Usborne Yrp My First Classics Reading Library

The illustration is way too scary for children it is aiming for, particularly the Dracula, I've attached some photos so the parents can have a look yourselves. It gave my friend's child nightmare for weeks!

I would say these are more suitable for 7/8/9 year olds. I bought them for my 6 year old but they are too difficult for him but my 8 and a half year old (dyslexic) son hasn't stopped reading them since they arrived. I find it hard to find anything really captivating. He loved Macbeth, Dracula, Black Beauty and Robin Hood! He rarely enjoys reading but the books contain great classic, in depth stories with text that is accessible. He is really enjoying them and can't put them down. Great books that don't condescend a child's ability to grasp more mature content written in a way that makes reading fluid. Really recommend - maybe especially for boys.

I have a couple of these Usborne sets and I love how they make some of the classics accessible to younger readers. Illustrations are great and on very page. Very good value when you factor in the amount of books for the money. A small gripe is that depending on the combination of sets you buy you end up with duplicate versions of the same books but I just gift those to family.Others have complained that some of the content is inappropriate, depending on the age of the reader you would want to have a look at the books first and remove some of them if you fell they are not ready for some of the themes or illustrations (deaths etc).

The book set itself is lovely, but it was unclear in the description what age they are suitable for, so when they arrived was really disappointed to realise they were too basic for my 8 year old, who is reading full length novels such as Harry Potter.These are for younger readers, lovely set for younger children.

When ordering books I generally assume that the paper quality would be of a default level, perfectly adequate/suitable for its intended use. Unfortunately, this is not the case here. If you're not careful the pages will soak up any moisture from your hands and the pages will smudge.I'll take care to order from a different seller next time, regardless of the price difference.