While wandering through my local bookstore last night, I came across the new line of Puffin Classics re-releases. Each of the titles featured below costs $4.99, and includes an introduction by a well-known children's writer*, an author profile, a questions-and-answers set, and illustrations.
Are they not beautiful? This is the best-looking classics set I've seen in years--plus, these paperbacks are only slightly more expensive than Dover Thrift editions (which usually run between $2.50 and $3.50), and they're a major upgrade in terms of cover art and bonus materials.
*Including Eoin Colfer, Diana Wynne Jones, Jonathan Stroud, Brian Jacques, etc...
Labels: Classic books, Re-releases
2 Comments:
Those are gorgeous--and I think I'll have to buy the Little Women one, just to see what Louise Rennison(!!!) has to say about the book.
11:18 AM
I, too, am curious, but not curious enough to re-read Little Women, which I would feel obliged to do if I shelled out the money for the book. But the deliciously random combination of LMA's classic lit and Ms. Rennison's style is *almost* enough to tempt me....
2:06 PM
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