Dickens adaptations

Everyone is celebrating the Dickens bicentenary this year. Here are some fun and accessible adaptations to introduce children to the great writer.

Eddie Dickens Trilogy: Dreadful Acts

by Philip Ardagh

Faber Children's Books

Eddie Dickens is a resourceful Victorian boy who has to cope with vague parents, a mad uncle and an even madder aunt...

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Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens

Usborne

This classic is retold with simple text to delight and inspire any child who is just beginning to read

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Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life

by Mick Manning

Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Celebrate the 2012 bi-centenary of Charles Dickens' life with this new, illustrated biography. Beginning with his birth it follows Dickens through his early years of hardship, career as a reporter and his family life, and then moves on to his...

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Mister Creecher

by Chris Priestley

Bloomsbury

Friendship, trust and betrayal combine to form a dangerous liaison in this moving and frightening new book from Chris Priestley

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Dickens: His Work and His World

by Michael Rosen

Walker Books

An ideal introduction to Dickens

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Oliver Twisted

by J D Sharpe

Electric Monkey

'Can I have some gore?' Oliver Twist is given a supernatural spin in this vivid reimagining of Dickens’ novel.

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Charles Dickens and Friends

by Marcia Williams

Walker Books

A selection of the works of one of the world's greatest writers, retold in accessible comic-strip style.

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