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  • A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens, Michael Foreman

    Hardcover (Folio Society, Jan. 1, 2007)
    The classic Dickens story retold for children growing in reading confidence. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited old man who hates everything - even Christmas! But when three spirits visit him one Christmas Eve, Scrooge is taken on a journey into the past, present and future that will change him forever. Part of Young Reading Series 2. The audio CD includes a dramatic listen-along recording with music and sound effects, followed by a read-along version with prompts for page turns.
    U

  • Gulliver's Travels

    Jonathan Swift, Gill Harvey, Peter Dennis

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2003)
    An easy reading adaptation of the classic story of an eighteenth-century Englishman who lands in Lilliput, home to six-inch-high people.
    L

  • Pinocchio Gift Edition

    K. Daynes

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Aug. 31, 2004)
    Pinocchio
    Z

  • Oliver Twist

    M Sebag-Montefiore

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, )
    None

  • 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.
    Q

  • The Burglar's Breakfast

    Lesley Sims, Felicity Everett, Christyan Fox

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2003)
    When burglar Alfie Briggs returns home after a hard night of stealing, he finds his kitchen shelves bare and his refrigerator empty.
    L

  • Stories of Mermaids

    Russell Punter

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, July 31, 2005)
    None
    X

  • Witches

    Christopher Rawson

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Dec. 1, 2002)
    Book by Rawson, Christopher
    M

  • The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be

    William J. Faulkner, Troy Howell

    Paperback (Africa World Pr, March 1, 1993)
    Presents more than 20 Afro-American folktales featuring the escapades of Brer Rabbit and more than 10 tales describing the lives of Afro-American slaves.

  • Hansel and Gretel Gift Edition

    Katie Daynes, Jan McCafferty

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, March 31, 2005)
    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 will treasure this gift edition, which is published in hardback with a ribbon marker. The Young Reading Series is designed to encourage independent reading and covers a range of subject matter, including the retelling of children's classics, fairytales, and a wide variety of narrative non-fiction.
    Z

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Lesley Sims

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, May 31, 2005)
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    L

  • 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.
    N