The Secret Garden
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3,5 • 15 valutazioni
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- 6,99 €
Descrizione dell’editore
A Step 2 Reading and Training graded reader, retold by Jenny Pereira. Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasant little girl, who goes to live with
her uncle in Yorkshire after the death of her parents in India. Left to
play by herself, she explores the grounds to the house and finds the
secret garden which was locked up ten years earlier…
This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text
becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore
historical background, cultural connections and other topics
suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:
• Wide range of interactive activities practising the four skills
• Dossiers: India, British Gardens and others
• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)
•A full recording of the text
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Soothing and mellifluous, native Briton Bailey's voice proves an excellent instrument for polishing up a new edition of Burnett's story. Bratty and spoiled Mary Lennox is orphaned when her parents fall victim to a cholera outbreak in India. As a result, Mary becomes the ward of an uncle in England she has never met. As she hesitantly tries to carve a new life for herself at imposing and secluded Misselthwaite Manor, Mary befriends a high-spirited boy named Dickon and investigates a secret garden on the Manor grounds. She also discovers a sickly young cousin, Colin, who has been shut away in a hidden Manor room. Together Mary and Dickon help Colin blossom, and in the process Mary finds her identity and melts the heart of her emotionally distant uncle. Bailey makes fluid transitions between the voices and accents of various characters, from terse Mrs. Medlock and surly groundskeeper Ben to chipper housemaid Martha. And most enjoyably, she gives Mary a believably childlike voice. A brief biography of the author is included in an introduction. Ages 6-12.
