The Secret Garden
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3,9 • 9 valutazioni
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- 6,99 €
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- 6,99 €
Descrizione dell’editore
A Starter Green Apple graded reader, retold by Elizabeth Ann Moore. After the death of her parents in India, Mary Lennox goes to live with an uncle in Yorkshire, England. Her life is sad and uneventful until she discovers the secret garden and the meaning of true friendship and happiness. 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:
• A biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett
• A wide range of interactive activities practising the four skills
• Dossier: English Gardens
• KET-style interactive activities and Trinity-style interactive activities (Grades 1 and 2)
• 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.
