Speaking of Books... New from Puffin Classics and Daniela J Terrazzini!

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Speaking of books and how much I love them, not just reading them but holding them and looking at them and admiring their lovely covers and creamy white pages.... Look at these absolutely gorgeous editions of classic children's books new from Penguin Classics and their children's division, Puffin. They already publish the best looking paperback editions of the classics (with great extras) at a very low price ($4.99) and now they are publishing them in these spectacular hardcover, dust jacket-free editions for kids and adults. The most exciting part is that these covers have been created by none other than Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, illustrator of Steven Arntson's wonderful middle-grade book The Wikkeling and Jane Yolen's lovely fairy tale, The Seeing Stick. Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the paperback classics, all of which have cover art by famous kid's book illustrators and introductions by popular children's book authors!




Coralie Bickford-Smith is the illustrator for the equally lovely adult classics from Penguin. I discovered some of these images over at a really cool blog full of fantastic pictures,  Tinza's Tiddley-Bits.







PUFFIN CLASSICS SERIES
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Puffin Classics)The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAlice's Adventures in WonderlandThrough the Looking-GlassPeter PanThe Princess and the GoblinThe Wind in the WillowsHans Andersen's Fairy TalesRip Van Winkle & Other StoriesThe Jungle BookDaddy-Long-LegsA Christmas CarolKimThe Secret GardenKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round TableThe Tale of TroyThe Adventures of Robin HoodTales of Ancient EgyptThe Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock HolmesThe Great Adventures of Sherlock HolmesThe Swiss Family RobinsonPinocchioWhite FangThe Phoenix and the CarpetDracula (Puffin Classics Series)The Happy Prince and Other StoriesAnne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables Series #1)Anne of the IslandAnne of AvonleaA Little PrincessJourney to the Centre of the EarthThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarA Tale of Two CitiesTales from ShakespeareKidnappedJust So StoriesOliver TwistFive Children and ItBoyhood DaysGreat Expectations (Puffin Classics Series)
Tales of the Greek HeroesLittle WomenWhat Katy DidHeidi

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