The broad range of classic stories in this beautiful box set, all in different genres, with lively, readable text and fully illustrated, encourages children to find the classic stories they enjoy most and to try something different from time to time.
The first 13 books are taken from Usborne Young Reading Series Two. These titles are for children who are reading more confidently. They contain a single story divided into chapters, with varied sentence lengths and more challenging vocabulary. The next 17 books are taken from Usborne Young Reading Series Three. These titles are for fully confident readers who still need to gain the stamina for standard length books. They use advanced sentence structure and vocabulary and have more complex plots.
Our remarkable ability to remember quotes from practically any movie, and our skill in catering to almost any person in South Africa.
The latter is the harder of the two, because A) we haven't met everyone in the R of SA and 2) our personal tastes can hardly be used as a benchmark for things other people may enjoy.
Still, through sheer determination and never-miss-an-episode viewings of 7de Laan, we like to think we hit the proverbial nail on the head more often than not.
And in the almost unfathomable event that we're completely wrong and nothing on our cyber-shelves appeals to you, we'd like to leave you with the following gem from Lord of the Rings:
"Use the force, Harry." - Edward Cullen.