Bibliosexual

Dec 22, 2008 10:11




Nifty: The Penguin Classics Children's Library for just $299.40 on Amazon.

Confusing: No indication of which books are included, beside the ones shown in the picture. Unless you're really buying six paperbacks for $299.40, which I doubt. Perhaps they're made of rubies or some similar precious substance.

Mitigating Factor: For those bibliophiles among us who would love to own the Penguin Classics library complete collection, but lack the wealth or cunning cat burglar skills needed to pinch it from Penguin HQ, it seems likely that this would be an equally satisfying purchase at a fraction of the cost. Still, it's weird that not even the Penguin site provides a listing of the kids' books.

Later Note: Oddly, this other listing provides 51 books, but gives the impression that the Penguin Classics Children's Library has yet to be released. I find some of the selections not as kid-friendly as they might think too. Frankenstein-in which a reanimated corpse slaughters his fickle creator's family one-by-one-doesn't seem to be bedtime reading for a five-year-old, for example. Wait until you're six.

reading, books, doodads, frankenstein

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