A Christmas Carol: 1 (Young Reading Series 2)

by Lesley Sims (Author), Alan Marks (Illustrator), Alan Marks (Illustrator), Lesley Sims (Author), Lesley Sims (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.42

  Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited old man who hates everything - even Christmas! But when three spirits visit him one Christmas Eve, Scrooge is taken on a journey into the past, present and future that will change him forever. Specially rewritten as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme for readers growing in confidence.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.27

  The story of the miserly Scrooge and his ultimate redemption is one of the best-loved works by one of England's greatest writers. This illustrated version makes it accessible to younger readers, while losing none of the elements that have made it such a favourite.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1990

  $3.27

• New

  Paperback
  1994

  $19.64

  Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean and lonely businessman who despises the meaning of Christmas until one Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghosts of his past, present and future...

  What are the themes?

  Relationships, individual vs. society and responsibility.

  Teaching points

  Many excellent passages which are good models for students' writing.

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $17.13

  This book presents the story of Scrooge, a miser who becomes a different man when he is presented with visions of past, present and future by Marley's ghost.