Orphaned Pip lives a modest life with his sister and her husband, until a fateful encounter causes his life to change forever. Will his great expectations be fulfilled?

For Children: It is retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories.

For Parents and Teachers: This abridged form is converted into a simple language for our young readers.

Read & Shine is an effective graded reading programme for children ranging from Level K to Level 8. It offers a diverse range of stories which includes original stories, abridged classics, fairy tales and stories based on animal facts as well. The books include Pre-reading activities, vocabulary items, teacher’s resource materials and read-along CD’s. Level-K  for 4-5years; Level 1 for 5-6years; Level 2 for 6-7 years; Level 3 for 7-8 years; Level 4 for 8-9 years; Level 5 for 9-10 years; Level 6 for 10-11 years; Level 7 for 11-12 years; Level 8 for 12-13 years.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.