Serialization, Commercialization and the Children’s Classics

List of Figures List of Tables Introduction Chapter 1: Probing the problem of ‘the classic’ Complexities and critiques of the classic The classic in children’s literature Classics and canons Prizing and reading practices Serialising children’s classics: A room of not so familiar friends Studying British series of children’s classics at a distance and up close Compiling the data set Precursors to the classic series Chapter 2: Presence Analysing the data set Core classics and copyright Non-recurring titles The move towards homogenisation Variation in series of modern classics Trends in authorship Chapter 3: Pruning Adapting children’s classics Analysing abridgement: Counting words and reading contraction A case study of a children’s classic Ladybird: Series of classics for younger readers Longman: The children’s classics as a reading scheme Chapter 4: Product Repackaging children’s classics The publisher’s peritext A Ladybird story Puffin’s ‘complete and unabridged’ classics Walker’s Illustrated Classics: ‘The classics have never looked so good’ Conclusion: The commercial dimension of the children’s classics References Appendix Appendix A: Accessing the dataset online Appendix B: Series of classics and modern classics listed chronologically by start publishing date Appendix C: Books in series listed numerically by book ID Appendix D: Authors in series listed numerically by author ID Appendix E: Series that books appear in listed numerically by Book ID Index