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How old were you when you discovered Sherlock?
As part of the Classics For Kids series international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present this Sherlock Holmes short story adaptations: The Red-Headed League.
Come join Holmes and Watson as they solve the mystery of the Red-Headed League in a child-friendly, twenty-first century English and with the seamier side of Victorian life left out.
Ideal for children of all ages to get started with the world's most famous detective.
As part of the Classics For Kids series international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present this Sherlock Holmes short story adaptations: The Red-Headed League.
Come join Holmes and Watson as they solve the mystery of the Red-Headed League in a child-friendly, twenty-first century English and with the seamier side of Victorian life left out.
Ideal for children of all ages to get started with the world's most famous detective.
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Mark Williams
Mark S. Williams (PhD, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines) served in ministry to Muslims for twenty years (1990–2010) with SIM in the Philippines. He published articles in the Journal of Asian Mission and Missiology and was a contributing author in Missionary Methods: Research, Reflections, and Realities (William Carey Library).
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Sherlock Holmes re-told for children - Mark Williams
Classics For Kids
Sherlock For Kids
The Red-Headed League
adapted for children from
the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle original
by
Mark Williams
© 2015 Mark Williams
Published by Odyssey.
ISBN: 978-1-908961-85-3
1.
I had been strolling through Regent’s Park one October morning, enjoying the blustery wind. The trees were wearing their autumn colours – red, brown, yellow and orange, and all shades in between. Fallen leaves were being kicked about by happy children.
I was reminded of the colours of the leaves when I arrived at 221b Baker Street and found my dear friend Sherlock Holmes talking with a man who himself could best described as autumnal.
He had flaming red hair and a florid face that, with his brown suit and shoes, made him look almost like the trees I had just left behind in Regent’s park.
I’m sorry, Holmes. I didn’t realize you were busy,
I said. I’ll call back shortly.
No, no,
said Holmes. Do come in, Watson. I would like you to meet Mr. Jabez Wilson, who has come to me with a most bizarre mystery.
"This
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