# Classics in Comics: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Speckled Band: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure

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- Authors: [Steve Barlow](https://www.bookquiver.com/steve-barlow), [Steve Skidmore](https://www.bookquiver.com/steve-skidmore), [Claudia Petrazzi](https://www.bookquiver.com/claudia-petrazzi)
- Publisher: franklin_watts
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4519-632-9
- Published: 2026-08-13
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Speckled Band like you've never read it before! This comic book adapts a nail-biting Sherlock classic into a visual feast of humour & puzzling clues. Bringing literature's top sleuth to young audiences are Steve Skidmore & Steve Barlow - experts on accessible, inclusive & irresistible storytelling - with illustrations by cartoonist Claudia Petrazzi. Classics in Comics is a series of comic books for children aged 9 plus that has inclusion at its heart, opening the doors of literature for everyone to enter and understand. We include dyslexia-friendly design on every page and diverse representations in the art, so all readers can relate to and build life-long connections to the classics. Each comic has: - snappy simplified text presenting key plot elements clearly - introductory materials to help set the scene and introduce the original author - heaps of material at the back, such as explorations of themes & authors' inspirations! In the series: Pride & Prejudice / Little Women / Oliver Twist / The Adventure of the Speckled Band: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure / The Three Musketeers / Around the World in 80 Days