{"product_id":"the-classics","title":"The Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe canon, sized for early hands.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a household where books are how a family introduces itself to a child. Not the ones for the chewing months, the ones the parents actually want on the shelf. The Classics is six board-book primers, each one a work of literature translated into a form a baby can hold. Tolstoy as fashion. Bronte as counting. Twain as a journey. Shakespeare as romance. Carroll as wonder. Austen as opposites. Six small literary objects, sent as a row.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Karenina, a fashion primer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Tolstoy's Russia rendered in fashion illustration. The first fashion book, with literary weight behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJane Eyre, a counting primer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Bronte's moors scaled to numbers and silhouettes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRomeo and Juliet, a counting primer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Shakespeare in counting form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSense and Sensibility, an opposites primer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Austen's first novel as opposites. The companion to Anna Karenina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/strong\u003e, Carroll's looking-glass world as a primer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/strong\u003e, Twain's Mississippi journey. The first American classic on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy we built it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Classics is the Edit we built for the giver who would rather send literature than almost anything else. Six primers chosen as a starting library, not the books the baby reads but the books the parents want on the nursery shelf. The cross-section is the point: Russian, English, American, Shakespearean, Victorian and Austen, in one row.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also the Edit that photographs best on a shelf, which matters more than it sounds. These are objects a household keeps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSizing and selection\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll six are board-book editions, sized for early hands. The set is fixed, six titles, no substitutions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milk \u0026 Honey Babies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50989596836073,"sku":"MHB-EDIT-LIBRARYFIRSTED","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/4219\/files\/Romeo_and_Juliet-_A_Counting_Primer.webp?v=1778522734","url":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneybabies.com\/products\/the-classics","provider":"Milk \u0026 Honey Babies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}