Cases of Sherlock Holmes

by William Kottmeyer (Adaptation), Joseph Camana (Illustrator)

The adventure of the speckled band --
The red-headed league --
The adventure of the six Napoleons --
The adventure of the empty house.

118 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1962

About the author

William Kottmeyer has served in the St. Louis Public Schools as teacher, principal, reading specialist, and superintendent. A nationally recognized educational innovator, Dr. Kottmeyer has created a wide variety of basic language-skills materials.

Reviews

[Alex Budris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not even quite an adaptation - because the original text is all there, verbatim - but this rendition of 'The Adventure of the Six Napoleons' (illustrated here by Dan Day) is a welcome change of style from all the other comics I read. Namely, this is classic literature. The 'letters' column features erudite missives from Sherlockian afficianados, and as an appendix there is a multiple-installment biography of Sir A. C. Doyle. Classy.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every so often, i delight in reading books from my childhood. Found this on the shelf as I was cleaning the other day and picked it up. It was such fun re-reading these old mysteries. Holmes, as usual, never fails to solve the most bizarre of crimes. I remembered the Speckled Ban but the Adventure of the Six Napoleons was new to me. (Or maybe I just read it so long ago that I'd entirely forgotten it.) Examine peoples' hands and you, too, may be able to tell a lot about a person.