In Coketown, there's no place forimagination. There are facts and figures and absolutely nothing else - or soThomas Gradgrind thinks.

When the circus appears in town, itbrings Sissy Jupe with it. A young girl who has been abandoned by her fatherand is taken in by Thomas Gradgrind. Full of fun and energy, will Sissy savethe Gradgrind children from a life of fact-and-figure-filled misery before it'stoo late? 

About The Charles Dickens Children's Collection:

Bah humbug! Who says the classics are just for adults? Join Ebeneezer Scrooge on his ghostly Christmas adventure, or follow orphaned Oliver Twist from rags to riches in some of literature's most famous tales from the foggy streets of Victorian London.Adapted and illustrated for children aged 7+.

About Sweet Cherry Easy Classics:Sweet Cherry Easy Classics adapts classic literature into stories for children, introducing these timeless tales to a new generation.