1How old were you when you discovered Sherlock? As part of the Classics For Kids series international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present this adaptation for children of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Speckled Band. This is the British-English edition. British-English? Although we speak the same language, we spell many words differently depending on which side of the Atlantic we are. UK = colour, US = color; UK = marvellous, US = marvelous; UK = theatre, US= theater, etc. This sometimes causes problem for children at school, so in response to requests from school librarians there are now British-English and American-English versions of the Sherlock For Kids books. Come join Holmes and Watson as they solve the mystery of the speckled band in a child-friendly, twenty-first century English, with the seamier side of Victorian life left out. Ideal for children aged 9-12 to get started with the world's most famous detective. Other books in the Sherlock Holmes re-told for children series: -The Blue Carbuncle -Silver Blaze -The Red-Headed League -The Engineer's Thumb -The Speckled Band -The Six Napoleons -The Naval Treaty -3-in-1 Box Set - The Blue Carbuncle, Silver Blaze. The Red-Headed League -3-in-1 Box Set - The Engineer's Thumb, The Speckled Band, The Six Napoleons -6-in-1 Box Set - The Blue Carbuncle, Silver Blaze, The Red-Headed League, The Engineer's Thumb, The Speckled Band, The Six Napoleons These titles may be available as ebooks, paperbacks and as audio-books. Coming next in the Sherlock Holmes re-told for children series: -The Musgrave Ritual -The Beryl Coronet -The Resident Patient Coming soon from international bestselling author Mark Williams: -When Sherlock Was A Boy - tales from Sherlock's childhood.