Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: " Classic Starts." The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. "Classic Starts" treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect[...]

An abridged version of the adventures of a nineteenth-century boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.[...]

An abridged version of the Mark Twain classic in which young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places and each learns something about the other's very different station in life.[...]

Suitable for children aged 7 years and up, this title features Tom Sawyer who liked adventures, which means he was always getting in trouble searching for treasure, witnessing a murder, getting caught in a bat cave, tricking others into doing his work, and running away with Huckleberry Finn.[...]

Postman Pat is busier than ever. With a water tower blocking the train tracks, a runaway car to chase and a broken down disco machine to fix, Postman Pat needs help if he is going to get his parcels delivered on time.[...]

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Two babies are born on the same day in England. One boy is a prince and the other boy is from a very poor family. Ten years later, they change places for a game. But then the old king dies and they cannot change back. Will the poor boy be the new K[...]

Classic / American English Tom Sawyer loves adventures. He has them at home, at school, and with his friends --Huck Finn, Joe Harper, and Becky Thatcher. Tom has one adventure in a graveyard, one in an old house, one in a cave. Who does he see in those places--and why is he afraid?[...]

Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi from St. Petersburg to Cairo. Jim is a runaway slave so they have to be careful. They have a lot of adventures on the river. They even meet a king! But is he real? Huck soon finds out the truth.[...]

Classic / British English
There are three men, a boy and a dog in a balloon over the Pacific, but only two men and the boy arrive on a strange island. Mysterious things happen to them there. Are there other people on the island? Where is the other man and his dog? Will they see their homes again?[...]

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A nineteenth-century American travels back in time to sixth-century England in this darkly comic social satire. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background informationA chronology[...]