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Old 07-12-2011, 01:12 AM   #9
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Good points on both sides. I see the value in reading the full books but I also think that even just a taste of a good story will spark the desire to read it again as an older child/teen/adult. And when that revistation occurs, I highly doubt she will be looking in the children's section for abridged versions. As a child, I remember reading some unabridged classics like A little Princess and Black Beauty but I also read lots of abridged versions of books like The Man in the Iron Mask, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and a few more. I grew up and own the full version of all of them. So I don't know...

I am leaning towards just making sure that I have all the age appropriate classics available and get the others as she grows.

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