Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle (Easy Classics): 3 (The Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection: Shadows, Secrets and Stolen Treasure (Easy Classics)) - Couverture souple

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur

 
9781782264125: Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle (Easy Classics): 3 (The Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection: Shadows, Secrets and Stolen Treasure (Easy Classics))

Synopsis

Complete with free audio via QR. This illustrated adaptation for children of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is perfect for young fans of mystery and detective books and a great introduction to classics for kids aged 7+. A valuable jewel known as the Blue Carbuncle was stolen from the jewel case of the Countess of Morcar yesterday. A reward of £1,000 has been offered by the countess for information leading to the stone's return... While the police work to trace the missing diamond, Holmes attempts to reunite a Christmas dinner and its owner. But when the detective comes across the jewel, Holmes and Watson find themselves in a race against time to save an innocent man's life.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

Arianna is a freelance illustrator based in Florence, Italy, where she graduated as Entertainment Designer at Nemo Academy. Since then she has worked as 2D artist with Italian independent video game studios. The Sherlock Holmes series is her debut novel as an illustrator for Children's books.

Stephanie was born in England before emigrating to Australia - and later New Zealand - with her family, where she trained as a nurse. Whilst back in England on holiday, she met and married her husband, had a daughter and settled down. Stephanie's lifelong interest in writing became more serious when her first children's book, Avalanche, was published in the 1980s. Since then, she has had around forty children's books published, and has also published an historical novella for adults.

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9781782265771: The Blue Carbuncle

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1782265775 ISBN 13 :  9781782265771
Editeur : Sweet Cherry Publishing, 2019
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