Abridiged vs. Unabriged….How to Tell?

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  • May 9, 2016 at 5:56 pm
    kellywright006
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    Hi Everyone:

    I *GET* we are looking for unabridged versions. But, when doing a library search, or when looking to buy books from sellers online such as ThriftBooks (LOVE), how do I determine?

    I have a Yearling Classic of Pollyanna. It doesn’t indicate abridged or unabriged? There must be a quick way to tell? Am I just supposed to *know* publishers? Troll Classics? Puffin? (pulling hair out emojii)  🙂

    Hoping to learn, and hoping this question might help others.

    Thanks for listening.

    May 10, 2016 at 7:54 am
    totheskydear
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    If it has a Disney movie image on the cover, it’s highly likely that it’s been contamin–oops, abridged!

    I look on the copyright page and look for ‘abridged’, ‘adapted’, ‘updated’, another author’s name, or something to the effect of ‘made easy/accessible/brought to life/etc. for young readers’.

    May 10, 2016 at 9:06 am
    alphabetika
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    Bwa ha, re: Disney movie images on the cover. My husband works for Disney but I don’t even allow Disney books in the house.

    Sometimes the length of a book can be a giveaway, too. Like if you find Les Miserables and it’s 48 pages long…..something’s wrong. But you knew that. 🙂

    May 10, 2016 at 12:11 pm
    HollyS
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    I sometimes look at the number of chapters…usually they re-divide the book on abridged versions.  It can be really hard to tell sometimes!  If you already have the book, it often says on the back of the titled page.  It usually says unabridged or names the person who edited the abridged version.

    Currently, I like to buy Sterling Classics.  They are beautiful, hardcover editions, all unabridged, and very inexpensive.  Rainbow Resource carries them for $7.75 each, which isn’t much more than a paperback copy or a used copy by the time you factor in shipping!  Many of the SCM read aloud books are available through them.

    Dover usually has unabridged copies for an inexpensive book, but they aren’t the best quality.  We often use Dover books for our poet studies since they are so inexpensive.

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