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Steve Barlow, Author
Steve Skidmore, Author
Corinne Caro, Illustrator
Series: Classics in Graphics
Imprint: Franklin Watts
Publication date: September 10, 2026
Category: Classic fiction
ISBN: 9781445191478
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol like you’ve never seen it – or read it – before! Classics in Graphics: A Christmas Carol has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Corinne Caro. Readers join the haunting of Ebenezer Scrooge as it swirls across each page, hoping that the truth of his past, present and future can change his heart before it’s too late … A perfect Christmas present for young and old, for a festive, uplifting and classic read to come back to year after year!
This series has inclusion at its heart, flinging wide the doors of literature for all to enter and understand. With dyslexia-friendly design for readers aged 10+; inclusive art so anyone can relate to iconic characters; snappy simplified text; introductory material to set the scene; heaps of material at the back, looking at the themes, language, publication, performance in history, a timeline of gothic horror literature, and more!
Classics available: Macbeth, The Tempest, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Christmas Carol, The Odyssey
Praise for Classics in Graphics: “[…] an excellent job converting challenging language and literary themes to make it very inclusive, smoothing ease of understanding dialogue, plot, and narration without dumbing it down.” – EricWilliamson, leagueofcomicgeeks.com
As 50% of the Two Steves, Steve Barlow has written over 160 books with Steve Skidmore since their first published work appeared in 1988. Born in Crewe, he was educated at Crewe Grammar School, Warwick University and Nottingham University before a varied career in teaching, acting, stage management and puppetry. He worked in a village school in Botswana for four years before returning to the UK and working with Steve Skidmore. The Two Steves tour extensively in the UK and overseas, and are frequent visitors to book festivals including Edinburgh and Hay. Their work for Hachette includes the highly popular I Hero and Crime Team choose-your-adventure books, and their I Horror series is raising the short hairs at the back of readers’ necks with Orchard Books.
Steve Skidmore writes with Steve Barlow. Together they are Britain’s most popular comedy writing and performing double act for young people. Not surprisingly, they are known as The 2 Steves!
The 2 Steves met over twenty years ago when they were both teaching in Nottingham. Since then they have written over 160 books together. They have also acted as series editors on numerous reading programmes for several major publishing houses.
The 2 Steves are in great demand for author visits to schools, colleges and libraries across the world. They also undertake INSET events and make regular appearances at Literary Festivals.
Steve Skidmore is shorter than Steve Barlow and less hairy. He was born in Birstall near Leicester in England. After managing to pass some exams at school, he went on to Nottingham University to supposedly read English, but spent most of his time playing sport and doing a variety of summer jobs including counting pastry pie lids (yes, really).
He trained as a teacher of Drama, English and Film studies, before teaming up with Steve Barlow to become a full time author.
He lives in Leicester and is a great rugby fan (he supports Leicester Tigers – “Come on you Tiiiiigeeeers!”).
Corinne Caro was born in Manila, Philippines but was raised in Laguna where she is still based. She studied painting and fine arts for a year before transferring to Savannah College of Art and Design in Hong Kong where she completed her degree in sequential arts. Corinne has been working as a concept artist for games as well as a background painter for animation scenes. She enjoys fantasy, landscapes, animals and magical moments.