volume 10, Macmillan Readers
No. of pages 176
Published: 2012
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There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by New Central Book Agency .
Herman Melville was an American novelist, essayist, and poet, best known for his masterpiece Moby Dick. Jan Needle is a writer of children's books, plays, criticism, cartoons, TV programmes and a wide range of fiction for adults. He divides his time between Oldham and Manchester. Patrick Benson is one of the finest children's illustrators working today and won the Mother Goose Award in 1984 and the Kurt Maschler Award in 1995 for The Little Boat.
Animals in fiction
Marine Life in fiction
Nature in fiction
Adventures in fiction
Macmillan Readers: Upper-intermediate
Whales and Dolphins
This book contains the following story:
Moby Dick
When Ishmael joined the crew of a whaling ship called the Pequod, he was eager for a life of adventure on the high seas. But he didn't know that he was about to embark on would be the adventure of a lifetime. With Captain Ahab at the helm, Ishmael and his crewmates quickly learned that they weren't simply hunting whales. They were on a quest for the biggest catch there ever was: the great white whale of legend, Moby Dick.
This book is in the following series:
Collins Adventure Books in Colour
The Young Collectors Illustrated Classics
Usborne Classics Retold
These simplified and shortened retellings make great literary classics accessible. Each remains faithful to the original text in the treatment of the story.
