Sherlock Holmes re-told for children: The Engineer's Thumb
British-English edition
Kids, Fiction, Classics, Mysteries and Detective Stories, Teen, General Fiction
| Author: | Mark Williams | ISBN: | 1230000614207 |
| Publisher: | Odyssey | Publication: | August 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mark Williams |
| ISBN: | 1230000614207 |
| Publisher: | Odyssey |
| Publication: | August 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
How old were you when you discovered Sherlock?
As part of the Sherlock For Kids series, international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present this adaptation for children of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Engineer's Thumb.
This is the British-English edition.
British-English? Although we speak the same language, we spell many words differently depending on which side of the Atlantic we are. UK = colour, US = color; UK = marvellous, US = marvelous; UK = theatre, US= theater, etc. This sometimes causes problem for children at school, so in response to requests from school librarians there are now British-English and American-English versions of the Sherlock For Kids books.
Come join Holmes and Watson as they solve the mystery of the engineer's thumb in a child-friendly, twenty-first century English, with the seamier side of Victorian life left out.
Ideal for children aged 9-12 to get started with the world’s most famous detective.
The read the full set:
The Blue Carbuncle • Silver Blaze • The Red-Headed League • The Engineer’s Thumb • The Speckled Band • The Six Napoleons • The Naval Treaty • 3-in-1 Box Set - The Blue Carbuncle, Silver Blaze. The Red-Headed League • 3-in-1 Box Set - The Engineer’s Thumb, The Speckled Band, The Six Napoleons • 6-in-1 Box Set - The Blue Carbuncle, Silver Blaze, The Red-Headed League, The Engineer’s Thumb, The Speckled Band, The Six Napoleons.
These titles may be available as ebooks, paperbacks and as audio-books.
Coming next in the Sherlock Holmes re-told for children series: • The Musgrave Ritual • The Beryl Coronet • The Resident Patient.
Coming soon from international bestselling author Mark Williams : • When Sherlock Was A Boy – tales from Sherlock’s childhood.
How old were you when you discovered Sherlock?
As part of the Sherlock For Kids series, international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present this adaptation for children of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Engineer's Thumb.
This is the British-English edition.
British-English? Although we speak the same language, we spell many words differently depending on which side of the Atlantic we are. UK = colour, US = color; UK = marvellous, US = marvelous; UK = theatre, US= theater, etc. This sometimes causes problem for children at school, so in response to requests from school librarians there are now British-English and American-English versions of the Sherlock For Kids books.
Come join Holmes and Watson as they solve the mystery of the engineer's thumb in a child-friendly, twenty-first century English, with the seamier side of Victorian life left out.
Ideal for children aged 9-12 to get started with the world’s most famous detective.
The read the full set:
The Blue Carbuncle • Silver Blaze • The Red-Headed League • The Engineer’s Thumb • The Speckled Band • The Six Napoleons • The Naval Treaty • 3-in-1 Box Set - The Blue Carbuncle, Silver Blaze. The Red-Headed League • 3-in-1 Box Set - The Engineer’s Thumb, The Speckled Band, The Six Napoleons • 6-in-1 Box Set - The Blue Carbuncle, Silver Blaze, The Red-Headed League, The Engineer’s Thumb, The Speckled Band, The Six Napoleons.
These titles may be available as ebooks, paperbacks and as audio-books.
Coming next in the Sherlock Holmes re-told for children series: • The Musgrave Ritual • The Beryl Coronet • The Resident Patient.
Coming soon from international bestselling author Mark Williams : • When Sherlock Was A Boy – tales from Sherlock’s childhood.
