The Railway Children
By (Author) Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Illustrated by Alan Marks
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
1st April 2007
30th March 2007
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Hardback
64
Width 143mm, Height 203mm, Spine 10mm
240g
Aimed at children whose reading ability is beginning to grow, building confidence and ability. "The Railway Children" is a re-telling of the beloved E. Nesbitt story following the story of three children growing up after their father is wrongly accused of spying. It is evocatively illustrated by Alan Marks. It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is a senior lecturer in education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University.
Mary Sebag-Montefiore has done a beautiful job, and opens up this lovely story for younger readers or those who arent very confident. The lively clear reading (on the CD)adds to the pleasure. * Publishing News *
E. Nesbit (18581924) wrote some of the best-loved children's books of the turn of the century, including Five Children and It (1901), and The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904). Her stories in which ordinary children encounter magical adventures in the everyday world gave new life to the the field of childrens fantasy.