The Kingfisher Book of Great Boy Stories: A Treasury of Classics from Children's Literature

By Michael Morpurgo

Book Overview

This handsome collection of carefully chosen and beautifully illustrated extracts celebrates favorite boy characters from children's literature. A new generation of readers will be delighted and inspired by the antics and adventures of timeless heroes such as Tom Sawyer, Oliver Twist, Peter Pan, and Winnie-the-Pooh.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753453207
• ISBN13: 9780753453209
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.2" x 0.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

My kids love this book

My 3 boys picked out this book to give to their Dad for his birthday. It is "Daddy's special" book and only Daddy can read it to them. All 4 of them love the stories and I love that they are getting exposed to snippets of the classics.

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This is a collection of parts of 30 classic stories. Some of the stories my family had read before. There were lots of new ones to us as well. Such as Just William, The worst witch, and What Katy Did. Before each story there is a brief introduction that tells about the book that the story comes from. Also in the back of the book there are short biographies of the authors featured in the collection. What did you like or not like about the book? I like the way the stories are broken up into 10-15 minute reads. This is perfect for bedtime reading. Would you recommend this book? Why or Why not? Yes. After reading the short excerpts from the story children will want to read more. This will send them searching the library for great classics!