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Books in CREATIVE CLASSIC SERIES series

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    James Thurber, Sandra Higashi

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Nov. 1, 1983)
    A henpecked husband copes with the frustrations of his dull life by imagining he is a fearless airplane pilot, a brilliant doctor, and other dashing figures.
    U
  • The Night the Ghost Got in

    James Thurber, Sandra Higashi

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Nov. 1, 1983)
    A young boy hears a ghost's footsteps in the house, but the boy's mother believes it is burglars and calls the police
    N
  • The Last Leaf

    O. Henry, Byron Glaser

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Sept. 1, 1981)
    A sick artist with no will to live feels she will die when the last leaf falls from the tree by her window--yet for some reason the leaf hangs on.
    P
  • Silent Snow, Secret Snow

    Conrad Aiken

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Nov. 1, 1983)
    As Paul gradually withdraws from reality, he sees his world engulfed and muffled by a deep, peaceful snow, one that exists only in his mind.
    V
  • The Miracle of Purun Bhagat

    Rudyard Kipling

    Library Binding (Creative Co, March 1, 1986)
    Relates how a very high caste Indian Brahmin came to be worshipped as a saint by the inhabitants of a remote village in the Himalayas
    U
  • The Lottery

    Shirley Jackson, Reg Sandland

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Nov. 1, 1983)
    A seemingly ordinary village participates in a yearly lottery to determine a sacrificial victim
    M
  • The Ransom of Red Chief

    O. Henry, Byron Glaser

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Oct. 1, 1980)
    Sam and Bill's plan to kidnap Ebenezer Dorset Jr., backfires when the victim assumes the intimidating role of Red Chief
  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    Edgar Allan Poe, Byron Glaser

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Sept. 1, 1981)
    A murderer is convinced that the loud beating of his victim's heart will give him away to the police
  • The Little Mermaid: Classic Storybook

    Sheryl Kahn

    Hardcover (Mouse Works, Aug. 1, 1997)
    A beautiful sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the heart of the prince she loves.
    M
  • The Cask of Amontillado

    Edgar Allan Poe, Byron Glaser

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Sept. 1, 1981)
    After enduring many injuries of the noble Fortunato, Montressor executes the perfect revenge.
    M
  • The Lady or the Tiger?

    Frank Richard Stockton, Sandra Higashi

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Nov. 1, 1983)
    A princess must choose the fate for her lover--the lady or the tiger.
    P
  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat

    Bret Harte, John Keely

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Sept. 1, 1981)
    Exiled from the town of Poker Flats as undesirables, a small group of men and women face death when they are snowbound in a mountain pass
    X