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Books in Usborne Young Reading: Series 3 series

  • David Copperfield

    Mary Seabag-montefiore, Charles Dickens, Barry Ablett

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2008)
    A young orphan deals with hardship in his early life at a boarding school and living with a controlling aunt.
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  • The Railway Children

    Mary Sebag-montefiore, E. Nesbit, Alan Marks

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2007)
    When their father is sent away to prison, three London children move to the country where they keep busy preventing accidents on the nearby railway, making many new friends, and generally learning a good deal about themselves.
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  • The Enchanted Castle

    Lesley Sims, Edith Nesbit, Alan Marks

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2007)
    When Gerald, Cathy, and Jimmy discover a mysterious castle complete with an invisible princess and a magic ring, they think only happy adventures lie ahead--until the castle's supernatural forces call on all the bravery they can muster.
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  • Story of Pegasus

    Susanna Davidson

    Hardcover (Usborne Books, July 1, 2011)
    This is a lively re-telling of the Greek myth, in which Pegasus, the flying horse, helps hero Bellerophon to defeat a fire-breathing monster. This is a new title in "Young Reading Series One". Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, "Series One" has short stories that are full of excitement, aimed at children who are starting to read on their own. This title is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is Principal Lecturer in education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University.
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  • Julius Caesar

    Rachel Firth

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, March 24, 2007)
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  • The Three Musketeers

    Rebecca Levene, Victor Tavares

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2009)
    D'Artagnan and his companions battle the intrigues of Cardinal Richelieu and a plot against the honor of the Queen of France.
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  • The Story Of Toilets, Telephones & Other Useful Inventions

    Katie Daynes, Adam Larkum

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 30, 2005)
    Explores the stories behind some of the inventions that are used every day, including toilets, telephones, frozen food, and soccer nets.
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  • Aesop's Fables

    Carol Watson

    Hardcover (Usborne Books, May 31, 2007)
    Series two of 'Usborne's Young Reading' books, which combines good stories with easy-reading text and illustrations, is for readers who are gaining confidence in reading alone.
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  • The Story of Flying

    Lesley Sims, Stephen Cartwright

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, April 1, 2004)
    Selectively summarizes the history of flight for planes, balloons, helicopters, and for the beginnings of space travel.
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  • Stories of Dolls & Fairies

    Susanna Davidson, Amandine Wanert

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Dec. 1, 2007)
    Presents six stories about dolls and fairies, including one story about a doll who finds her way home after being lost at a fair, and another about a tooth fairy whose first trip doesn't go as planned.
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  • Animals at War

    Isabel George, Rob Lloyd Jones, Karen Tomlins

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Describes how animals have been used in war, from Hannibal's elephants to the various animals used in the Second World War, including heroic dogs, horses, pigeons, pigs, and bears.
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  • The Phantom of the Opera

    Kate Knighton, Gaston Leroux

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2008)
    A masked madman terrorizes an opera house while training Christine, an aspiring opera singer, to be a star.
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