(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats with attached ribbon bookmarks. Accompanying the texts are a handful of effectively atmospheric (Crusoe) or creepy (Jekyll) drawings that illustrate key details (e.g., Dr. Jekyll's transformation back from Mr. Hyde). The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review covers these titles: Robinson Crusoe and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats with attached ribbon bookmarks. Accompanying the texts are a handful of effectively atmospheric (Crusoe) or creepy (Jekyll) drawings that illustrate key details (e.g., Dr. Jekyll's transformation back from Mr. Hyde). The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review covers these titles: Robinson Crusoe and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats with attached ribbon bookmarks. Accompanying the texts are a handful of effectively creepy scratchboard drawings that illustrate choice details (e.g., in Poe's "Berenice," the "instruments of dental surgery" surrounded by extracted teeth). The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review covers these titles: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Dracula.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats with attached ribbon bookmarks. Accompanying the texts are a handful of effectively creepy scratchboard drawings that illustrate choice details (e.g., in Poe's "Berenice," the "instruments of dental surgery" surrounded by extracted teeth). The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review covers these titles: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Dracula.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats. A handful of scratchboard illustrations in addition to a repeating chapter heading spot illustration accompany each story. A ribbon bookmark is attached. The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review includes these titles: The Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Gulliver's Travels, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats. A handful of scratchboard illustrations in addition to a repeating chapter heading spot illustration accompany each story. A ribbon bookmark is attached. The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review includes these titles: The Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Gulliver's Travels, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats. A handful of scratchboard illustrations in addition to a repeating chapter heading spot illustration accompany each story. A ribbon bookmark is attached. The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review includes these titles: The Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Gulliver's Travels, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats. A handful of scratchboard illustrations in addition to a repeating chapter heading spot illustration accompany each story. A ribbon bookmark is attached. The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review includes these titles: The Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Gulliver's Travels, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. The complete text of Alcott's classic tale of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March is reprinted with a ribbon bookmark and a list of open-ended questions ("Do you think she overreacted, or was her anger justified?") designed to stimulate thought. Repeated scratchboard illustrations head each chapter, giving the book a generic appearance.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. The story of Sara Crewe, a wealthy boarding school student who retains her pluck even when her personal circumstances change, is presented in its unabridged format. A handful of scratchboard illustrations (all featuring a monkey that doesn't debut until halfway through the novel) repeat over and over as chapter headers. The book concludes with some open-ended questions to stimulate thought.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. The time-tested classic about orphaned Mary Lennox and the neglected walled garden she returns to life is presented with a ribbon bookmark and a list of open-ended questions ("Is an absent father worse than a bad father?") for readers to ponder or discuss. A handful of scratchboard vignette illustrations repeat as chapter headings throughout the book.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. London's classic tales--one about a family dog forced to adapt to the Canadian wild, the other about an untamed wolf-dog who decides to adapt to civilization--are presented in a single volume with a ribbon bookmark. A few scratchboard illustrations are repeated over and over as chapter headers. The book concludes with two lists of open-ended discussion questions for each story.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. Montgomery's precocious redhead is presented in an unabridged edition with a ribbon bookmark. Repeated scratchboard illustrations head each chapter, and fifteen unimaginative questions for discussion follow the last chapter.

Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. Stevenson's classic swashbuckling adventure is presented here in an unabridged edition. The same few scratchboard illustrations of Long John Silver and a handful of other characters are used throughout the volume. A list of questions, most of them open-ended ("Do you think Jim is only a boy? Or has he become a man?"), closes the book.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) YA Illustrated by Scott McKowen. Two Sherlock Holmes story collections are published in one large volume featuring elegant scratchboard drawings and a ribbon bookmark. These twenty-three classic mysteries--including "The Final Problem," in which Doyle infamously killed off his protagonist--will challenge young detectives' own powers of deduction. The book concludes with a section containing relevant open-ended questions ("Why does Watson tell the stories instead of Holmes?").

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. Repeated small motifs at the opening of every chapter are rendered in scratchboard in this edition of the classic about the exploits of the outlaw Robin Hood. The volume is attractive, but the addition of some full-page illustrations would have created a nice resting place for the eye, as the text is quite dense. Discussion questions about the story are appended.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. The classic horse story is presented in an unabridged format. Each chapter begins with a small scratchboard drawing; unfortunately, the same handful of illustrations is recycled throughout, giving the volume a generic presentation. The book, which includes a ribbon bookmark, ends with a list of open-ended questions ("Would it have been as powerful a story if it was told from the human point of view?").

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. Twain's 1876 classic about the cheerfully incorrigible mischief-making everyboy is published in an unabridged edition featuring elegant (if not particularly engaging) scratchboard-drawing chapter headers and a ribbon bookmark.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta