Why do we recommend your child reads Agatha Christie?
As the greatest crime writer of all time, Agatha Christie has sold more than 2 billion copies of her work. Only the Bible and Shakespeare have sold more books…
The Queen of Crime was born in Torquay, Devon, UK and her own life story would make a wonderful book in itself. A great writer, nurse, trained in pharmacy, fluent in French a talented pianist – the list goes on!
We all know her most famous characters – Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and her books have been translated into over 100 languages. Reading Agatha Christie and watching the tv and film adaptations will not only assist your child with their written and spoken English vocabulary, but also give them an insight into British life over significant periods of history.
Born in 1890, Agatha wrote over several decades and her books reflect life through the roaring twenties to the swinging sixties!
We have teamed up with Miss Lemon from English Riviera Custom Tours to highlight this incredible author’s works and life in a monthly article in Spotlight.
This exclusive educational partnership also involves offering to take care of families when visiting UK schools in the South West of England and taking them to see iconic Agatha Christie locations such as her wonderful Devon home (Greenway House) and Burgh Island.
Did you know, that if you placed all the copies of books sold by Agatha Christie they would stretch to the moon?