Cervantes Miguel. Don Quixote

Penguin Readers, 2008. Level 2, retold by Karen Holmes. 39 p. Hans Andersen wrote many stories, and there are some of the best. We meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends - and an emperor with some very strange new clothes. These stories teach us lessons for life. The Ugly Duckling. The Nightingale. The...

Teen Readers, 2009. Stage 2 Marquat, born in Cardiff, but with Nigerian parents is a typical teenager. He’s an intelligent, inquisitive boy but also sometimes insecure and shy. He hopes to do well in life and works hard to achieve his dreams. One day, unfortunately, he comes across racial prejudices because of the colour of his skin. However, just as he begins to think he’s...

Black Cat, 2003. — 128 p. — (Reading & Training) Adapted by Jenny Pereira. Plain orphaned Jane Eyre lives unwanted with her aunt and cousins until she is sent away to school. There, hungry and humiliated, she grows and studies. When Jane leaves school to work as a governess at the aristocratic Thornfield Manor owned by the intriguing Mr Rochester, she finally finds some...

Black Cat, 2008. — 63 p. — (Green Apple) : A Drink Called Tea. A Real Queen. Alice follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and finds herself in the magical world of Wonderland, where anything can happen. She grows bigger and smaller and she meets a lot of very strange characters! These include the Caterpillar on his mushroom, the smiling Cheshire Cat, the Hatter and the...

Penguin Readers, 2008. — 48 p. Detective Philip Marlowe is looking for Derace Kingsley’s wife, Crystal. Is she dead or not? Marlowe finds more than one dead body and learns about women, drugs, men in love, and a police cover-up. Who killed The Lady in the Lake and why? Where Is Crystal? The Lady in the Lake. A1 to Mildred. A Pretty Lady’s Gun. A Little Dance. Room 618. Little...

Black Cat Publishing 2009, an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury, c.98, ISBN: 978-88-530-0515-1, Step 1, KET level. The Reading & Training series consists of beautifully illustrated graded readers, aimed at teenagers and adults. The majority of the books are adapted classics, but there are also some original stories – especially at lower levels – and the occasional...