"What Is the Story of Ebenezer Scrooge?" (2022)
Penguin Random House
Author: Sheila Keenan
Illustrator: Andrew Thomson
New for the 2022 holiday season is this entry in the WhoHQ series aimed at middle school readers.
It seemed interesting, so I grabbed a copy and gave it a read.
It does a very good job of proving context for "A Christmas Carol" by exploring the life of Charles Dickens himself and the conditions of England at the time.
It also runs through the story of the book, basically translating it into modern English, if you will.
I guess this functions as something of a replacement of the original book for kids as it wouldn't really work in conjunction with reading "A Christmas Carol" at the same time as a regular study guide would.
You can find out more and read an excerpt at the Penguin Random House website.
I do have to say, however, that the cover design of the series with the enormous heads on little bodies really creeps me out!
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