Penguin Active Reading, 2007. — 64 p. Everybody in Halloweentown loves Halloween — but not Jack Skellington. Every year he has to sing the same scary songs and do the same dangerous dances. He is bored with them. Then, one day, he visits Christmastown and he has an idea. Why can’t the vampires, witches, and skeletons of Halloweentown celebrate Christmas, too — their way?
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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...
Oxford University Press, 2010 . — (Stage 3). Eona Macnicol, Malcolm Laing, Ian Rankin, George Mackay Brown, and Susie Maguire Retold by Jennifer Bassett In Edinburgh a detective listens to a confession; in Orkney an old man lives with the ghosts of his past. In the Outer Hebrides some travellers learn a lesson; in Glasgow a young woman steals a meeting with a famous actor; and...
Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on trains....
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, 2009. — 80 p. — (Green Apple) : Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Victorian Writers. Police and Detectives in the 19th Century. A mysterious lodger, strange messages, a secret society and a terrible murder are the elements of a case that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson have to solve. This reader uses the Expansive Reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to...
Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2006. — 40 p. — (Macmillan Readers Series). British English. Beginner Level. You will know the history of London,places to visit, travelling and shopping,information and advice.
