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64 pp.
| DK
| October, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-7894-6108-0$$14.95
(4)
4-6
Dorling Kindersley Classics series.
Illustrated by
Mark Oldroyd.
This is an abridgment of the classic detective story. In addition to profuse, dark illustrations, the supplemental facts and photographs that pepper the margins provide some interesting historic background, but they also distract from the flow of the text. Double-page spreads give a bit of information about detective work in the past and present and about Doyle and his fictional creation.
64 pp.
| DK
| May, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-7894-5455-7$$14.95
(4)
4-6
Dorling Kindersley Classics series.
Illustrated by
Stuart Robertson.
Mitchell retells Homer's Odyssey in clear prose that captures both the story and the complex character of Odysseus; the accompanying illustrations portray the majesty of this epic. While the historical information is useful, the inclusion of annotated color photographs and maps in sidebars is distracting.
64 pp.
| DK
| May, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-7894-5307-X$$14.95
(4)
4-6
Dorling Kindersley Classics series.
Illustrated by
Martin Hargreaves.
The weighty prose and social satire of Swift's novel are probably beyond the grasp of most contemporary children, so this adaptation shortens and simplifies the original work and provides margin notes filled with commentary, color photographs, and reproductions that amplify the text. Although they impede the flow of the story, the marginalia are informative and help place the novel in historical context.