Sherlock Holmes Children’s Collection series, adaptation, high interest/low vocabualry, illustrated classic stories, mystery adventure, Story elements: setting: London, late 1800’s, plot and character development, first person point of view; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, figurative langauge, illustrations enhance meaning and tone, letters and telegrams, formal language, new vocabulary: side text glossary , Comprehension strategies: Identify cause and effect relationships, make inferences, draw conclusions, predict outcomes, identify literal vs non-literal meanings, compare and contrast different versions and books in a series, make text to text connections. Themes: Mature themes and ideas; crime, class and society, weakness, justice and judgement, cunning and cleverness