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The Little Prince: Deluxe Pop-Up Book, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Houghton Mifflin, $35, ages 9-12, 64 pages. Saint-Exupery's artwork leaps off the page in this pop-up edition of his 1943 fantasy about a pilot who rediscovers his sense of wonder after being marooned in the Sahara with a planet-hopping prince. Swiveling scenes and 3-D fold-outs make this unabridged edition the perfect introduction to a classic. (Watch a book trailer below!)
Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Oleg Lipchenko, Tundra Books, $22.95, ages 9-12, 104 pages. In this gorgeous new edition of the Lewis Carroll classic, master draftsman Lipchenko accentuates the dreamy world inside the rabbit hole with a yellowish atmosphere and detailed lead and brown pencil sketches that meander around the text. Major scenes are framed by elaborate drawings that have the feel of picture searches.
Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote, retold by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Chris Riddell, Candlewick Press, $27.99, ages 9-12, 352 pages. Jenkins' flair for storytelling and Riddell's exquisite drawings make this classic tale of the deluded old Spaniard who thinks he's a knight errant more accessible than ever. Barely a page goes by without a finely penned caricature, whether it's a knobby-kneed Quixote leaping in the air or the wild-haired Spaniard brandishing his sword against crazed cats.
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by John Lawrence, Candlewick Press. $24.99, ages 9-12, 272 pages. Lawrence's woodcut prints look as if they were engraved from the rustic, wide planks of a pirate ship and aged in the salty sea air in this handsome unabridged edition of Stevenson's swashbuckling adventure, in which a young Jack Hawkins sets sail with the cunning mutineer Long John Silver in search of buried gold.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Hyperion Books, written by Lauren Child, photographed by Polly Borland, set created by Emily L. Jenkins, Hyperion Books, 16.99, 44 pages. Child, the creator of the wildly popular Charlie and Lola series, brings her childlike sensibility to this enchanting edition of the timeless fairy tale about a girl with curly hair who snoops through the cottage of three bears. Photographic stills of a doll with ringlets and three stuffed bears beautifully mimic the way a child would act out the story.
The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe: A Celebration of the First Edition, written by C.S. Lewis, with interior art by Pauline Baynes, Harper, $20, ages 8 and up, 173 pages. Looking almost exactly as it did when it was first published in 1950, this wonderful reproduction of the classic story of four siblings who discover a strange, snowy wood in a