[P.O.E.]

Thanks.

I had the "Readers Digest" books for kids set as a young'un read plenty of classics, albeit abridged.

Later in life, I went back and re-read the unabridged for several of them

Also had this set:

[AnAmericanMother]

We had the "Book House for Children" and American Heritage Junior Library. Basically the same idea.

It worked. We started reading and never stopped.