The Junior Classics Vols 1-8 (hardcover+ editions)

Description

The Castalia Junior Classics, 2020 Edition are a set of books intended to captivate and enthrall the young reader, and thereby inspire a reading habit that will last a lifetime.

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide a classic collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age. The boy or girl who becomes familiar with the charming tales and poems in this collection will have gained a knowledge of literature and history that will be of high value in other school and home work. Here are the real elements of imaginative narration, poetry, and ethics, which should enter into the education of every child.

This collection, carefully used by parents and teachers with due reference to individual tastes and needs, will help many children enjoy good literature. It will inspire them with a love of good reading, which is the best possible result of any elementary education. The child himself should be encouraged to make his own selections from this large and varied collection, the child’s enjoyment being the object in view. A real and lasting interest in literature or in scholarship is only to be developed through the individual’s enjoyment of his mental occupations.

CHARLES ELIOT
PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
1918

The eight volumes of the Junior Classics presently available include the following:

Fairy Tales & Fables
Myths & Legends
Tales of Greece & Rome
Heroes of Chivalry
Tales That Never Grow Old
Stories of Boys & Girls
The Animal Book
Heroes of History

These books are hardcover print editions which will be shipped directly to you from our shipping center. An ebook edition of each book in EPUB format is included and download information for them will be provided with your receipt. Available only in the United States and the United Kingdom. Residents of other countries can purchase the print editions from Amazon.

When Volumes 9 & 10 are complete in 2024, they will be made available for purchase here on the Arkhaven store.