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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

Classic Stories

Title Publication Date Adapter Original Publication Date Original Author Notes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1977 Malvina G. Vogel 1870 Jules Verne
Around the World in 80 Days 1977 Marian Leighton 1872 Jules Verne
Black Beauty 1977 Deidre S. Laiken 1877 Anna Sewell
Heidi 1977 Deidre S. Laiken 1881 Johanna Spyri
Kidnapped 1977 Deborah Kestel 1886 Robert Luis Stevenson
Little Women 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 1977 Malvina G. Vogel 1844 Alexandre Dumas
The Wizard of Oz 1977 Deidre S. Laiken 1900 L. Frank Baum Originally The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
David Copperfield 1979 Malvina G. Vogel 1849 Charles Dickens
Moby Dick 1979 Shirley Bogart 1851 Herman Melville
Oliver Twist 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 Allen 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 1979 Deidre S. Laiken 1885 Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1979 Deidre S. Laiken 1876 Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild 1979 Mitsu Yamamoto 1903 Jack London
The Count of Monte Cristo 1979 Mitsu Yamamoto 1844 Alexandre Dumas
The Last of the Mohicans 1979 Eliza Gatewood Warren 1826 James Fenimore Cooper
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 1979 Deborah Kestel 1883 Howard Pyle
The Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty 1979 Deborah Kestel 1932 Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall Originally The Mutiny on the Bounty
A Tale of Two Cities 1983 Marian Leighton 1859 Charles Dickens
Swiss Family Robinson 1983 Eliza Gatewood Warren 1812 Johann David Wyss
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 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 1983 Shirley Bogart 1881 Mark Twain
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1983 Mitsu Yamamoto 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson
The Time Machine 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 1990 Howard J. Schwach 1864 Jules Verne
The Red Badge of Courage 1990 Malvina G. Vogel 1895 Stephen Crane
Treasure Island 1990 Deidre S. Laiken 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson
Captains Courageous 1992 Malvina G. Vogel 1897 Rudyard Kipling
Frankenstein 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 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 Mitsu Yamamoto 1860 Charles Dickens
Ivanhoe Malvina G. Vogel 1820 Walter Scott

Additional Titles

Title Publication Date Adapter Original Publication Date Original Author Notes
Christmas Bedtime Stories 1990 Claudia Vurnakes Anthology of Christmas stories
Stories from the Bible: Old and New Testament 1990 Claudia Vurnakes, Mitsu Yamamoto Anthology of selections from The Bible
A Christmas Carol 2005 Malvina G. Vogel 1843 Charles Dickens

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References

  1. ^ "Waldman Publishing Corp". www.familyequitypartners.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  2. ^ "Purchase Complete Series - All 66 Titles (Great Illustrated Classics)". www.GreatIllustratedClassics.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

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