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The Three Musketeers


Usborne Young Reading

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No. of pages 64

Published: 2009

Great for age 7-10 years

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The classic swashbuckling adventure by Alexander Dumas retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. DArtagnan longed to be one of that elite band of fighters, the Kings musketeers. But he never dreamed that one day he would fight alongside the most famous trio of them all. Each thrilling scene is vibrantly brought to life with Victor Tavaress illustrations. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. With internet links to find out more about people and places mentioned in the story.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Usborne Young Reading, Usborne Young Reading Series 3, Young Reading, Young Reading Series 3 .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Theresa Heine has worked as a teacher in different countries around the world for many years. She currently works at the Quentin Blake Europe School in Berlin. As well as children's stories, Theresa writes poetry for all age groups. Theresa lives in Germany with her husband and three children. Victor Tavares is inspired most by dreams that take on new shapes as he begins the creative process. Victor started drawing and painting at the age of four, and took his first job as a designer at the age of seventeen. After working in both design and animation, Victor became a full-time illustrator. He has since created many picture books, and is the winner of several illustration awards. Victor lives in Rio de Janeiro with his wife, Renata and their son Joao.

 

This book contains the following story:

The Three Musketeers
Young, brave and hot-headed, D'Artagnan arrives in Paris determined to become one of the king's elite musketeers. He manages to offend three of the bravest musketeers - Athos, Aramis and Porthos - but the four become firm friends nevertheless. Together they do battle against the English and the glamorous but deadly spy known as Milady.

This book is in the following series:

Young Reading

Usborne Young Reading Series 3

Young Reading Series 3

Usborne Young Reading
The Usborne Reading Programme is a collection of over 300 reading books, graded in seven levels and covering a wide range of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. First Reading covers the first four levels, and Young Reading the next three.Series 1: These titles are for children who have just started reading on their own. They are 48 pages long and typically contain several short stories or one longer story divided into chapters. They use fairly short, simple sentences and everyday vocabulary.Series 2: These titles are for children who are reading more confidently. They are 64 pages long and use varied sentence lengths, more complex sentence structure and more challenging vocabulary.Series 3: These titles are for fully confident readers who still need to gain the stamina needed for standard length books. They use advanced sentence structure and vocabulary and have more complex plots with subplots.

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