The stories come originally from the highly successful gift collection The Orchard Book of Shakespeare Stories. Also included are useful notes on the themes within the stories and a background to the Globe theatre. Andrew Matthews’s vibrant and accessible retellings, coupled with expressive and funny illustrations by Tony Ross, provide an introduction to this important part of our cultural heritage in the most enjoyable way. Perfect for school use KS2-4, the notes highlighting themes in the specific stories will help to focus discussions.
| Author | Andrew Matthews |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
Huckleberry Finn, who lives in a small town near the Mississippi, who is always looking for an adventure, finds it
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Before there were airplanes and high-speed travel, Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman, bets 20,000 pound that he can travel around the world in only 80 days.
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Very simple, sweet and pleasing novel. This is a book that is a comfortable and sweet as a mug of hot cocoa.
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Retells the ballad tales of Robin Hood and his band of fellows who outwitted the sour Sheriff of Nottingham, henchman of the wicked King John.
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The world’s best-loved children’s stories set in large type for easy reading.
— Over 100 illustrations in each book
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This book has been developed for beginners who will be first introduced to this topic.
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This story is about a young man D’Artangnan who first has a fight with the Three Musketeers but then becomes their friend and joins them in fighting against the plots of the Cardinal.
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In the formal environment of the classroom or in the relaxed atmosphere of the home, flash Cards provide a novel and innovative way of teaching the basic learning concepts.
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In the formal environment of the classroom or in the relaxed atmosphere of the home, flash Cards provide a novel and innovative way of teaching the basic learning concepts.
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The warmhearted story of the four March sisters…..
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy growing up in 19th century
America
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Young Jim Hawkins and his friends set sail for Treasure Island, hoping to find the buried look of Captain Flint, fiercest of all the pirates
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Author Jack London wrote Kate Douglas Wiggin a letter about her classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm from the headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Manchuria in 1904
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