British English. Includes a book (63 p.) with the full audio recording with track listings and additional information about Britain. Alone again. The greetings cards. New horizons. Breaking glass. The top of the world. New glasses. Supermarket manhunt. Learning to swim. A family problem. A ghost story. The model citizen. Treasure hunt. Which queen? The porcelain baby. A present...
Level: elementary. Genre: crime. Length: shortest. English: American. Ronald Torbay is a killer. He committed his second murder. Ronald is a middle-aged man. He moved to a new place. Now he lives there with his third wife. Nobody knows who they are. It’s a perfect place for a murder. His plan is simple: he uses a false name and goes at the weekend there where nobody knows him....
Pearson ESL, 2001. — 48 p. — (Penguin Readers Level 2). — ISBN10: 9780582451841 On the thirteenth minute of the thirteenth hour in 1970, the thirteenth Apollo mission is launched. But something goes wrong. Astronaut, Jim Lovell's space module is failing. Will he and his crew make it back to earth alive? A dramatic true story filmed starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Kathleen...
Adapted literature for reading in English. elemental level. Audio supplement to the book. Macmillan Reader, Elementary Level Paperback – 31 Jan 2008 Paperback: 63 p. Publisher: Macmillan ELT (31 Jan 2008) Language: English Jen and Joey decide go to a lavish birthday party in New York. After 'borrowing' his father's truck, Pacey offers to drive them to New York to surprise the...
Audiobook 2cd. Level: Elementary. Joey and Jen plan a weekend together in New York to attend the sixteenth birthday party of Jen's cousin. Joey is amazed on her first visit to the Big Apple.
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...
Arengo Sue. A Taste of Murder Level: elementary Genre: detective Length: shorter English: british Private Nursing Agency sent a nurse Anne Harrison to a house of a famous writer Kitty Blakemore. Nobody seriously considered that she is ill, the woman had a reputation like hypochondriac. The nurse Anne notices after arriving at the house, that people surrounded Mrs Blackmore...
Publisher: Penguin. Language: English. 1991. Retold by Derek Strange. Series Editor - Derek Strange. Pages: 47. Audio: 2 MP3 files. A Cinderella story from the pen of one of England's finest. Anne is saddled with a father whose ego is the size of a small caribbean island and two sisters whom you will certainly love to hate. Elizabeth makes her father look modest, whilst Mary...
Level: elementary English: british Mr Henry Williams is an excellent bank manager and has limited computer skills. He has a good network manager Mike who organized a new computer system in his bank. Everything was going well and when Mr Williams was in Bermuda in his mind, dreaming about holiday, he heard a scream of his staff. All system had crashed. It was awful, computers...
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,, 2000. — 64 p. — (Green Apple) Peter Pan, one of the most enduring fantasies of all time, is presented in this splendidly illustrated book with a very special, full-colour map of Neverland. No childhood is complete without a trip to Neverland! The Darling children's amazing adventure begins when Peter Pan flies into their nursery and whisks them off to his enchanted...
BBC, 1994. (PDF file is cover only). Level: Basic. Total running time: 2 hours 03 mins. Somewhere over the rainbow. A terrible cyclone carries Dorothy together with her house and her dog Toto from Kansas to the land ot the Munchkins, a land of no return. Only the Wizard of Oz can help her go home - but he resides in the far-off Emerald City. Dorothy would be lost without her...
Author: L. Frank Baum Level: 1 Publisher: Black Cat Date: 2006 Pages: 90 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese The incredible adventures of Dorothy, her dog Toto, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion have continued to enthuse readers of all ages ever since it was first published in 1900. Join Dorothy and her friends as...
Author: Beaumont, M. de Published: Black Cat Publishing 90 p. Level 1 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese A merchant becomes poor once he lost his ship. Apart form his lovely daughter Beauty, all of his sons and daughters only request more on him. One day he takes a rose from the garden of a castle for Beauty’s present. But this...
Penguin Graded Readers Levels 2. Running time: 1:09:38 Jaws is a classic thriller. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again - or for the first time!
Penguin Graded Readers Levels 2. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again - or for the first time!
(Penguin Readers, Level 2) Former thief turned security specialist Kincaid Lawrence "Cade" Foster’s life was idyllic, with a beautiful wife, good job and a nice house. Unbeknownst to him, a race of extraterrestrials called the Gua have identified him as subject 117 in an experiment to test human resilience. As part of this experiment, his life is systematically ruined,...
(Penguin Readers, Level 2) Former thief turned security specialist Kincaid Lawrence "Cade" Foster’s life was idyllic, with a beautiful wife, good job and a nice house. Unbeknownst to him, a race of extraterrestrials called the Gua have identified him as subject 117 in an experiment to test human resilience. As part of this experiment, his life is systematically ruined,...
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...
Level: Elementary (A2). - The New Teacher - Clues - Aliens - Too Much Imagination? - Mr Stone - Thanks to a Missing Watch - The Plan - Paul's Decision - Friday Night
Black Cat, 1998. — (Reading & Training) Whoever thought that starting high school would be so exciting? A comet and a constellation have crossed paths, and space experts know this means the possibility of alien encounters! In a small town near Boston, Jennifer Dale and her school friends discover they have some weird new teachers. Mr Stone, the English teacher, is particularly...
Password readers. — 112 p. Password Readers is a collection of original and classic fictional titles that have been adapted to fit the needs of English language learners. The series provides a functional and accessible didactic apparatus which facilitates learner autonomy. Each reader is made up of brief sixpage chapters, in which the flow of the story alternates with...
Publisher: Black Cat Publishing. 2000. – 104 p. Adapted audiobook, Level 3. Retold by Jenny Pereira. Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasant little girl who goes to live with her uncle on his enormous estate in Yorkshire after the death of her parents in India. Left very much to herself she explores the grounds of the house and finds the secret garden which has been locked up for...
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?
Level: elementary English: british Arthur Mowbray is a head of a huge company. He created his company after he had invented a board game “Mowbray’s Killer”. The game was made of cardboard and Plasticine figures. One day something terrible happened. His body was found in the dining room of his country house. Inspector Ainsworth started investigating this case. He has no evidence...
Retold by Anne Collins. — Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2005. — 64 p. — (Macmillan Readers Series). American English. As if the fact that her mother is marrying her algebra teacher isn't bad enough, Mia then manages to announce the engagement on live television. Mia's grandmother immediately starts making arrangements for a grand state wedding - greatly upsetting Mia's mother....
Publisher: MacMillan Readers Publication date: 2005 Format / Quality: MP3 128 kbbs Level: A2 American English As if the fact that her mother is marrying her algebra teacher isn't bad enough, Mia then manages to announce the engagement on live television. Mia's grandmother immediately starts making arrangements for a grand state wedding - greatly upsetting Mia's mother. Then...
Adapted by Anne Collins. — Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2005. — 64 p. — (Macmillan Readers Series). As if the fact that her mother is marrying her algebra teacher isn't bad enough, Mia then manages to announce the engagement on live television. Mia's grandmother immediately starts making arrangements for a grand state wedding, which greatly upsets Mia's mother. Then Mia's...
Adapted by Anne Collins. — Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2005. — 64 p. — (Macmillan Readers Series). As if the fact that her mother is marrying her algebra teacher isn't bad enough, Mia then manages to announce the engagement on live television. Mia's grandmother immediately starts making arrangements for a grand state wedding, which greatly upsets Mia's mother. Then Mia's...
Black Cat, 2018. — 80 p. — (Green Apple). Some children at The Fairbrother Academy don’t want to learn. They like to push their classmates in the playground and call them bad names. Alice is unhappy when she starts secondary school, but when Miss Sunshine hears about the problems, she drives to the academy, determined to help. Dossiers: Schools in England Mindfulness
Penguin Readers, 2008. — Running time 00:49:27. Level 2. The stories in this book are exciting and sometimes very strange. Some are sad and some are happy. We meet many interesting people – a young man in love, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy soldier. Strange things happen to all these people. But life is strange sometimes.
Penguin Readers, 2008. Level 2 One hot summer day, Alice sees a white rabbit and runs after it. She follows it down a rabbit-hole — and arrives in ‘Wonderland’. Here, caterpillars can talk and rabbits have watches. And the Queen wants to cut off everybody’s head!
Publisher: Black Cat Publishing, series Reading & Training. 2009. Pages: 140. Adapted audiobook. Book + audio, Level 2. Join Alice as she follows the white rabbit into the amazing world of Wonderland, where anything can happen! Watch Alice change size, meet the Mad Hatter and his friend, the March Hare, talk to the smiling Cheshire cat, play a game of croquet with the Queen of...
Haineman English Language Teaching, 1999, The full text of the audio recording is attached. Tea Break. The King of Boonland. Fire Practice. The Post Office. The Check-In Desk. The Police. The Bus Stop. Superman and the Psychiatrist. The Lost Property Office. Giovanni’s Cafe. Mr Universe. World Record.
Haineman English Language Teaching, 1999, The full text of the audio recording is attached. The Passport Office. Bert and the Bulldozer. Noisy Neighbours. Gusset and Rose. The Army. Journey to the Next Dimension. Mr Williams and the Postman. Flowers. The Bank. The Travel Agency. Shakespeare’s House. The New James Bond.
CD-ROM. Pearson Education Limited, England, 2008. Don Quixote wants a different life, so he leaves his village with Sancho Panza. The two men want to be a knight and his squire from an earlier age. Will they find adventures? Will they be famous? Will they change the world? This is their story
Penguin Active Reading, 2008. — 60 p. Exercises, illustrations, additional regional information. Don Quixote wants a different life, so he leaves his village with Sancho Panza. The two men want to be a knight and his squire from an earlier age. Will they find adventures? Will they be famous? Will they change the world? This is their story.
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...
Level: elementary. Genre: adventure, detective. Length: medium. English: british. Total words: 10175. Unique words: 951. Angela is Tom’s fiancee. She has to meet him at the airport in Istanbul. She has been working in this old city for several months. Her firm exports and imports different things: lamps, brass ornaments, trays etc. Her duty is arranging that business. When Tom...
Publisher: Black Cat Publishing, 2001. - 82 p. Adapted audiobook, Level 2. What is the truth about ghosts and the supernatural? Do dead people really come back to haunt the world? Can an entire village be haunted? Can ghosts be photographed? Find out in this spine-chilling book that introduces you to some of the world's most ghastly ghosts and their macabre doings!
Step Three, B1.2-PET level. 978-88-530-0291-4. 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 nonfiction reader. The readers are graded into six levels according to...
Black Cat, 2005. — (Reading & Training). Step Three The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste. Nostradamus. King Tutanlkhamun’s Tomb. The Bermuda Triangle. Cursed Objects. The Hope Diamond. James Dean’s Car. The Abominable Snowman. Stonehenge. Some of the world’s most puzzling mysteries remain unsolved. Do you think a fast sports car can be evil and kill its d rivers? Would you wear a...
Author: Gina D.B. Clemen Publisher: Black Cat Date: 2004 Pages: 72 Level: 1 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese It's fun to get ready for Halloween and it's even more fun to have a spooky Halloween Party!But what happens to a group of young teenagers when their Halloween party becomes a living nightmare? Find out what horror is all...
Black Cat Publishing 2006, an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury, c.98, ISBN: 978-88-530-0604-2, 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...
Black Cat, 2007. — (Reading & Training) Peter O'Neil, Montego High School's favorite teacher, goes missing in the Bermuda Triangle, and the Miami Police can't seem to solve the case. After an unusual Halloween party, three of his teenage students decide to investigate the case with the help of O'Neil's dog, Rover. A ghostly appearance and strange clues lead Bill, Michelle and...
Publisher: Black Cat Publishing, 2002. - 156 p. Adapted audiobook, Level 4. Retold by James Butler. Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organisation in Conan Doyle’s ‘The Five Orange Pips’; in Charles Dickens’ ‘Hunted Down’ a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in ‘The Stir Outside the Café Royal’ by Clarence Rook an American woman tracks down her fiancé’s killer.
Audio. Publisher: Black Cat, 2003, Follow Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes solving the problem of the goose and hat in 'The Blue Carbuncle'; finding a missing fiance in ‘A Case Of Identity’; and discovering the identity of a mysterious person in ‘The Yellow Face’
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...
Black Cat, 2004. — 112 p. — (Reading & Training) Step 3 Another case for Sherlock Holmes. Dr Watson is sent to Devonshire to investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskervilles. Sir Charles was found mutilated by a large dog according to the tradition of the curse of the house of the Baskervilles. The new heir to the estate asks the great detective to solve this...
MM Readers, 2005. — 70 p. This story was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is an adventure about a detective called Sherlock Holmes. A friend of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson, tells the story. Sherlock Holmes is not a policeman. He is a private detective. People pay him to find things th a t are lost or stolen. Holmes also solves mysteries and catches criminals. This story...
Penguin, 2006. Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson. Based on a Story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace. Level 2. Retold by Coleen Degnan-Veness. American English. Contemporary. Ann Darrow is an actor with no work and no money. Carl Denham wants to make a movie — but not in the United States. A long, long way from New York there is an island. And on that island...
Author: N/A Published: Black Cat level 1 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese 72 p. This is the true story of a brave, adventurous man, a real American hero, who has become a legend. Davy loved danger, justice and freedom. He was the true American free spirit of the 1800s who help to build America.
Express Publishing, 2006. –54 p. I walked to the highest part of the island and looked around. The island was quite large, but there were no people on it. I looked out to sea, and there were no boats. "Why," I thought, "did this happen to me? But I´m still alive. There must be some reason for that."
Express Publishing, 2002. – 30 p. Introduction to the Teacher; Key; Tests; Key to test; refold by Elizabeth Gray walked to the highest part of the island and looked around. The island was quite large, but there were no people on it. I looked out to sea, and there were no boats. "Why," I thought, "did this happen to me? But I´m still alive. There must be some reason for that."
Reading & Training. Black Cat Publishing 2006, an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury, c.97, ISBN: 978-88-530-0519-9, Step 2, B1.2- PET level. Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, E. Nesbit, F. Marion Crawford. The Reading & Training series consists of beautifully illustrated graded readers, aimed at teenagers and adults. The majority of the books are adapted classics,...
Year: 2001 Author: Charles Dickens Genre: Adapted audiobook Publisher: Express Publishing Serie: Graded Reader Bitrate MP3 128 kbps Level - 2 CEF - A2 Scrooge is rich, but mean and miserable. He particularly hates Christmas. His assistant, Bob Cratchitt, is poor but happy, even though his son, Tiny Tim is very ill. One Christmas, three ghosts visit Scrooge to show him his past,...
Express, 2002. — 61 p. The miserly Scrooge is content with his life until he receives some unusual visitors one Christmas Eve. Charles Dickens’ famous ghost story takes us on a journey through the life of one man in Victorian London.
Idioma: Inglés Colección: Black Cat. Green Apple. Life Skills Formato: Papel Nivel MCER: A2 Edad: Desde 12 años Temática: Interés humano Valores: Esperanza, Generosidad, Cuidado, Amor Nivel educativo: Secundaria CCAA: General Autores: Ch. Dickens Páginas: 80
Black Cat, 2004. – 106 p. David Copperfield is the common name of the eighth novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a novel in 1850. Many elements of the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of his novels. In the preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens wrote, "like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite...
Black Cat, 2004. — 122 p. Pip Pirrip is a poor orphan boy destined to become a blacksmith. But a chance meeting with an escaped convict and an invitation to the house of eccentric Miss Havisham mark the beginning of great changes in his life. After receiving a large amount of money from a secret benefactor Pip goes to London to be educated as a 'gentleman'. But who is his...
Black Cat Publishing, 2003. - 112 p. — (Series "Green Apple"; Edition for Chinese-speaking readers). Adapted audiobook. Book + audio, Level 2. Retold by George Gibson. Set in 19th-century London, this timeless classic narrates the incredible adventures and poignant hardships of Oliver, a young, penniless orphan who, in spite of his encounters with criminals of London and...
Black Cat, 2003. — 96 p. — (Green Apple) A Note on Charles Dickens. A Recipe for Creamy Porridge. London in Dickens' Time. Reading a Painting. Children and Education in the 1800s. Charles Dickens' timeless classic published in 1837 narrates the incredible adventures and hardships of Oliver Twist, the poor orphan no one loves. He meets all kinds of strange people as he goes from...
Level: elementary Genre: detective Length: shorter English: british Howard woke up from a terrible nightmare. In reality, he got into a bigger one. He was at the hospital with a broken head. The policemen called him Mr. Black. But Howard knew definitely that it wasn’t his name. Unfortunately, he could not remember his right name. He lost his memory due to the injury. The police...
Express Publishing, 1996. — 40 p. Once upon a time, in a far away land, there lived a Prince. His name was Zigfried, and he was very unhappy. His father, the King, had died, and since then, everyone in the palace had forgotten how to smile. Without his father, Zigfried thought he would never feel happy again.
Penguin Graded Readers. Level 2 (600 words) Adapted from the junior Novelization. Young Prince Einon is dying. Only the Great Dragon can help him! But first the boy has to say, 'I won't be a cruel king. I'll love my people and be kind to them' But Einon is cruel, and everybody in the country is afraid. Now the dragon, good Sir Bowen and the peasants must fight in a battle...
Penguin Graded Readers. Level -2 (600 words) Adapted from the junior Novelization Young Prince Einon is dying. Only the Great Dragon can help him! But first the boy has to say, 'I won't be a cruel king. I'll love my people and be kind to them' But Einon is cruel, and everybody in the country is afraid. Now the dragon, good Sir Bowen and the peasants must fight in a battle...
Penguin Graded Readers. Level -2 (600 words) Adapted from the junior Novelization Young Prince Einon is dying. Only the Great Dragon can help him! But first the boy has to say, 'I won't be a cruel king. I'll love my people and be kind to them' But Einon is cruel, and everybody in the country is afraid. Now the dragon, good Sir Bowen and the peasants must fight in a battle...
Pearson ESL, 2008. — 56 p. — (Penguin Readers Level 2). — ISBN10: 1405869763. It is a very cold winter and there are many more birds around than usual. Nat is afraid, for the birds keep coming in their thousands and they are hungry. They want to kill.
Penguin Readers, 2007. — 44 p. Based on Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean. Elizabeth lives on a Caribbean island, a very dangerous place. A young blacksmith is interested in her, but pirates are interested too. Where do the pirates come from and what do they want? Is there really a curse on their ship? And why can’t they enjoy their gold?
Pearson Education, Penguin Longman Penguin Readers", 2008. Level 2. Claire is staying with her aunt Min. There is an old castle with a black tower in the village. It has a dangerous secret accidents happen there, animals and people die. One day, Claire goes to the castle. She wants to know its secret.
Cambridge University Press, 2009 - 64 p. Cambridge Experience Readers — Level A2: Elementary/Lower-Intermediate: With Downloadable Audio. This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. Marvin lives with his parents and a grandfather who is always inventing new gadgets to help his family. But...
Teen Readers, 2014. — 64 p. Stage 2 - A2 In this book, you will find the diaries of many different people. Here are writers, artists, musicians, and people with important stories to tell. Some are famous – Anne Frank, Bob Dylan, Charles Darwin, Che Guevara, Goerge Orwell, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, George Orwell and Kurt Cobain – others you will meet for the first time. Nice...
Teen Readers, 2014. — 64 p. Stage 2 - A2 The full audio for the book. In this book, you will find the diaries of many different people. Here are writers, artists, musicians, and people with important stories to tell. Some are famous – Anne Frank, Bob Dylan, Charles Darwin, Che Guevara, Goerge Orwell, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, George Orwell and Kurt Cobain – others you will...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 44 p. The Table, the Donkey and the Stick - Grimms' Fairy Tales. The Prince and the Servants - Grimms' Fairy Tales. The Glass Box - Hans Andersen. The Fisherman and the Giant - The Arabian Nights. The White Birds - Hans Andersen. Activities. When a fisherman opens an old jar, a giant comes out. When a donkey opens its mouth, gold falls out. There is...
Stage 2 - Teen Readers - below A2 Sally wants to be a detective and her hobby is solving mysteries. But this time the mystery is really difficult! Read about Sally’s adventures and enjoy! Topics People Personal feelings School and Study Travel and holidays Functions and Notions Making predictions, talking about (im)probability and (im)possibility, Expressing opinions, agreement...
Black Cat, 1998. — 122 p. — (Reading & Training) - Spirits of Place - God's Secret - The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep - Fiona's Spring Dress - A Twentieth-Century Malady Strange and surprising. That is the meaning of 'bizarre'. For those who enjoy strange surprises these five original stories will be a delight. Take Fiona the fashion model who decided to show her invisible self...
Author: Geirge Gibson Published: Black Cat Publishing Level 1 90 p. Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese Enjoy three of America's most-loved folk tales of the 1800s! Meet Johnny Appleseed who planted apple seeds across America. Find out how Pecos Bill became king of the Cowboys of Texas. Visit a Southern plantation and laugh with...
Scholastic, 2005. Level 2 In Batman Begins, the young Bruce Wayne learns to face his fears. When Bruce is ten, he watches his parents die in front of him on the streets of Gotham City. He travels the world, learns to Jight with Ninjas, and returns home - as Batman. There, with the help of Alfred, his childhood friend Rachel Dawes and the super-fast Batmobile, Batman fights for...
Author: Kenneth Grahame Level: 1 Publisher: Black Cat Date: 2006 Pages: 70 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese This classic story, set in the English countryside, features the lovable characters Rat, Mole, Toad and Badger. When Mole decides to leave his underground home and meets Rat, he discovers a completely new world on the river...
Level: elementary Length: medium English: American It is the fourth book of a famous American writer John Grisham. A main character of this story is an eleven-year-old boy. Mark Sway lives with his mother and younger brother. His parents’ divorce made him grow up too early. Mark took responsibility for his brother and taught him everything he knew. Cigarettes weren’t an...
Pearson Education. Level 2 - 2012. -- Pearson English Readers are simplified texts which provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure. Told in first-person narrative and retold as an audiobook, this simplified version of the popular autobiographical novel portrays the author and his family's life during the thirteen years that they lived with their dog...
Running time: 1:50:11. Raggedy Ann Stories is a classic American children’s book; this version has been abridged and revised for English language learners. Written in 1918, Raggedy Ann Stories provides a snapshot of what life was like during that time period and contains ideas and details that may not reflect lifestyles and beliefs that are common in the United States today....
Cambridge University Press, 2005. — ISBN: 9780521686167. — (Level 2). Nancy is a security guard at a detention centre for asylum seekers and refugees who have come to Britain to escape persecution in their own countries. Nancy thinks she has everything: a comfortable house, nice furniture, a boyfriend and a beautiful Rolex watch. Then she falls in love with George, an asylum...
Cambridge University Press, 1999. — ISBN: 9780521794954. — (Level 2). Penny Wade travels to Barcelona to perform in a concert with her orchestra. But the trip is not quite what she imagined. Her double bass goes missing and her boyfriend is acting very strangely. One night everyone is woken by screams and the orchestra manager is found dead on the street outside their hotel....
Penguin Graded Readers Levels 2. Running time: 1:06:15 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue). It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it...
Penguin Graded Readers Levels 2. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue). It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it became one of the...
Author: Victoria Heward Level: 1 Publisher: Black Cat Date: 2006 Pages: 88 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese Max and Laura’s summer holiday in the village of Stonecross is full of excitement and danger: a symbol, an old book of secrets, a mysterious housekeeper and thieves who don’tMax and Laura’s summer holiday in the village of...
Black Cat Publishing, 2013, Audio only, — (Level 2). Like many 15 year olds, Adam prefers computer games to school work, but he can’t understand why one of his favourite games seems to have a life of its own. And why is he suddenly hearing voices? Why can’t anyone else see the strange boy outside the school gates? And why does the boy look so like Adam? He finds the answers...
Patricia Highsmith Slowly slowly in the wind. Level: elementary. Genre: crime. Length: shortest. English: british. Now Skipperton is fifty-two. His wife had left him two years ago, because she couldn’t live with his bad temper. She had met a quiet university teacher in Boston, and had married with him. Skip had intense hunger to keep the relations with their daughter, Maggie,...
Level: elementary. Genre: crime. Length: shortest. English: american. The Hall of Waxworks in the museum of Madame Thibault attracted people\’s attention. Such a place was very impressive for possessed Clive Wilkes. The building was made in the light colours. But it was dimly and creepy inside. The main themes in the hall were the murders and famous historical events. Once...
Macmillan Readers Series — Elementary — British English. MP3+PDF. Retold by Margaret Tarner. The Woman in Black is an adapted Elementary Level reader written by Susan Hill. This book is a ghost story being told by Arthur to his children at Christmas time. His story is about a lonely house amongst the dangerous marshes, where a woman in black with hate in her eyes waits and...
Step 2, B1.2- PET level. Black Cat Publishing 2003, an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury, c.130, ISBN: 978-88-7754-911-2. 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...
Genoa: Black Cat, 2008. — 79 p. Three young women need to get to London from Ireland in time for Christmas. When all flights are cancelled, they are forced to share a car and make the journey by road. They each have their own personal problems, but they have to decide together what to do when they find a briefcase full of money. Then they realise that a car is following them…
Computing English and Virtual World. Black Cat, 2002. — 80 p. — (Green Apple) The World of Cyberspace. Virtual Friends at School. The Virtual Treasure Hunt. The Birthday Party. Net Projects. The Winners. Search Engines. Sitting Bull. An Indian Puzzle. Writing and Correcting an E-mail. The World of Smileys. Surfing the Web-Movies. Halloween and Guy Fawkes’. Virtual Journalists....
Author: Irving Washington Published: Black Cat publishing 88 p. level 1 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese Rip Van Winkle sets off into Catskill mountains. There he falls into a deep sleep and when he awakes, twenty years have passed. In the legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane view for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. But his...
MacMillan", Elementary level, 2005., "Macmillan Reader" series, 58 p.; audio tracks - 13 in format MP3. Two dark comedies with ghost/mystery themes which are set around the period of the American War of Independence. Ichabod Crane is the hero ofThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Peculiar-looking and socially inept, this schoolmaster is a joke to the people of Sleepy Hollow as he...
Audio for The Whistle and Dead Men's Eyes. M.R. James (retold by John Escott). (Level 2/English-Spanish). Editions: Penguin Readers. Level: Level 2 Languages: English and Spanish. Year: 2011. Number of tracks: 25. Format: MP3. Two Englishmen go away for a quiet holiday. But it is not very quiet in one man's hotel room. Somebody or something is using the other bed. What is it...
The Heinemann Guided Readers provide a choice of enjoyable reading material for learners of English of Elementary level. Here you will find five short stories about ghosts, evil spirit and creatures of the night.
The Heinemann Guided Readers provide a choice of enjoyable reading material for learners of English of Elementary level. Here you will find five short stories about ghosts, evil spirit and creatures of the night.
Macmillan Readers Series — Elementary — British English. MP3+PDF. Retold by Margaret Tarner. Two girls and two boys were standing in the middle of Lynchfield Green airfield. The airfield wasn't used anymore and it's buildings were in ruins. Grass grew on the broken runways. It was raining and the kids were cold and wet. 'This is a sad place!' Jack said. 'Something terrible...
Macmillan Readers, 2007. ISBN: 9781405076661. Adapted audiobook. Level 2 Four friends join an archaeological dig in south eastern England. As Regan, Tom and Jack find out more about the young ward of the ruthless nineteenth century owner of the manor house and the local village, they begin to get seriously worried about Frankie’s increasingly disturbed behaviour.
Level: elementary English: british A young woman named Patience works for a big company specializing on cosmetology of high quality. Patience is a designer but she dreams to be an artist. Her boss is a very important man, who works together with his wife, a beautiful blond. Her posters hang on the walls in their office. It is an important day for them. They introduce a new soap...
Black Cat, 2003. — 80 p. — (Green Apple) : Was King Arthur only a Legend? Before Arthur's Time. Knights. Castles. Old Castles of Great Interest. The Round Table. Where was King Arthur Buried? Centuries ago a great King lived and fought in Britain. The story of this King is one of the world's favourite legends. In this beautifully illustrated book, you will enter into the...
Black Cat Publishing, 2009. – 94 p. — (Series Green Apple). Adapted audiobook. Book + audio, Level 2. Told by George Gibson. Learn how Arthur became King, where he found his great sword Excalibur, about his love for Guinevere, and all about the courageous Knights of the Round Table.
Penguin Readers, 2008. British English. Level: 2 Elementary. Only the next king can pull the sword out of the stone. Many people try, but they cannot move the sword. Then young Arthur tries, but it comes out easily. Now he will be king. But will he be a good king? And will his life be happy? Arthur and Merlin. The Round Table. The Sword, Excalibur. Morgan le Fay. Vivien and...
Penguin Readers, 1993. Adapted audiobook. Level 2. Classic / British English Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she …? Why does a dead man walk through his house each night? An old woman has a house with a tower. Why does she visit a young man in his dreams?
Reader. — Pearson Education Limited, 2009. — 48 p. — (Penguin Active Reading. Level 2). Gabriel loves Silvia, but Silvia loves Marco. Marco wears expensive clothes and drives a fast car. He is more exciting than Gabriel. Then, one evening, something terrible happens. It changes the lives of everybody in the city. Where are Marco and Gabriel? And what will happen to Silvia?...
Audio. Pearson Education Limited, England, 2009. Gabriel loves Silvia, but Silvia loves Marco. Marco wears expensive clothes and drives a fast car. He is more exciting than Gabriel. Then, one evening, something terrible happens. It changes the lives of everybody in the city. Where are Marco and Gabriel? And what will happen to Silvia? Penguin Active Reading provides a range of...
CD-ROM. Pearson Education Limited, England, 2009. Gabriel loves Silvia, but Silvia loves Marco. Marco wears expensive clothes and drives a fast car. He is more exciting than Gabriel. Then, one evening, something terrible happens. It changes the lives of everybody in the city. Where are Marco and Gabriel? And what will happen to Silvia? Penguin Active Reading provides a range of...
Cambridge English Readers. Level 2 (A2 Elementary). Thriller - A Murder Mystery. Series: Listen & Learn. 1 hour 27 minutes. - Series editor: Philip Prowse. - A body - Pine Crest - The Mountain Hotel - A talk with Jeff - Looking for reasons - A movie star - A visit to Redridge - Dangerous days - A lot to lose - The Big Boss
Scholastic, 2005. — 49 p. Ali lives for R&B and hip-hop music and her one ambition is to be a DJ at a top London club. But not everyone wants to help her - especially 'Da G’, and his friends. Is Ali strong enough, to get what she wants? With Fact Files including The Urban Music Scene and How to be a DJ. Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT...
Black Cat, 2002. — (Reading & Training) A mysterious ghost is haunting the famous Paris Opera House. There are all sorts of rumours about the Phantom of the Opera, a frightening figure whose face is hidden by a terrible mask. An unforgettable and deeply moving story about love, hate, beauty, monstrosity, ambition and revenge, set in the atmosphere of late 19th-century Paris,...
Level 2 Penguin Date: 2008-05-15 Format: MP3 Contemporary / American English In Egypt Imhotep, High Priest of the Dead, stays in the ground for 3215 years. Then he wakes up from his half-life and he starts to kill. Evelyn works in a museum. Rick is a soldier. Can these very different people send Imhotep back to the dead — and also find love?
Black Cat Publishing, 2002. – 134 p. Adapted audiobook, Level 2. Edition for Chinese readers. The story is set in the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush — a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into...
Black Cat, 2002. — 112 p. — (Green Apple) In the last part of the nineteenth century Jack London visited the Klondike in northwest Canada because he wanted to find gold. He didn't find any but he returned with a story that is now one of America's greatest classics. This is the story of Buck, a wonderful, big dog. One day someone takes him from his home in sunny California to...
MM Readers, 2008. — 71 p. A Note About the Author. A Note About This Story. The Places in This Story. A Picture Dictionary. The People and Animals in This Story. The Cave in the Riverbank. The Wall of Light. The Man-animals. The Camp. The Enemy of the Pack. At Fort Yukon. The Fighting Wolf. Weedon Scott. n Santa Clara Valley. The Blessed Wolf. Points for Understanding....
Black Cat, 2006. — 95 p. — (Green Apple) Some words and exercises are explained in footnote comments, some are illustrated with pictures. Various exercises. Additional regional information: Dogs at Work, The Yukon Territory, California. A young wolf, White Fang, is captured and must learn to live in captivity. His first years are very difficult because his masters are cruel and...
Cambridge University Press, 2011. — ISBN: 9780521179188 — (Level 2). Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd is called to investigate the murder of a young woman on a beach on the south coast of England. The young woman was one of a group of workers from a music company who are staying at a nearby hotel. Inspector Shepherd and her new sergeant Webb question the other workers to find...
Cambridge University Press, 2000. — 48 p. — (Cambridge English Readers) ‘I ’m Inspector Logan of the Edinburgh police,’ Jenny said. ‘I ’m very sorry about the death of your husband.’ Who killed Alex Maclennan? His friend, his wife or her brother? It isn’t easy, but Logan has to choose.
Macmillan Readers Series — Elementary — British English. MP3+PDF. Retold by Anne Collins. In 1820s California, in a bygone era of sprawling haciendas and haughty caballeros, the poor and oppressed suffer beneath the whip of oppression. Missions are pillaged, native peasants are abused, and innocent men and women are persecuted by the corrupt governor and his army. But a...
CD 1 Penguin Books, 2006. American English. Level: 2 Elementary. Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor, Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.
CD 2 Penguin Books, 2006. American English. Level: 2 Elementary. Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor, Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.
Level: elementary Genre: detective Length: short English: british The private detective Salahadin came to the hotel, where his friend stayed. The whole day Sahaladin was waiting for his friend in his office, but he did not come. The thing is that he had been murdered in his room. The police group were working in the hotel, when the detective arrived. They did not allow him to...
Cambridge University Press, 1999. — 48 p. Liz teaches archaeology in Athens. She works too hard and her doctor tells her she needs to take a holiday. So she goes to the beautiful and peaceful Greek island of Sifnos. But the peace does not last long when a local man dies in suspicious circumstances. Liz ignores advice not to get involved and her relaxing holiday becomes a matter...
Black Cat, 2007. — 79 p. — (Green Apple) Lots of illustrations, various exercises, some words are explained in footnotes, additional regional information. After their father goes away, three children and their mother leave their home in London and go to live in the country, near a railway. The children make a lot of friends, have exciting adventures and become heroes of the...
A Ladder Edition at the 1,000-word level. Adapted by Elinor Chamberlain. First edition 1985. The book uses 1,000 English words. Some words in the book are above this step and are explained in the Glossary. The classic short story The Gift of the Magi is the most famous of O. Henry's stories, but the stories that follow in this collection give the reader a deeper and richer...
International Language Teaching Services Limited and Richmond/Santillana Education S.L., 2012. — 79:34:00. — ISBN: 978-84-668-1640-3 809196. Some strange things happen to the Robinson family on their holiday on the Fijian island of Tavioka. At first it's just small things that go wrong - someone steals their shoes, and they find their rooms full of toads! But then they start to...
(Baroness Orczy). Black Cat, 2005. — 112 p. — (Reading & Training). During the French Revolution, the aristocrats' greatest fear is the guillotine. But some escape their terrible destiny with the help of a mysterious man, the Scarlet Pimpernel. Who is this extraordinarily courageous man? Why does he risk his life to save them? Everyone in Paris wants to discover his identity,...
Adapted by Stephen Colbourn. — Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2005. — 80 p. — (Macmillan Readers series). Seven intriguing stories by one of the most famous and gifted writers of nineteenth century American literature, Edgar Allan Poe, including The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher and The Masque of Red Death. The book is a part of the Macmillan Readers series...
Adapted book. Audiobook in English. Total words: 6017 Unique words: 1054 The magazines of Paris carried the shocking news of a double murder. Most interesting was that the murders were very mysterious. At three o’clock terrible screams from a locked house on a Rue Morgue street gathered people, yet no one on the outside could help. Neighbors said that only Madame and...
Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2005. — 64 p. — (Macmillan Readers Series). Lenny Samuel is hired to find a retired championship racehorse. The private eye thinks that he is going to enjoy this job. After all, what could be easier? All he has to do is hang around California's racetracks, ask a few questions and then report back to his very pretty client.
Philip Prowse. The woman who disappeared Level: elementary Genre: detective Length: medium English: american The simple, ironic detective story will take your attention in West Los-Angeles in the office of the private eye Lenny Samuel. Once in the door of his office had knocked beautiful blonde woman Helen Garfield, his life became much dangerously. Woman wanted to find her...
Penguin, 2000. — ISBN: 0582427681 British English. Level: 1 Beginner. There are fireworks in London on 5th November when Marcel goes to stay with his friend, Henry. Henry lives next door to a professor who is looking after some very special letters written by William Shakespeare. When Marcel and Henry go to look at them, they are not there. Someone has stolen them! But Marcel...
MP4 file with book text and audio accompaniment. The doc file contains exercises for working with the book. Oxford University Press, 1996. — 23 p. — (Storylines 2) Shelley Marn is a Californian student on holiday in Europe. She meets a young English couple, Clare and Nick Harman. The Harmans ask Shelley to have lunch with them, Shelley agrees, but strangely, she never arrives....
Black Cat, 2004. — 96 p. — (Green Apple) The story of Robin Hood and his men is one of the world’s favorite legends. Come to Sherwood Forest and meet Little John, Friar Tuck and Maid Marian. Enjoy their exciting adventures. Find out what happens to the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham! Wide range of fun activities in the four skills. PET-style exercises. Trinity-style exercises...
Macmillan, 2002. — 64 p. — (Macmillan Moderns). Joey, Dawson, Pacey and Jen — four teenagers living in the small town of Capeside. The friends attend the same high school. And they have the same problems — life, love, school work and parents. Summer vacation. Dawson is making a film with the help of his friends. Jen and Pacey enroll in lifeguarding classes. Jen wants to forget...
Witney, 2010. Level 2 ‘Can we change? Yes, we can!’ On the 20th January, 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America. He is the first African-American to be president of the richest and strongest country in the world. Everyone knows bis name, but who ' the real Barack Obama? Read about Barack Obama’s life before he became President - bis early...
Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2014. — 71 p. — (Macmillan Readers series). — ISBN: 9780230460294. British English. Elementary Level. The World of the Vikings’ Tales. A Picture Dictionary. The People in the Stories. Fenrir’s Chain. The Story of Thrym. The Brisingamen Necklace. Sigurd and Sigrdrifa. The Story of Alvis. Thor and the Giants. Points for Understanding. Exercises....
Scholastic, 2007. Fact Files: Spider-Man 2 - the film. Spider-Man's powers. Newspapers - here to stay? Peter Parker has many secrets arid problems in his life. Only Peter knows he is Spider-Man. Only Peter knows the people he loves will never be completely safe. And now a crazy scientist with four metal arms - Doc Ock - has put MJ and all of New York in danger. Can Spider-Man...
Publisher's book: "Cambridge University Press", 2005., 48 p.; audio: MP3, number of tracks: 9; worksheet; answer key. Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. Christina, who works in an art gallery in Buenos Aires is waiting at the traffic lights on her motorbike. She notices two men with a gun in the car next to her. Seconds later she is hit by a taxi, and wakes...
Pearson ESL, 2008. — 48 p. — (Penguin Readers Level 2). — ISBN10: 1408278006. Black Beauty is an amazing and emotional story of a horse that grows up surrounded by kindness and affection. But when Black Beauty grows up, life changes.
Black Cat, 2001. — (Drama). ‘Hail, Macbeth who will be King one day.’ On a cold Scottish heath, three witches make a prophecy. Inspired by their words and encouraged by his evil wife, Macbeth begins his trail of destruction to gain and keep the Scottish throne. This performance-based cartoon adaptation of Macbeth includes: ■ Preparatory exercises for diction and mime ■ Easy to...
Black Cat, 2002. — (Reading & Training) In a moonlit garden in the beautiful city of Verona, a boy listens to a girl on a balcony. It is the beginning of one of the world’s most famous love stories. But Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague. Their families have hated each other for hundreds of years. Can true love survive? Accessible narrated adaptation at elementary...
Black Cat, 2002. — 128 p. — (Drama). Romeo and Juliet is probably the most famous love story of all time, but it speaks of violence and hate, not only love. Nobody can remember why the Capulet family and the Montague family hate each other. When Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet and fall in love the result is tragic, and peace between the two families is possible only...
Macmillan Readers Series — Elementary — British English. MP3+PDF. Retold by Margaret Tarner. Frankenstein is an Elementary-level book written by Mary Shelley for the Macmillan Readers Series. This classic story is about the eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein who has a passion for studying old science theories and this leads to the creation of a huge monster during an...
Password readers. — 104 p. Password Readers is a collection of original and classic fictional titles that have been adapted to fit the needs of English language learners. The series provides a functional and accessible didactic apparatus which facilitates learner autonomy. Each reader is made up of brief sixpage chapters, in which the flow of the story alternates with...
Book with CD-ROM, Teacher's Notes and Activity Worksheets. — Penguin, 2010. — 26 p. — ISBN1408232006. — Level 2 Penguin Active Reading is a new series which provides enjoyable stories and texts combined with activities designed to develop reading skills. Each book also contains an interactive CD-ROM, which contains activities and a complete audio recording of the story.
Penguin Active Reading, 2008. 600 headwords. British English Water. We drink it. We cook with it. We wash with it. We can’t live without it. Most of us don’t think about it much. But it is not there for everybody, and our world is changing fast. We have to think very carefully about water, and about our use of it.
Penguin Graded Readers. Level 2. Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Written as a "boys' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886, the novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Seamus Heaney. A sequel, Catriona, was...
Penguin Graded Readers. Level 2. 1:21:16 Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Written as a "boys' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886, the novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Seamus Heaney. A sequel,...
Black Cat Publishing, 2003. — 100 p. Author Robert Louis Stevenson. Adapted by James Butler, and Lucia De Vanna. Activities by Jennifer Gascoigne, and Kenneth Brodey. Language ENGLISH. Category Graded Readers. Series Reading & Training. Genre Mystery & Horror. Level B1.2. Examinations Preliminary, Trinity. Through the narratives of Mr Enfield, Mr Utterson, Dr Lanyon, and Poole,...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 41 p. British English. Level: 2 Elementary. Jim Hawkins and his parents have a quiet inn by the sea. Then one day, an old sailor arrives at the inn. What is he afraid of? Dangerous men come to the inn. Jim’s quiet life changes, and he goes across the sea by ship to Treasure Island.
Black Cat, 2003. — 112 p. — (Green Apple) Treasure Island is a story that has everything: pirates, hidden treasure, murder and mystery! Jim Hawkins is a boy who lives at the time of the great sailing ships and pirates. When Jim finds a treasure map, his life changes. He begins an exciting and dangerous adventure. What is the black spot? Who is the crazy sailor who lives alone...
Teen Readers, 2012 Stage 2 After Jim Hawkins finds a map in an old sea chest, he starts an exciting adventure which will take him to a far off island in search of treasure. He sets sail with his friends, but they do not realise that many of the crew are pirates and their leader is the cook, Long John Silver. The pirates are determined to find the treasure first at all costs!...
Author: Robert Luise Stevenson Level: 1 Publisher: Black Cat Date: 2007 Pages: 87 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese Set in 15th-century England, this is the exciting story of Richard Shelton and the band of the Black Arrow. Sir Daniel is like a father to Richard, but one day Richard discovers a terrible truth from the past. Now he...
Classic / British English. These are the stories of some of Shakespeare's most famous plays. We travel to Venice, Greece, Denmark and Rome, and meet many different people. There is a greedy money-lender, a fairy king and queen, some Roman politicians and a young prince who meets the ghost of his murdered father
Swan Lake. Level 2. Retold by Jenny Dooley. Express publising. UK 2002. 54 p. ISBN: 1-84216-902-5. Chapter 1: Prince Zigfried. Chapter 2: The beautiful Princess. Chapter 3: Odet. Chapter 4: A bird a Cage. Chapter 5: Odet's new voice. Chapter 6: The ball. Chapter 7: Odile escapes. Chapter 8: The Prince Chases the Princess. Chapter 9: The fire. Chapter 10: The wedding.
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 45 p. Gulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people. What will they do with him? How will he talk to them? And why are the Big-enders fighting the Little-enders?
Penguin Readers, 2001. — 41 p. Sheherezade is beautiful and clever. She also knows many wonderful stories: a thousand and one! Some of them are in this collection. We meet many different people in these stories: a clever servant girl, a boy judge, a stupid barber and forty bad thieves.
Year: 2008. Publisher: Pearson ELT. Series: Penguin Readers. ISBN: 9781405855327. Level 2. Only the next king can pull the sword out of the stone. Many people try, but they cannot move the sword. Then young Arthur tries, but it comes out easily. Now he will be king. But will he be a good king? And will his life be happy?
Collins English Readers, 2014. — (Collins Amazing People ELT Readers). — ISBN: 978-0-00-754492-9. Level 1. Audio only, 160 kbps. The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of EnglandSaladin, historic Muslim leaderGenghis Khan, famous leader of the Mongol empireCatherine the Great, the woman who turned Russia into...
Author: Mark Twain Level: 1 Publisher: Black Cat Date: 2006 Pages: 90 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese Meet Huckleberry Finn and embark on an exciting series of adventures down the Mississippi River. Enjoy the ride as Huck escapes from the clutches of his cruel father, stops a couple of villains from stealing a family’s fortune...
Black Cat, 2006. — 80 p. — (Green Apple) Meet Huckleberry Finn and travel with him on an exciting series of adventures down the Mississippi River. Find out how Huck ingeniously escapes from his cruel father; how he cleverly stops a couple of criminals from stealing a family’s fortune; and how, with his friend Tom Sawyer, he saves a runaway slave. An American classic that...
Author: Mark Twain Level: 1 Publisher: Black Cat Date: 2006 Pages: 88 Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese Join Tom Sawyer and his friends in a series of fantastic adventures on the Mississippi River: looking for ghosts in a graveyard, witnessing a murder, living as pirates on an island, going to their own funerals, getting lost in an...
Level: elementary English: British An ordinary official worker suddenly appeared in foreign country only with one dollar in a pocket. When he spent his money at first day, he became an absolutely beggar. But his destiny wasn’t to die from hunger. Two very rich brothers had an agreement: can someone live a month with one unique note of five million pounds or not? They proposed...
Macmillan Readers Series — Elementary — British English. MP3, Audio only. Retold by Chris Rose. The year is 1547. In London, the capital city of England, two boys from different families live very different lives. One is Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England; the other is Tom Canty, the son of a thief. Then one day they meet and their lives change forever. What...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 29 p. This is the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus. One day, Nemo finds three men in the sea. For months the men live on the Nautilus. They find a town on the sea floor, beautiful coasts and a lot of gold. But they want to go home. Can they escape from Nemo’s submarine?
Oxford University Press, 2008, — 64 p. — Audio, 128 kbps. (Level 2) There are many different Irelands. There is the Ireland of peaceful rivers, green fields, and beautiful islands. There is the Ireland of song and dance, pubs and theatres - the country of James Joyce, Bob Geldof, and Riverdance. And there is the Ireland of guns, fighting, death, and the hope of peace. Come with...
Level: elementary Genre: detective Length: short English: British A man was standing on the road and waiting for somebody to pick him up. He did not look like a usual hitchhiker, so Sue Fraser decided to give him a lift. Usually she does not pick up anybody, but today she stopped. There was something very strange about his appearance and behavior. While they were going, they...
Macmillan Heinemann ELT, 2005. — 70 p. — (Macmillan Readers: Level 3 (Elementary)). Bitrate audio : 192 kbps The audiobook is designed to develop listening and reading skills. The book has been adapted and read by a native speaker. This is an Elementary Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and...
Black Cat, 2005. — 112 p. — (Reading & Training) Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. The Sphinx Withour a Secret. The Model Millionaire Oscar Wilde. London, the World City. Pseudo-Science in Late Victorian England. At Lady Windermere’s party a famous palm reader tells Lord Arthur Savile that he will commit a murder. But will the handsome young nobleman become an assassin or will he...
Publisher: Macmillan Readers Publication date: 2005 ISBN: 978-1405076401 Format / Quality: MP3 128 kbbs Level A2: Elementary Retold by Stephen Colbourn. Stories include: The Canterville Ghost , The Model Millionaire and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. Three short stories by one of the most witty and popular writers of the nineteenth century.
Author: Oscar Wilde Published: Black Cat level 1 80 p. Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color Language: English and some Chinese The Happy Prince is the unforgettable story of the touching friendship between the golden statue of the Happy Prince and a little swallow. The enchanted garden of The selfish Giant is the perfect place for children to play, until the Giant...
Macmillan Readers Series — Elementary — British English. MP3+PDF. Retold by F. H. Cornish. Dorian Gray was written by the famous Oscar Wilde and has been adapted for Elementary-Level readers. This story is about Dorian Gray who has had a picture of him painted by an admirer called Basil Hallward. Dorian wishes he would never age like the picture as he places it in the attic....
Adapted by F. H. Cornish. — Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2002. — 64 p. — (Macmillan Readers Series). American English. A Note About This Story. The People in This Story. A Picture Dictionary. Capeside in Winter. Weekend Plans. Jealousy. On the Slopes. A Strange Evening. "You're a Lazy Fool!". Pacey's Plan. The Snowboard Race. Good News. Points for Understanding.
Audio adapted from Dawson's Creek The Beginning of Everything Else. Macmillan readers. Level 3 Elementary. Publisher: Macmillan Heinemann. Series: Macmillan Readers Year: 2005 Human interest & Romance The highly popular TV show Dawsons Creek has been shown in more than 50 countries around the world. The popularity of the show is proven by its huge fan base. Visitors to its...
Adapted book. Level 3 Elementary. Publisher: Macmillan Heinemann. Series: Macmillan Readers Year: 2005 Human interest & Romance The highly popular TV show Dawsons Creek has been shown in more than 50 countries around the world. The popularity of the show is proven by its huge fan base. Visitors to its website want to know about past and current episodes, the actors, and the...
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