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Each of these four exciting new titles in the "Young Reading" series is a classic story or fable, retold with simple text to delight and inspire any child who is just beginning to read. This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert, Allison Kelly from Roehampton University. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills and is accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations. These are sumptuous hardbacks with a ribbon marker and foiled covers.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
'Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.'
This is a `series three' book, in the `Usborne Young Reading' scheme - for readers who are ready for longer stories.
`Orphaned Oliver lives in a cold, grim workhouse, until the day he dares to ask for more. Escaping to London, Oliver finds new friends and thinks he has a home at last.
But his troubles are only just beginning.....'
64 high quality shiny pages, split over 7 chapters:-
Nobody's baby
More means less
Running away
New friends
Betrayed
A robbery
The secret of the locket
finishing with a one-page summary of Charles Dickens.
Clear, easy to read text with super colour illustrations throughout.
The opening text:-
"Take...care.....of....him."
The young mother's whisper was as soft as the swirling snow outside; her face was as white as the sheet that covered her. Feebly she touched her newborn son, breathed a last sigh, and closed her eyes......'
This is a `series three' book, in the `Usborne Young Reading' scheme - for readers who are ready for longer stories.
`Orphaned Oliver lives in a cold, grim workhouse, until the day he dares to ask for more. Escaping to London, Oliver finds new friends and thinks he has a home at last.
But his troubles are only just beginning.....'
64 high quality shiny pages, split over 7 chapters:-
Nobody's baby
More means less
Running away
New friends
Betrayed
A robbery
The secret of the locket
finishing with a one-page summary of Charles Dickens.
Clear, easy to read text with super colour illustrations throughout.
The opening text:-
"Take...care.....of....him."
The young mother's whisper was as soft as the swirling snow outside; her face was as white as the sheet that covered her. Feebly she touched her newborn son, breathed a last sigh, and closed her eyes......'
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In Class 3, we really enjoyed reading Oliver Twist in our literacy lessons.
Mr Brownlow is our favourite character because he is a forgiving man. We think it was really kind of him to give Oliver another chance.
The last part of the book is our favourite part because it is very dramatic and exciting.
We think this would be a good book for any child to read, but especially for 7-8 year olds to read either on their own or with a grown up.
Mr Brownlow is our favourite character because he is a forgiving man. We think it was really kind of him to give Oliver another chance.
The last part of the book is our favourite part because it is very dramatic and exciting.
We think this would be a good book for any child to read, but especially for 7-8 year olds to read either on their own or with a grown up.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Usborne Young Reading series offers a marvellous gateway into the classics for children too young to cope with the full texts. "Oliver Twist" is a perfect example of the clever abridging and editing that the series employs in reducing a long, wordy novel to its essentials without losing the tension or characters that made the books classics in the first place.
My daughter (aged 5) was given this book for Christmas because of her love of the musical "Oliver!" and, because she was already familiar with the plot, it has made an excellent bedtime story for her and one that she has requested again and again. It does take a few sittings for me to read it to her from cover to cover, however, as she insists on inserting the songs from the musical at the appropriate intervals.
For a child coming to the story cold, 5 may be a little young for this particular story but it would certainly appeal as a tale to 7 year olds and the more proficient at reading could enjoy reading it in this version for themselves. The illustrations are attractive and detailed and the book is careful in its portrayal of the more violent or distressing scenes of the original - Fagin's fate, in particular, is not included and Nancy's is sensitively amended. A great introduction to Dickens for children.
My daughter (aged 5) was given this book for Christmas because of her love of the musical "Oliver!" and, because she was already familiar with the plot, it has made an excellent bedtime story for her and one that she has requested again and again. It does take a few sittings for me to read it to her from cover to cover, however, as she insists on inserting the songs from the musical at the appropriate intervals.
For a child coming to the story cold, 5 may be a little young for this particular story but it would certainly appeal as a tale to 7 year olds and the more proficient at reading could enjoy reading it in this version for themselves. The illustrations are attractive and detailed and the book is careful in its portrayal of the more violent or distressing scenes of the original - Fagin's fate, in particular, is not included and Nancy's is sensitively amended. A great introduction to Dickens for children.
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