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David Copperfield (Usborne Young Reading Series 3) by Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 3
This is 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. It follows the life of David Copperfield, from birth to manhood, during which time he encounters a host of colourful characters, fro ...Show more
Don Quixote (Usborne Young Reading Series 3) by Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Category: Early Reader | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 3
This is a new title in the "Usborne Reading Programme" based on the famous Russian folktale, which is aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. Don Quixote has read so many books about knights and wizards, damsels and elves, he's gone c ...Show more
Dracula (Usborne Young Reading Series 3) by Rosie Dickins
Category: Early Reader | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 3
This is 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.It presents a terrifying tale of good and evil, in which the virtuous heroes must face the villainous vampire Count Dracula.It is ill ...Show more
Dracula (Usborne Young Reading Series 4) by Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Category: Early Reader | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 4
Jonathan Harker narrowly escapes with his life from the Transylvanian castle of evil vampire Count Dracula. But his nightmare is far from over. Back in England, Jonathan and his friends soon find themselves battling against the vilest vampire in the world. A lively retelling of the classic horror novel ...Show more
East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Usborne Young Reading Series 2) by Susanna Davidson
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 2
This is a new title in "Young Reading Series Two", part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme, which is aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. This title is based on a Scandinavian fairytale. Asta's father gives her to a talking whi ...Show more
Florence Nightingale (Usborne Young Reading Series 3) by Lucy Lethbridge
Category: Early Reader | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 3
Born into a wealthy family, Florence Nightingale could have lived a life of leisure and luxury. Instead she longed to be a nurse. In 1830, that was the last thing a rich girl could do - but Florence was no ordinary girl.
Frankenstein (Usborne Young Reading Series 3) by Rosie Dickins
Category: Early Reader | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 3
Written when Mary Shelley was only nineteen-years old, this tale of a young scientist's desire to create life still resonates. Victor Frankenstein's monster is stitched together from the stolen limbs of the dead, and the result is a grotesque being who, rejected by his maker, sets out on a journey to re ...Show more
Gladiators (Usborne Young Reading Series 3) by Minna Lacey & Susan Davidson
Category: Children's | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 3
Gladiators were brutal fighters who risked their lives in one of the deadliest sports of all time. They performed to huge crowds in stadiums across the Roman Empire. Find out how these savage spectacles first began, who took part in them and how men were trained to become fighting machines.
Gulliver's Travels (Usborne Young Reading Series 2) by Gill Harvey
Category: unmapped | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 2
The two popular titles in "Usborne Young Reading Series Two" are re-issued in luxurious hardback editions with ribbon markers. These are desirable and collectable editions to foster pride in book ownership as well as reading enjoyment. "Young Reading Series Two" is aimed at children whose reading abilit ...Show more
Hamlet (Usborne Young Reading Series 2) by Louie Stowell
Category: Early Reader | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 2
In this title, Shakespeare's classic tragedy is retold. When Prince Hamlet learns that his uncle murdered his father, he sets on a path of bloody revenge. This title is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is a senior lecturer in education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton Univ ...Show more
Hansel and Gretel (Usborne Young Reading Series 1) by Katie Daynes
Category: Early Reader | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 1
A classic fairytale from the Brothers Grimm retold in a lively fashion. Cheerily illustrated throughout by Jan McCafferty, illustrator of many Usborne favourites. Hansel and Gretel pit their wits against an evil stepmother and a wicked witch, but who will triumph at the end of the day? Young readers wil ...Show more
Hercules: The World's Strongest Man (Usborne Young Reading Series 2) by Alex Frith
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 2
This is a brand new retelling of the action-packed story of Heracles as he completes his most famous set of challenges: the Twelve Tasks. It is a new title in "Young Reading Series Two", part of the Usborne Reading Programme. Aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle l ...Show more