publication date: Aug 24, 2012
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author/source: Anne Coates
Vintage has come up with the ultimate
ingredients for a new series of
children's classics – from the
cover design and back cover copy, to the
extra content
inside for the
eight to 12 age group.
Each
volume contains exclusive extra "
Backstory" material, including
quizzes and
family activities and fascinating facts about the
books and their
authors. This list includes some of my favourite books:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Night-time and
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and I like the way the
series includes
contemporary fiction. I was sent
Black Beauty and
The Railway Children as examples of the
series and think the
extra copy is a welcome addition which will
increase a young reader's appreciation of both the
book and the
author. Plus the
covers have an original
modern design.
The
series launch titles include:
•
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (£6.99)
•
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (£5.99)
•
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (£5.99)
•
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (£6.99)
•
The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Night-time by
Mark Haddon (£7.99)
•
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner (£5.99)
•
Five Children and It by E Nesbit (£5.99)
•
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (£7.99)
•
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (£5.99)
•
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (£5.99)
•
Peter Pan by J M Barrie (£5.99)
•
The Railway Children by E Nesbit (£5.99)
•
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (£6.99)
•
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier (£6.99)
•
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransom (£7.99)
•
Swallowdale by Arthur Ransom (£7.99)
•
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (£5.99)
•
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge (£7.99)
•
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (£5.99)
•
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken (£5.99)
A further
ten titles will be published by the end of 2012 and each book will be available in print and
ebook format.
PWT rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
