Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Greatest Stories: Oxford Level 20: Great Expectations - Softcover

Dickens, Charles; Golding, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198306164 ISBN 13: 9780198306160

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

From the moment that he meets an escaped convict in a dark and lonely graveyard, Pip''s life becomes a myriad of unanswered questions.What is Miss Havisham''s hidden secret? Why is the beautiful Estella so cruel? Who is his mysterious benefactor? This fabulous interpretation introduces children to some of Dickens'' best-known characters, bound together with haunting illustrations.TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children''s authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.

About this title

About the Author

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 2006; winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize, 2006; awarded Bronze in the UK Primary Teacher Awards 2015; winner of the Beehive Book Award, Young Adult Division, 2012. Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award, 2004; shortlisted for Kate Greenaway Award, 2002. Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors. A prolific writer, he has won numerous awards and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Childrens Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts, programmes, films and other projects, including for the VandA Museum, British Library and British Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven Stories, the National Centre for Childrens Books in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the UK Childrens Laureate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198306164
• ISBN 13: 9780198306160
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Bartram Simon
• Number of pages: 112