Classic. Very few illustrations
923704
This is of course a great classic. I wish it had more pictures  to  help keep a little one's attention
3502431
Obviously the story is just as lovely as ever, but to be clear there are no illustrations. There are a few pictures the movie, mostly just the little girls face which rarely make any sense with the story line such that they were mostly a distraction.  Reminder if you haven't read this story, you do not need illustrations to enjoy.
1537900
I am not sure exactly what I was expecting with this book, but this wasn't really it. While it does shorten the novel, and it adds a few pictures, it doesn't really simplify the language much, and the pictures were just ok and there were only a handful of them. I guess I was expecting a book that was a little more simplified from Dicken's original work, and would have thought it would have contained a fair amount more pictures, since this is geared to a young reader. I read this to my 7 and 6 yr olds, and they had trouble following along in parts because of the difficulty in English level. I want to read the classics to them, to get them accustomed to the more difficult levels of the English language, used by the writers, but would have liked this more if it had been a little bit simpler to read. I found myself substituting words several times, as I knew they would have no idea what the writer meant. And it definitely could use more illustrations. It was a good introduction to both of them, to this holiday classic, but just not what I expected. Also, the book is HUGE. I thought it would be the size of a regular children's picture book, but it is truly massively large...much bigger than anticipated. I am not sure if there are measurements on the description, so I may have missed this detail, but it was just much bigger than we were expecting, and it doesn't fit on any of our shelves...not even our bottom large ones...
2436859
The standard edition of this book appears to have illustrations, but the economy publication dispenses with that expense.  (Maybe I missed that fact in the description....)  In a book that's designed for children, seems like it was a poor choice to 1) publish it in the economy version and 2) buy this version.  So, buyer beware: there are no illustrations in this version.
2321745
I love mother goose.  They really are my favorite lines of verse for my daughter.  I like the selection of verse in this book very much, but I'm not a fan of the illustrations.  They are just a little too muddled and mostly feature a weird mouse-like creature.  I also find this book to be a little big for just my daughter and I.  If you have a bigger family, you might appreciate the size more.  I wish I would have gone for the more classic illustrations.  I have a Husky board book that I really love from my childhood. I'll keep my eye out for something like that again.
4144715
The illustration by several artists are exceptional and for that reason I decided to keep the book. There is really no story which was disappointing considering the famous authors. There names were simply for the sale of the book.
2060940
Many kindle editions of this book on Amazon, Thought-Forms, by Annie Besant, don't include the illustrations, or only in black and white. This is a book where the color plates are very important, integral to the content. The Tredition Classics edition has the color illustrations, at a reasonable price.
2861622
The three star review has nothing to do with the story, it has to do with this edition of it. First of all, this is the quintessential Holmes story and one of my favorites. I highly recommend it. This edition claims to be "illustrated". I was expecting S. Paget's wonderful drawings throughout the book as I have found in other illustrated Kindle editions of SH. What you get is a few very random pictures at the end of the book. (a poster from a play, a photograph of a deerstalker and pipe, and a few Paget's from totally unrelated stories. One of the last TOC listings is for a link to a "free audio recording" of HOTB. There is no link. I tried it on my android tablet, my kindle and my android phone.
2170981
Cute, but very little text. I got it because our kids have an Opa and Oma, but I wish there was more to it. For kids who already speak and/ or understand a good deal of German it's too basic. It would be cute for my 3 year old who understands all German but speaks mostly in English, except he's a boy.
2567643
Primitive illustrations.
For the hard-core auto enthusiast only.
2514532
The Velveteen Rabbit is a classic in any format, but really needs to be read to the young in hardback/paper.  The illustrations are fine and the story is the same, but how can you read a story about a toy becoming real on a mechanical device.  Books too need to become real for children and that experience doesn't translate well for this story.  I prefer my tattered, stained, paper  "Velveteen Rabbit" which has become real through generational reads
305927
Certainly an exhaustive study of astrophysics.  This is a required text for some college courses, which explains the stiff price.  But the print and the illustrations are very small (maybe OK for typical students, but tough for geezers) and all in tepid B&W.  Color would add greatly to the pics and graphs.

Authors: increase the price if you must, but go to a larger format, larger print and color for the next edition.
2542801
One of the great classic texts, but don't get the idea that you're going to be doing the effects in the book five minutes after you pick this gem up. More important for the principles they use and show, and some effects and not logically or easily done in the drawing rooms of today!
518349
Not much really to write about this classic tale. Should be as widely distributed as feasible, particularly for issuance to young people about Jr. High age.
3715696
This is a beloved classic Christmas poem, and I will agree that this version has been illustrated beautifully - the illustrations are interesting and old-looking and lovely. However, I don't think it is deserving of such high ratings. Here are a few reasons why:

The FIRST thing I noticed and was disappointed about was that there is a LOT of text on each page. I think this makes it hard for little ones (or for older ones) to pay attention. I think it would have been a lot nicer to have a little less text per illustration.

The font is hard to read.

There is a little sidebar picture on each page with a little clock and a vintage-looking outdoor Christmas scene. I think this is cool; however, it would have been a LOT neater to have something in the picture change from page to page. It has the exact same picture on every. single. page. I think the illustrator missed out on the potential of this book in this way.

For the detail of the pictures, I would have liked the book to be a bit larger, or to have less white on the pages (larger pictures).
1814048
A lost classic. The paperback, sadly doesn't really do justice to the photos or their poetic accompanying text. I got this book after reading the original in one sitting, but buying the original hardcover was prohibitively expensive.
4249332
Simple, beautifully illustrated.  Short and sweet.