The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Saddleback Educational Publishing

Book Overview

These literary masterpieces are made easy and interesting. This series features classic tales retold with color illustrations to introduce literature to struggling readers. Each 64-page hardcover book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562549006
• ISBN13: 9781562549008
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc.
• Length: 61 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Two Sherlock Holmes Tales for the Younger Set!

Saddleback's Illustrated Classics series of comic books is aimed at introducing classic novels to the 9 to 12 year-old set while also teaching basic reading skills. Each book has been adapted by teachers and researchers to insure the adaptations "retain all of the excitement, intrigue and adventure of the original books." They apparently can be used with read-along tapes although the book being reviewed -THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES - did not come with that. In any case, THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES presents two Conan Doyle stories: 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery.' Those unidentified teachers and researchers have done a fair job of condensing the two stories and retaining somewhat of the flavor of Doyle's original texts. In most cases the dialogue spoken by the characters rings true. The artwork is colorful and fairly effective in portraying the action. If a child has already sampled graphic novels, the Saddleback artwork might not trip their trigger. Otherwise they should enjoy the tales. The Saddleback books should be useful in introducing the younger set to Conan Doyle and other classic novelists. Recommended.

By: Julie Shives

The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a fantastic book. Having amazing description I can paint a very detailed picture in my mind. Although it may have short stories in it, these are stories that have had a lot of thought put in to them. I can tell this by how amazing Sherlock Holmes is able to figure out his cases. He focuses on ever little detail to figure the most difficult cases. It's especially amazing how he figures it out so quickly. Hearing this it may seem as if it is impossible, but when you read the book, in the end, when Holmes tells the other characters how he figured out this case, he explains it so well that it is quite believable. This book is so great that I can't even explain the amount of talent was used to make these stories possible. Although this book was a wonderful book, it also had some down sides to it. When reading this book, in the beginning of each story, the author went a little too quickly in to the case so the reader doesn't understand what's going on until the middle of the story. But to make up for his rushed start the author explains the case with much detail and informing the reader on every little detail about the case. All in all, The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a very good book that I would recommend to anybody that likes mysteries, even if it does have some down sides.

Was I ever surprised!

When my son and husband chose The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for our monthly book discussion, I was certain I'd be bored senseless but figured it was only fair that they choose some of the titles, too. Far from bored, however, I actually loved the droll accounts of Sherlock's sleuthing talents. In fact, as I read, I could "hear" a radio broadcast of the stories in my head. As it turns out, recordings of the mysteries are available, as are films of the adventures. It will be interesting to see how these compare to the version in my head.If you are sharing these stories with young readers, you may want to read the first story aloud. This proved helpful to my son, who initially had a little trouble "getting into" the rhythm of the narrative. After "The Solitary Cyclist," however, he was happily on his own. He is now tackling a two-volume collection of Doyle's mysteries.

Doyle at his best

This book is great. Although there are two other books like this one, I prefer this one the best. My favorite mystery in it is "The Red Headed League." An honorable mention is "The Engineer's Thumb." You won't regret buying this book, so... go ahead!