Description Victor Frankenstein was a brilliant scientist. He wanted to create something beautiful, but he created something terrible--a monster Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. About the Author Ladybird brings together characters from well-loved children's TV shows, including Peppa Pig , In the Night Garden , Ben and Holly, and the lively twosome Topsy and Tim ; plus a whole host of fairy-tale favorites like Cinderella and Pinocchio . Sharing a Ladybird story with your child is a great way to start exploring the big, wide world. Whether they're discovered through snuggly bedtime favorites, buggy books that accompany adventures, or fun apps for playtime, really great stories open up whole new worlds and spark imagination, creativity, and curiosity.