A1.1 Have you ever seen a sloth? Jim and his brother and sister meet one in this adventure in the Amazon Rainforest. It is the story of how they team...
A1 Young readers might well see themselves in the selfish giant, based on Oscar Wilde’s classic, who doesn’t want to share his favorite possession. Through the story, they see how...
A0 Granny Fixit, Lucy and Bill race through a bio park chasing a naughty monkey. In this funny adventure in a biopark a monkey takes Granny Fixit’s small yellow bag!...
A1 This story tells the adventure of two children. One is studious and interested in all scientific things. The other is energetic and sporty. Although they live next door to...
A1 ‘This isn’t going to stop us! We’re definitely going to find Wills!’ In this Reader you will find: Focus on… | Comprehension activities | Glossary of difficult words...
A0 This story by Mark Twain explores the saying: ‘The grass is always greener on the other side!’ A poor boy and a prince swop places with unforeseen consequences. ...
B1 Dickens favorite Christmas story shows us the difficult lives of the poor, but it is also a story of hope, where the future can be better. Ebenezer Scrooge...
A0 These are two of Hans Christian Anderson’s most popular stories. In "The ugly duckling", the farmyard animals reject a little duck because he is different. In "The princess and...
A1.1 In this story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a young girl called Mary starts out as unloved and unlovable. She moves home and, through her contact with country life and...
C1 Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel was published in 1925 and has justifiably become a 20th-century literary classic. “Gatsby?” asked Daisy urgently. “What Gatsby?” Could it be the same young...
B2 One of the most widely-read books worldwide. Moby Dick is the saga of Captain Ahab and his continuous pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him...
A0 Jack is on his summer holidays. He’s at the seaside with his grandma and grandad. Alfie is Jack’s dog. He’s on holiday too! Follow Jack and Alfie in their...
A0 Ann is ALWAYS losing her things and her teacher is angry. But help is on the way! Granny Fixit and her piece of yellow string solve all her problems...
A1 The bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. In this Reader you will find: Information about Lucy Maud Montgomery | A section focusing on background and context...
Stage 3 300 headwords | A1.1 | Movers | Fairy Tales ‘Oh no! I must go. The magic stops at midnight,’ said Cinderella. ‘Wait! Come back! I don’t know...
C1 Mrs. Dalloway is a novel that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-World War I. It is one of Woolf’s best-known novels. London 1923....
B1 Jane Eyre was an immediate bestseller, and most critics liked it. One reviewer wrote: ‘It is one of the most powerful domestic romances which have been published for many...
A2 Emma and Harry went down the River Nile in a boat. They sailed through the desert and visited lots of pyramids. One day, a young girl spoke to them....
A0 ‘The small dog has the football! The small dog has the football! Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Can you get the ball...
C2 More than any other conflict, the Great War inspired writers of all generations and classes. This collection reflects the wide variety of poems written, in the English...
A1 Rumbledumble’s greatest loves are: Anna and the other children, his garden and his little dog Maxi. When Maxi gets lost Rumbledumble and the children search everywhere for him. But...
A0 Katie has some special friends: Regazza the doll and Monty the mouse. They live in the Land of Forgotten Toys, the place where toys go when they are thrown...
B1 ‘A good portrait is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter. I am afraid I show my soul in this painting.’ Late nineteenth-century London: a city of...
B1 ‘There’s daggers in men’s smiles’ (Act II, Sc. III) Tag Ambition Power Macbeth is a brave general, loyal to King Duncan and to Scotland. Until that is, he...
A0 An action story about Granny Fixit, a sad pirate and a crowd of multi-colored parrots. When Jill and Ahmed find themselves by magic on a pirate ship they meet...
A1 Aladdin is a poor boy who plays all day long in the streets with his monkey, but something will change his life. Aladdin loves Bulbul but his love...
B2 A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s most famous historical novel. Set in Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution, this is the story...
A2 ‘I am British, just like you!’ Marquat, born in Cardiff, but with Nigerian parents is an intelligent, inquisitive boy but also sometimes insecure and shy. He hopes to...
A2 Jules Verne was a master of adventure stories. He also wanted children to think about nature. This story asks them to wonder what is under the ground and if...
A2 Do you enjoy walking among the trees and watching for forest animals? Do you know how important forests are for our world and our health? This book is about...
