The Sherlock Holmes Retold for Children Collection 16 Books Box Set Retold By Alex Woolf

The Sherlock Holmes Retold for Children Collection is a 16-book box set that reimagines adventures featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s best-known detective. The stories are adapted by award-winning children’s fiction author Alex Woolf, bringing classic mysteries to a younger audience in a refreshed form.

Written with wit and panache, the text is carefully reworked to keep many of the original turns of phrase while making the language and plots clearer. The result is a collection designed to make these well-known tales more accessible to children, without losing the distinctive feel of the source material.

Included titles

• A Scandal in Bohemia
• The Final Problem
• The Musgrave Ritual
• The Dancing Men
• The Speckled Band
• The Valley of Fear
• A Study in Scarlet
• The Blue Carbuncle
• Silver Blaze
• The Red-Headed League
• The Naval Treaty
• The Hound of the Baskervilles
• The Sign of Four
• The Six Napoleons
• The Empty House
• The Reigate Squires

Key details

• 16-book box set
• Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Retold by Alex Woolf, an award-winning children’s fiction author
• Reworked text that retains many original turns of phrase
• Language and plots simplified and clarified for children