Classic Starts®: Moby-Dick

Herman Melville, abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, illustrated by Eric Freeberg, afterword by Arthur Pober
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Age range
7
to 9
Call me Ishmael. These three famous words begin one of America’s most epic novels, a tale of one obsessed captain, his doomed crew, and an elusive white whale named Moby-Dick. The massive original, however, can be very hard for young readers to navigate. This beautifully abridged and adventure-filled version will thrill children and whet their appetite for the complete work—when they are ready to tackle it.