.MI.US>]

Hi Group--

I just want to thank all of you that responded to my request for
illustrated classics. Below are the responses:

We have a few.  The publisher (pb) is Baronet Books. NY,NY which appears
to be a subdivision of Playmore, Inc., Publishers  and Waldman
Publishing
Corp.

There is a series put out by Baronet Books, New York called Great
Illustrated Classics.  I had 5 & 6th graders clamoring for these.  There
is an illustration on every other page.  These are adaptations of the
original version such as Treasure Island, Black Beauty, The Time
Machine, etc.  I have seen these in book stores and even toy stores.
They are great for reluctant readers.  They have a little bigger print,
also.  Hope this helps.

 Waldenbooks (book store) sells classics with illustrations.  This
summer they were having a promotion and I believe they were only $2.99
per book.  I went and looked at them but I was looking for comic book
classics.

Scribner Children's Books used to have some wonderful illustrated
classics, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.  I'd suggest contacting them to get
a list -- Scribner was bought out by Macmillan some time ago, and
Macmillan has recently been swallowed up by Simon & Schuster, so contact
Simon & Schuster.  My contact there is Elena Blanco and her phone number
is 212-698-2804 or e-mail her at Elena_M_Blanco@prenhall.com.

I purchased a set from Raintree Steck-Vaughn called
          Short Classics. They are for ages 9-17, reading level is
          grade 4, there are 48 pages per book and there are 28 books
          in the series. Some of the titles include: The Canterbury
          Tales, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pride and Prejudice, A
          Tale of Two Cities, etc.
               They are not really in a comic book format. There will
          be a page or two of the story and then an illustration.
               They sell for $16.98 each or $475.44 for the set. They
          can be purchased from:
                    Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
                    P.O. Box 26015
                    Austin, TX 78755
                    1800-531-5015
                    1512343-6854 FAX
               You can order card catalog kits as well as bar coding.

If you haven't already got these, you might try:

Classics Illustrated series
 -  published by First Publishing, Inc., New York
 -  distributed by Berkely Publishing Group
 -  most of the ones we have have copyrights in the early 1990's
 -  nicely illustrated "graphic novels," although most are only 45-50 p.
long


We have had great success with _Great Illustrated Classics_ published by
Baronet Books (Playmore Inc., Publishers & Waldman Publishing Corp., New
York).  In fact, I had trouble finding one on the shelf to get the
publishers name.

if you have an ESL catalog file, they can usually be found in there.
I think Permabound also has a section in their catalogs on them, if you
want rebounds.

 I have the Great Illustrated Classics in my library and the kids
really like them.  Ours were purchased at Waldenbooks.  They are
hardback and have held up really well.  I think the cost was between
two and five dollars each.  publisher's name.

--
Joan Sawyer
jsawyer@scnc.lsd.k12.mi.us
Otto Middle School Media Specialist