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Books in Usborne Young Reading: Series Two series

  • The Canterville Ghost

    Susanna Davidson, Oscar Wilde, Alan Marks

    Library Binding (Usborne Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
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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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  • 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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  • Great Expectations

    Mary Sebag-montefiore, Charles Dickens, Barry Ablett

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2008)
    A young orphan, Pip, receives a fortune from a mysterious benefactor which enables him to travel to London and become a gentleman of "great expectations."
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  • The Story of Pirates

    Rob Lloyd Jones, Vincent Dutrait

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2007)
    Describes the history of pirates, discussing why they plundered and what life was like for a pirate in the seventeenth century.
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  • Stories of Mermaids

    Russell Punter

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, July 31, 2005)
    None
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  • Crusaders

    Rob Lloyd Jones, Emmanuel Cerisier

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2007)
    Summarizes the events of the Crusades from 1096 to 1291, covering the reasons behind the battles, the siege of Jerusalem, and the last crusades.
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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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  • 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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  • The Story of Castles

    Lesley Sims

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, March 15, 1762)
    Usborne Young Reading: Series Two - THE STORY OF CASTLES "What I need," said a lord one day, "is a castle!" So he built the very first one. His idea soon spread. But why did people need castles? What was it like to live in one? And why did castles go out of fashion? This book tells their incredible story, from the first wooden tower to the crumbling ruins you see today. THIS HARDCOVER BOOK COMES WITH A CD THAT BRINGS THE STORY TO LIFE THROUGH LIVELY MUSIC, DRAMATIC SOUND EFFECTS AND SUPERBLY CHARACTERIZED READINGS. A listen-along version is followed by a read-along version on the CD with prompts that tell your child when to turn the page. 64 pages.
  • The Adventures Of Sinbad The Sailor

    Katie Daynes, Paddy Mounter

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 30, 2005)
    Sinbad sails to distant lands and trades silks and spices for the thrill of adventure.
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