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.
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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.
Zjednodušená verze románu psaná formou zrcadlového textu (jedna stránka anglicky, protější česky) pro mírně pokročilé.
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.
When Heidi's Aunt Dete gets a new job in Frankfurt she takes Heidi up the mountains and leaves her with her grandfather who is not at all thrilled about having Heidi live with him. Just as Heidi and her Grandfather have become happy living together, Aunt Dete returns, wanting to take Heidi back to Frankfurt to be company for a rich little girl who is sick.
Převyprávění klasického románu - příběhu londýnského sirotka, tentokrát ve dvojjazyčném vydání pro začátečníky. Zjednodušené převyprávění vynikajícího sociálního románu Charlese Dickense Oliver Twist, doplněno informacemi o autorovi a historickém kontextu díla.
Říká se, že matematik Ch. L. Dodgson, kterého známe pod pseudonymem Lewis Carroll, vymyslel příběh při projížďce na člunu, kde jej vyprávěl dceři svého přítele - Alici. Ta ho uprosila, aby o dobrodružstvích napsal knihu. Naše zjednodušená verze je určena pro středně pokročilé, kteří si nejsou hádankami a jinotaji, jež obsahuje originál, zcela jisti. Pomůže jim i český překlad na pravé straně, slovníček i jazykový koutek.
A king and queen have fallen on hard times - but then their eldest daughter is given a magic wishbone. Can this improve their fortunes? A magical retelling of a Charles Dickens' fairytale, specially written for children who have just started reading alone and developed in conjunction with a reading expert from Roehampton University.
A superb adaptation of Dorothy's adventures for newly independent readers. Frank L. Baum's classic has been specially adapted for this wonderful, fully illustrated edition at the highest level of the Reading Programme. Enjoy Dorothy's journey in Oz, as she travels along the yellow brick road with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion, before coming safely home again.
V románě líčí A. Sewell pohnutý osud čilého, odvážného a přitom ukázněného koně, který dovede chápat a potěšit nejen své druhy, ale i své pány, a který dovede ocenit hodného a pozorného člověka a vidí kolem sebe též hodně lidské nedbalosti a bezcitnosti. Posláním knihy, jež je nejoblíbenější dětskou četbou nejen v anglosaském světě, ale i jinde, je podle autorky "vzbuzovat v lidech laskavost, soucit a porozumění, jak zacházet s koňmi". Kniha je doplněna překrásnými malbami od Erica Rowe a byla i úspěšně zfilmována pod názvem Krasavec Beauty (1994).
When their father is taken away, three children move to the country, where they stay busy saving the train from accidents, befriending a nice Old Gentleman, and trying not to quarrel--Résumé de l'éditeur.
