This beautifully illustrated collection contains all of Jane Austen's novels retold for young readers, including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park, with notes on the characters and quotations from the original text. With links to websites to find out more about Jane Austen's life and times.
Suitable for younger learners Word count 5,860 Bestseller
Five well-known fairy tales retold for young children and presented in a boxed 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'The Elves and the Shoemaker', 'Puss in Boots', 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and 'Cinderella'. Each book is designed and illustrated in a traditional style, bound as a cloth-covered hardback and finished with a ribbon page marker.
Leo Tolstoy's epic Russian classic, retold in just 64 pages. First published in 1869, this novel is one of the most famous books in the world, and this simple but atmospheric retelling now makes it accessible for young readers. Set in Russia following the French invasion of Russia in 1812, as the Tsarist regime is succeeded by the Napoleonic era. A concise introduction to what is widely regarded as one of the greatest works of literature ever written. The Usborne Reading Programme is a collection of over 300 reading books, graded in seven levels. Developed with reading experts. Series Three books are for fully confident readers who still need to gain the stamina needed for standard length books. They use advanced sentence structure and vocabulary and have more complex plots with subplots than the level below.
Jane Eyre est pauvre, orpheline, pas très jolie. Pourtant, grâce à sa seule force de caractère, et sans faillir à ses principes, elle parviendra à faire sa place dans la société rigide de l'Angleterre victorienne et à trouver l'amour... Une héroïne qui surmonte les épreuves sans perdre foie en son avenir, une intrigue où se succède mystères et coups de théâtre, une passion amoureuse qui défie tous les obstacles : le plaisir de lire Jane Eyre est toujours aussi vif. Comme elle, on veut croire que rien n'est écrit d'avance et que la vie réserve des bonheurs imprévus.
A new title in Young Reading Series Three, which is aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. The classic story of misadventure by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. Don Quixote thinks he's a knight, just like in the days of old - he even has a squire. Of course, these days, there are no dragons to fight, but a thing like that doesn't stop him, as he drags his squire on one madcap adventure after another… Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
A marvellous addition to the highest level of the best-selling Reading Programme. Follow Alice and the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole and join in with their madcap adventures. Part of the Usborne Young Reading series, this retelling of Lewis Carroll's enduring and popular nonsensical tale is ideal for newly independent readers.
Oliver Twist naît orphelin dans l'Angleterre du XIXe siècle. Mal nourri, exploité dès ses plus jeunes années, le pauvre garçon endure tout avec patience. Mais il refuse un jour les traitements injustes qu'il subit et fuit vers Londres. Epuisé, affamé, il est recueilli par une bande de jeunes voleurs. Il découvre alors un autre monde, tout aussi cruel, où la ruse et la force sont les meilleures armes. Le destin cessera-t-il de s'acharner contre Oliver ? A l'occasion de la sortie en salles du film de Roman Polanski, Le Livre de Poche Jeunesse propose une nouvelle traduction d'Oliver Twist par Michel Laporte, qui restitue toute la fraîcheur et le rythme, la tendresse et l'ironie du chef-d'œuvre de Charles Dickens.
This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle alone.Beautiful new illustrations throughout bring the magic of this classic story to a new generation of children.
