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A Tale of Two Cities | Livre | Fiction | Roman | 2009 | Anglais | Auteur : Mary Sebag-Montefiore | Éditeur : Usborne Young Reading | Résumé : The classic story by Charles Dickens retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. Set during the French Revolution, the lives of Charles Darnay and his family are changed forever as the drama unfolds.

Collation : 64 pages

Cote : R MAR | ISBN : 9780746096987

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The Three Musketeers | Livre | Fiction | Roman | 2009 | Anglais | Auteur : Rebecca Levene ; Victor Tavares | Éditeur : Usborne Young Reading | Résumé : The classic swashbuckling adventure by Alexander Dumas retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. D’Artagnan longed to be one of that elite band of fighters, the King’s musketeers. But he never dreamed that one day he would fight alongside the most famous trio of them all.

Collation : 64 pages

Cote : R REB | ISBN : 9780746085806

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Julius Caesar | Livre | Fiction | Roman | 2007 | Anglais | Auteur : Rachel Firth ; Stephen Parkhouse | Éditeur : Usborne Young Reading | Résumé : Spanning the life of the great leader from his teens to his brutal assassination, and featuring events such as Caesar’s capture by pirates as a young man, his military successes across Europe, encounters with Cleopatra and becoming dictator of Rome. 

Collation : 64 pages

Cote : R RAC | ISBN : 9780746075104

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Don Quixote | Livre | Fiction | Roman | 2010 | Anglais | Auteur : Mary Sebag-Montefiore ; Andy Catling | Éditeur : Usborne Young Reading | Résumé : The classic story of misadventure by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. Don Quixote thinks he’s a knight, just like in the days of old - he even has a squire. Of course, these days, there are no dragons to fight, but a thing like that doesn’t stop him, as he drags his squire on one madcap adventure after another…

Collation : 64 pages

Cote : R MAR | ISBN : 9781409506744

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Cleopatra | Livre | Fiction | Roman | 2005 | Anglais | Auteur : Katie Daynes ; Serena Riglietti | Éditeur : Usborne Young Reading | Résumé : In the land of pharaohs and pyramids, Cleopatra is a princess with an uncertain future. When her own brother tries to kill her, she realizes she can't trust anyone. A vivid account of the life and times of Cleopatra with lively dialogue and full colour illustrations

Collation : 64 pages

Cote : R KAT | ISBN : 9780746063255

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Kidnapped | Livre | Fiction | Roman | 2012 | Anglais | Auteur : Rob Lloyd Jones ; Alan Marks | Éditeur : Usborne Young Reading | Résumé : An action-packed retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous adventure, specially written for readers ready to tackle longer stories on their own. The classic story of kidnap, shipwreck and survival in the wild Scottish Highlands, accompanied by atmospheric illustrations to bring the text to life. 

Collation : 64 pages

Cote : R ROB | ISBN : 9781409535942

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Chicken Licken | Livre | Fiction | Conte | 2015 | Anglais | Auteur : Judy Hamilton | Éditeur : Tarantula Tales | Résumé : Chicken Licken is the fable of a little chicken that thinks the world is coming to an end, and runs about warning everyone that the sky is falling on them after a falling acorn from an oak tree hits him on the head. Chicken Licken rushes about, warning other animals that a piece of sky fell and hit him. He gathers Henny-Penny, Cocky-Locky, Ducky-Lucky, Drakey-Lakey, Goosey-Loosey, Gander-Lander, and Turkey-Lurkey who all run to find the King, to tell him that the sky is falling in. They do not come to a good end...The story was originally an oral tale, and is retold here by Judy Hamilton.It is thought the Brothers Grimm first wrote it down. Many countries have a form of this story, and many use a different name for the character. In this book, most of those names appear in the form of other characters that believe and follow Chicken Licke.

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Cote : C JUD | ISBN : 9781910680759

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Rapunzel | Livre | Fiction | Conte | 2018 | Anglais | Auteur : Judy Hamilton | Éditeur : Tarantula Tales | Résumé : Rapunzel tells the story of the young princess locked up in the tower who lets down her hair to her rescuer, the prince. This story is retold for young children bu Judy Hamilton, a writer for children.

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Cote : C JUD | ISBN : 9781910680841

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The Hare and the Tortoise | Livre | Fiction | Conte | 2024 | Anglais | Auteur : Judy Hamilton ; Lindsay Duff | Éditeur : Tarantula Tales | Résumé : The hare in the forest is always boasting, and on this day he says he can run the fastest of all the animals in the forest, and challenges the other animals to a race. None of the others will race him, except the tortoise. The gentle and sensible tortoise sets off in the race, and the hare rushes off, laughing at the tortoise.

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Cote : C JUD | ISBN : 9781910680797

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Puss in Boots | Livre | Fiction | Conte | 2015 | Anglais | Auteur : Judy Hamilton | Éditeur : Tarantula Tales | Résumé : Puss in Boots tells the story of a lowly man who has a talking cat, who has no name, and when the poor man has spent all his money, and has no further chance of getting a job, the talking cat comes to his rescue. The cat asks the man to use the money he has left, and to get him a pair of boots. Once the cat puts on his boots, Puss travels about with his master. He makes a gift of a rabbit to the king, and pretends it is from his master; the cat says his master is the Duke of Carabas. Determined to make his master's fortune, the cat also tricks a giant and manages to get rid of him. The king decides he wants his daughter to marry the cat's owner, and the cat persuades his master to remove his clothes, and dive into the river. When the king stops to help, the cat explains that the Duke had been bathing when robbers took his clothes. The king dresses the Duke in fine clothes, and the princess sees him.

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Cote : C JUD | ISBN : 9781910680766

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The Sleeping Beauty | Livre | Fiction | Conte | 2015 | Anglais | Auteur : Judy Hamilton ; Lindsay Duff | Éditeur : Tarantula Tales | Résumé : Once upon a time in a land far away lived a king and queen who had a baby princess. They invited twelve good fairies to come to the christening, and they would help with magic gifts such as beauty and kindness for the baby. But a thirteenth fairy that had been forgotten for years, also showed up. She brought bad wishes and said that when the baby was sixteen, she would prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. The twelfth fairy stepped forward and gave her gift, which was to change the bad fairy's wish into the princess sleeping for 100 years, instead of dying. On her sixteenth birthday, the princess slipped away and in the castle found an old woman spinning, and sure enough, the princess approached, pricked her finger, and fell into a deep sleep. The twelfth good fairy was there too, and cast a spell on everyone in the castle and put them to sleep for as long as the princess slept. And after many years, so it happened that a prince appeared, and cut down the brambles and thorns, and went into the castle where he found the sleeping servants, and princess.

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Cote : C JUD | ISBN : 9781910680780

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The Ugly Duckling | Livre | Fiction | Conte | 2015 | Anglais | Auteur : Judy Hamilton / R. James Binnie | Éditeur : Tarantula Tales | Résumé : When a little boy finds a solitary egg on the riverbank, he places it on a nest with other eggs. When the eggs crack open, four yellow ducklings hatch, with one that doesn't look like the others. All the ducklings are treated the same way by the mother duck, but soon the one that looks different is called names, and is teased. People call him the 'ugly duckling'. The little duckling runs away to escape the taunts, but is found by a kind man and wife, who nurse him back to health. When the spring comes, the ugly duckling goes to a lake, where he meets some swans, and then finds out who he really is. Read the book to find out the happy surprise at the end. 

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Cote : C JUD | ISBN : 9781910680742

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