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From: The Book Report
Date: 20001101
Author:Smith, Mercedes
Stevenson, Robert Louis The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Illustrated by Francois Place. 2000. 105pp. $17.99 hc. Viking Children's Books. 0-670-88865-6. Grades 6-10
This book is an innovative way to introduce the classics to reluctant readers. I had never read Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, but I quickly read through this book because of its appealing layout. Illustrations included in the book are especially dark and brooding to match the mood of the story. A sprinkling of facts and other tidbits of information about Stevenson's time period, the setting of the ...
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