Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore

Gebundenes Buch

Classics in Graphics: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

A Graphic Novel

Illustrator: Caro, Corinne

Beschreibung

Dickens' A Christmas Carol like you've never seen it - or read it - before! Classics in Graphics: A Christmas Carol has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Corinne Caro. Readers join the haunting of Ebenezer Scrooge as it swirls across each page, hoping that the truth of his past, present and future can change his heart before it's too late ... A perfect Christmas present for young and old, for a festive, uplifting and classic read to come back to year after year! This series has inclusion at its heart, flinging wide the doors of literature for all to enter and understand. With dyslexia-friendly design for readers aged 10+; inclusive art so anyone can relate to iconic characters; snappy simplified text; introductory material to set the scene; heaps of material at the back, looking at the themes, language, publication, performance in history, a timeline of gothic horror literature, and more! Classics available: Macbeth, The Tempest, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Christmas Carol, The Odyssey Praise for Classics in Graphics: "[...] an excellent job converting challenging language and literary themes to make it very inclusive, smoothing ease of understanding dialogue, plot, and narration without dumbing it down." - EricWilliamson, leagueofcomicgeeks.com

Autor

As 50% of the Two Steves, Steve Barlow has written over 250 books with Steve Skidmore since they first appeared in 1988. Born in Crewe, he was educated at Crewe Grammar School, Warwick University and Nottingham University before a varied career in teaching, acting, stage management and puppetry. He worked in a village school in Botswana for four years before returning to the UK. The Two Steves have toured extensively in the UK and overseas, and to book festivals including Edinburgh and Hay.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hachette Children's Group
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm
• ISBN-13: 9781445191478
• ISBN-10: 1445191474
• Artikelnr.: 75452393