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The wooden horse
This is a new title in "Young Reading, Series One" based on the Greek myth, part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It is aimed at children just beginning to read to help build confidence and ability. The Greek army has been sent to Troy to recapture Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. But how can they get inside the heavily defended city? The Greek commander, Odysseus, comes up …
- Edition
- English, 2009
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781409545361
- Collation
- 48 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 USB t
Macbeth
One of Shakespeare's greatest plays retold for English Language learners. Comes with a CD, which contains full readings of the text by native speakers in both British English and American English.
- Edition
- English, 2008
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781409545637
- Collation
- 1 volume : color illustrations + 1 audio disc.
- Series Title
- Usborne young reading
- Call Number
- 823 USB m
The Billy Goats Gruff
In this retelling of a Norwegian folktale, three clever billy goats attempt to outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain
- Edition
- English, 2007
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780746063316
- Collation
- 48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.).
- Series Title
- Usborne young reading
- Call Number
- 823 USB t
Samurai
Discusses how the Samurai warriors in old Japan trained, fought, and died
- Edition
- English, 2007
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780746084144
- Collation
- 58 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- Usborne young reading
- Call Number
- 823 USB s
Stories of robots
Contains three stories about out-of-control robots
- Edition
- English, 2004
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780746080535
- Collation
- 48 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- Usborne young reading
- Call Number
- 823 USB s
Jason and the golden fleece
Intended for beginner readers, this story about Jason and the Golden Fleece has simple text and is written for readers who have or are gaining confidence in reading alone.
- Edition
- English, 2003
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780746054109
- Collation
- 64 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Series Title
- Usborne young reading
- Call Number
- 823 USB j
The amazing adventures of Hercules
Hercules was the world's first superhero. But even superheroes have a hard time when faced with twelve impossible tasks. A nine-headed monster is just the start of Hercules' problems
- Edition
- English, 2007
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780746080238
- Collation
- pages cm.
- Series Title
- Usborne young reading
- Call Number
- 823 USB t
Anne of Green Gables
An abridged version of the tale of Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, who comes to live on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her
- Edition
- English, 2005
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781402711305
- Collation
- 153 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- Classic starts
- Call Number
- 823 STER a
Arabian nights : retold from the original
An abridged version of the tale of Scheherazade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, who tells her husband, the king, a different story every night to keep him from fulfilling his plan to kill her in the morning
- Edition
- English, 2008
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781402745737
- Collation
- 151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Series Title
- Classic starts
- Call Number
- 823 STE a
The secret garden
An abridged version of the tale of ten-year-old Mary who, after the death of her parents, comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Suggested level: primary, intermediate
- Edition
- English, 2005
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781402713194
- Collation
- 152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Series Title
- Classic starts
- Call Number
- 823 STE t
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