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The Children's Library (Penguin Classics Complete Collections)

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Fabulous idea, terrible execution. Contrary to what you might think, this is not an actual collection in the meaningful sense of the word. The books arrived disordered and poorly packed in a cardboard box, so that some were damaged in transit. It comes with no display box or case. Also, unlike the photo, the books were published under three different generations of Pengiun editions, with different sizes and colors. It's not a collection. It's just a pile of books with a discount.

I completely understand works like Milne's Winnie the Pooh, over which there are reprint rights issues, being omited. There is no reason for classic children's works like Montgomery's Anne (of Green Gable and Avonlea) to be missing from a "complete" collection when Penguin publishes them individually elsewhere.

And as a sidenote, Frankenstein was never intended as a children's book, but was Shelley's novelization of her ethics and philosophy works.

Sure, this has some fine reading for the young ones to keep them away from that creepy Larry Porter bloke, but it's missing some greats. Where's Carl Barks' Donald Duck or Uncle Scrooge? Little Lulu? Calvin & Hobbes?

All words and no pics makes Jack a dull boy.