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Oliver Twist
Summary
Young Reading Series 3
Oliver Twist
- A retelling of the classic Charles Dickens story for children growing in their reading confidence and ability.
- Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts from Roehampton University.
- 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.
Oliver grows up in an orphanage, and when he dares to ask for more is cast out into a world of colourful characters in which he will have to keep his wits about him and pick a pocket or two to survive.
“irresistible for children learning to read”
Child Education Plus
“Mary Sebag- Montefiore’s retellings...are perhaps the best – well-written and dramatic.”
The Telegraph - Ask Lorna
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Usborne's award winning range of children's books now includes a vibrant Reading Programme, featuring over 200 brilliant titles that supplement National Curriculum levels 1C to 4A. Bright full-cover illustrations combine with lively text to make these colourful hardback fact and fiction books irresistible for children learning to read, and will help capture their imagination and build confidence as they move from one level to the next.
Child Education Plus - top teaching resources to support the curriculum
Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme. Seven steps take beginners from simply written folk stories told in 150 words through to lovers of classic and original stories and histories, biographies and classics told in 5,000 words. Colour-coded for ease of use, and presented in a beautiful hardback, every story is well-written and attractively illustrated in full colour by leading artists.
Julia Eccleshare
Mary Sebag- Montefiore’s retellings of David Copperfield and Oliver Twist...are perhaps the best – well-written and dramatic.
The Telegraph - Ask Lorna
This classic is retold with simple text to delight and inspire any child who is just beginning to read.
The Booktrust
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Oliver Twist
My daughter was thrilled with this book. She is a confident reader but likes lots of pictures to engage her with a more challenging text. She enjoys very contemporary story lines but I wondered if I could get her reading a little more widely. Not wanting to be too pushy I left the book for her to discover at the end of her bed. I usually have to shout up the stairs more than once to get her up for school and the next morning was no different. After no response I stomped up the stairs ready to let rip...and there she was engrossed in this delightful adaptation... I closed my mouth and went to make the breakfast. Pure magic - and she keeps reading it over again!
Joy Shorten, 27th March 2012
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