The Secret Garden (Usborne Young Reading Series 2) (3.2 Young Reading Series Two) (Blue)

Description

The enchanting classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett retold for children growing in reading confidence and ability. Mary Lennox feels forlorn and lonely in her uncle’s gloomy house on the moors. But behind an old ivy-covered wall is a garden, waiting to be discovered…Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.

Author Biography

Mary Sebag-Montefiore is a best-selling children’s author, whose re-tellings of classics have been published all over the world. She is the author of over 25 books and has adapted everything from Dickens to ‘War and Peace’. She has also published articles on children’s books academically and in the national press, and for adults, is the author of ‘Women Writers of Children’s Classics’. Her most recent title is ‘Forgotten Fairy Tales of Kindness and Courage’, published by Usborne Publishing.

“Mary Sebag-Montefiore’s retellings…are perhaps the best – well-written and dramatic”

The Telegraph