Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville

by Paul Shipton

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating graded material that will encourage students to read. Sherlock Holmes is the world's most famous detective and students will love this modern adaptation of Conan Doyle's much-loved story. Based on the award-winning TV series Sherlock.

Genres: Classics, Mystery

64 pages, Audio CD

First published September 1, 2012

About the author

Paul Shipton (born 1963) is an award-winning children's author.

He was born in Manchester and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Manchester University. After completing two Masters' degrees (in Classics and Philosophy), he taught English in Istanbul for a year. After returning to the UK, he taught English as a foreign language for several years, and it was around this time that he published his first book, Zargon Zoo (1991).

Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States, where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He also writes books for younger readers under the pen name Paul Cooper. He and his wife and two daughters now divide their time between Cambridge, England, and Madison, Wisconsin.

Reviews

[Maximilian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This will be the perfect book if you love mysteries and detective

[Melek Küçük · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sonu tam olarak bağlamamıştı. En sevmediğim Sherlock hikayesi diyebilirim.

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

ドラマ通りのストーリー。読みやすかった。

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am flabbergasted

[Diego Salamanca Cobos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Vamos a empezar con lo básico: Lo leí para la escuela.
Y luego aclaro lo siguiente: No está escrito por Arthur Conan Doyle, que es el autor original de los libros de Sherlock Holmes, si no por otro autor que ni conozco, hasta hoy me enteré de que se llama Paul Shipton. Además, tampoco está ubicado en finales del siglo XIX, como las historias originales, si no que está ubicado en la época actual, como en la serie.
Y básicamente es eso: Un libro basado en la serie.
El libro tiene menos de sesenta páginas, y una parte de ellas son un cuaderno de preguntas e información sobre el Sherlock original.
Yo sólo he leído relatos cortos de el Sherlock de Conan Doyle, pero me encantaron, y a pesar de ser pequeños siento que explora totalmente a los personajes, cosa que no vi que ocurriera en este libro.
Además de tener una corta duración no me ha gustado nada como lo escriben. Todo pasa en cosa de dos segundos y no profundiza para nada, los diálogos y situaciones las veo forzadas e irreales, y los personajes realmente me valieron.
Ni siquiera me interesaba saber quién era el culpable, y cuando lo descubrí fue de: Ah, vale. Ya quiero acabarlo que si no no puedo hacer el resumen.
Entiendo que es una adaptación de la serie, y que obviamente el capítulo en que se basa es mejor, pero me parece pésimo, ni siquiera conserva la esencia de las historias originales.
Lo recomiendo para pasar el rato, pero no esperes gran cosa.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I bought this book I didn't know it was aimed at children learning to read! It comes as no surprise I was a bit disappointed, but it was good to pass some time.

[Samrat Dutta · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is the first Sherlock Holmes work I read and I must say it really was something. I liked it very much