Orient BlackSwan

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The Orient Blackswan Easy Readers introduce the child to the enchanting world of reading, which encourage him/her to read with little or no external help. These well-illustrated books are carefully graded into seven levels. The series begins at Level 1 and is meant for beginners in the age group of 5 years. The other levels are: Level 2: 6–8 years, Level 3: 7–9 years, Level 4: 9–11 years, Level 5: 10–12 years, Level 6: 11–14 years and Level 7: 15 years and above. This careful grading, based on age-appropriate vocabulary and structure enables the reader to progress through the successive levels. The current titles mainly include the classics and also have those that suit modern tastes and interests.

Baroness Emmuska Orczy was born in Hungary in 1865, to Baron Felix Orczy and his wife, Emmuska. She was their only daughter. Baron Felix was a well-known composer and conductor of music, and little Emmuska grew up listening to famous musicians, like Wagner and Liszt. The family moved from Budapest to Brussels and then to London, and Emmuska learnt to speak English when she was fifteen. she studied at the West London School of Art and her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. She married a schoolmate, Montague Barstow, in 1894. Together, they illustrated and published an edition of Hungarian folktales in 1895. Her first collection of mystery stories was entitled The Case of Miss Elliot, (1905). Baroness Emmuska Orczy died in London on November 12,1947.