- Published: 3 September 2012
- ISBN: 9780099573678
- Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $26.00
Emil And The Three Twins
- Published: 3 September 2012
- ISBN: 9780099573678
- Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $26.00
Emil and the Three Twins is that very rare thing - a successful sequel
Observer
Emil's Berlin, and the Baltic resort of its sequel Emil and the Three Twins, were as vivid to me as Arthur Ransome's English Lakeland
Philip Pullman, Independent
So what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!
National Association for the Teaching of English
This must be one of the most delicious children's books ever written
Daily Express