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Kathleen Olmstead

About the Author

Kathleen Olmstead is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Anne of Avonlea and Moby Dick, as well as Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea and Matthew Henson: The Quest for the North Pole, both in the Sterling Biographies series.

Sarah Brannen has illustrated more than a dozen books for children, and is the author and illustrator of Uncle Bobbys Wedding (Putnam, 2008). She won the Ann Barrow Scholarship from the New England chapter of the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators in 2007. Learn more about her at sarahbrannen.com.

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Classic Starts®: White Fang
Classic Starts®: White Fang

Classic Starts®: White Fang

by Jack London, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Karl James Mountford

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Classic Starts®: Oliver Twist
Classic Starts®: Oliver Twist

Classic Starts®: Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Karl James Mountford

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Classic Starts®: Anne of Green Gables
Classic Starts®: Anne of Green Gables

Classic Starts®: Anne of Green Gables

by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Karl James Mountford

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Classic Starts®: The Iliad
Classic Starts®: The Iliad

Classic Starts®: The Iliad

by Homer, Illustrated by Eric Freeberg, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead

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Classic Starts®: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Classic Starts®: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Classic Starts®: Journey to the Center of the Earth

by Jules Verne, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Afterword by Arthur Pober, Illustrated by Eric Freeberg

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Classic Starts®: Anne of Avonlea
Classic Starts®: Anne of Avonlea

Classic Starts®: Anne of Avonlea

by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Dan Andreasen, Afterword by Arthur Pober

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Classic Starts®: Pollyanna
Classic Starts®: Pollyanna

Classic Starts®: Pollyanna

by Eleanor H. Porter, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Jamel Akib, Afterword by Arthur Pober

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Classic Starts®: Moby-Dick
Classic Starts®: Moby-Dick

Classic Starts®: Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Eric Freeberg, Afterword by Arthur Pober

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Classic Starts®: The Prince and the Pauper
Classic Starts®: The Prince and the Pauper

Classic Starts®: The Prince and the Pauper

by Mark Twain, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Jamel Akib, Afterword by Arthur Pober

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Classic Starts®: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Classic Starts®: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Classic Starts®: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh Lofting, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Lucy Corvino, Afterword by Arthur Pober

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Classic Starts®: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Classic Starts®: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Classic Starts®: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Illustrated by Jamel Akib, Afterword by Arthur Pober

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