The same excellent layout I loved in The Secret Garden, great before and after reading activities, vocabulary at the bottom of the page, double spreads at the end. Also, if I scan the page in ELI's app, I can download the audio accompanying that specific page. I think this is entertaining enough for A2 (Pre-Intermediate) readers, I intend to use this book in teen summer camps. I want to make them read.

The original style probably suffered because of the retelling, I haven't read it yet, but it is still very amusing. I loved how it was not obvious after the first chapter that Montmorency was a dog, and at reading about his cold, wet nose, I had to go back and double-check how I missed this piece of information. It was very cleverly omitted beforehand. ( )