Illustrated Adventure Stories

Informationen zum Autor Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio. Klappentext A rip-roaring collection of thrillers, adventures and action stories retold for younger readers. Full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. Contains classic stories such as Don Quixote, The 39 Steps, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Prisoner of Zenda and The Three Musketeers. Short biographies of each of the original authors adds interest. Zusammenfassung A collection of adventure stories retold for younger readers. It features colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It contains the stories from: "Don Quixote"! "The 39 Steps"! "The Count of Monte Cristo"! "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "The Three Musketeers". It also includes short biographies of each of the authors.

Product details

• Authors: Cervantes Saavedra, Alexandr Dumas, Alexandre Dumas, Anthon Hope, Anthony Hope, Sims Lesley, Various Authors
• Assisted by: Various (Illustration), Lesle Sims (Editor), Lesley Sims (Editor)
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 10
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2011
• EAN: 9781409522300
• ISBN: 978-1-4095-2230-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 200 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Illustrated Story Collections
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Interest age: from c 7 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Anthologies (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Anthologies