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2020-2021 CatalogueVISIBLE PRESSFor Young LearnersCLASSIC STORY READERS
2020-2021 CATALOGUEVISIBLE PRESSFor Young LearnersCLASSIC STORY READERS
A Story about Stories 4 About Levels 6Samples of the Resources 33This catalogue features our new books for Spring 2020.Connect online with Visible Press for Young Readers For a complete list of ELT readers by Visible Press Readers, visit our website at www.visiblepress.com. The Lion and the Mouse | AesopLion MouseandtheTheLion MouseandtheThe The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop’s best-loved fables. It isabout a little mouse who helps a big, strong lion.Editorial Consultant Bill Bowler Level CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 StartersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 Starters LEVEL 1Aesopwww.visiblepress.comLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 StartersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 Starters The Little Toy Soldier One day, a little boy gets a box of toy soldiers for his birthday. He is very happy. One toy soldier is his favourite, and this toy soldier has many adventures.The Little Toy Soldier | Hans Christian AndersenLittle ToySoldierTheEditorial Consultant Bill Bowler Hans Christian Andersen LEVEL 1www.visiblepress.com Tortoise is very slow and Hare is very fast. One day they have a race. Who wins?Read and nd out.Tortoise HareandtheTheThe Tortoise and the Hare | AesopAesopTortoise HareandtheTheEditorial Consultant Bill Bowler Level CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 StartersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 Starters LEVEL 1www.visiblepress.com One day, a mother duck has five little yellowducklings and one big , grey duckling. The greyduckling is different and the other ducklings are notkind to him. Can he ever find a friend? Read andfind out.Editorial Consultant Bill Bowler The Ugly Duckling | Hans Christian Andersen LEVEL 1Hans Christian AndersenLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 StartersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 Starterswww.visiblepress.comThe Lion and the Mouse AesopThe Little Toy Soldier Hans Christian AndersenThe Tortoise and the Hare Aesopp8p12Editorial Consultant Bill Bowler It’s New Year’s Eve, the end of the old year, and everyone is celebrating, everyone that is, except for the little match girl. She is sitting, shivering in a cold, lonely corner of the city. For all too brief a moment, her matches bring her warmth and happiness and she dreams of a happier life.The Little Match Girl | Hans Christian AndersenLittle MatchGirlTheThe Little Match GirlHans Christian AndersenLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 StartersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams1 Pre-A1 Starters LEVEL 1www.visiblepress.comThe Little Match Girl Hans Christian Andersenp10p9p11The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian AndersenKing Midas And The Golden Touch | A Greek Legend King Midas is rich but he wants to be richer. He makes a wish. He wants everything he touches to turn to gold. However, he soon finds out that goldcannot make him happy.Editorial Consultant Bill Bowler A Greek LegendLevel CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 2www.visiblepress.comKing Arthur and The Sword in the Stone | A British Legend King Uther Pendragon is dying. The country needs a new king. Merlin has a plan. The man who wins his competition will be the next king. Everyone is very excited.Editorial Consultant Bill Bowler Level CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 2A British Legendwww.visiblepress.comEditorial Consultant Bill Bowler Oscar WildeThe Selfish Giant | Oscar Wilde The Selfish Giant is the story of a giant who didn’t want any children to go into his beautiful garden. He built a big wall round it. After that, it was always winter in the garden, and the giant was cold and lonely. Then one day, spring returned to the garden again. Level CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 2www.visiblepress.com Rats take over the town of Hamelin and a piper dressed in colourful clothes tells the mayor that he can save the town. The piper keeps his promise but the mayor does not.Editorial Consultant Bill Bowler A German LegendThe Pied Piper of Hamelin | A German LegendLevel CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 2www.visiblepress.comKing Midas and the Golden Touch A Greek LegendKing Arthur and the Sword in the Stone A British Legendp13p17 The Trojan Horse is the story of how the Greeks used a wooden horse to trick the Trojans, rescue the beautiful Queen Helen and end a ten-year war.The Trojan Horse | A Greek LegendEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerA Greek LegendLevel CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 2www.visiblepress.comThe Trojan Horse A Greek Legendp15p14p16The Pied Piper of Hamelin A German LegendLevel 1 Level 2contents The Selsh Giant Oscar Wilde
The Snow Queen is one of Hans Christian Andersen’s best-loved tales. Kay and Gerda are best friends. They do everything together, until a splinter of glass hardens Kay’s heart, and the Snow Queen takes him to her icy palace. Heartbroken, Gerda sets out to find her friend.Level CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 FlyersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 Flyers LEVEL 3The Snow Queen | Hans Christian Andersenwww.visiblepress.com When their father goes away, Roberta, Phyllis and Peter have to leave London and go and live in a little house in the countryside. The three children are very excited to find that their new house is near a railway. They have many adventures there, and they discover what really happened to their father.The Railway Children | Edith NesbitEdith NesbitEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerRailway ChildrenRailway ChildrenTheTheLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 FlyersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 Flyers LEVEL 3www.visiblepress.com Alice in Wonderland is the story of a little girl, who follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole into a magical world, where she meets a cast of fabulous and absurd characters, such as the vanishing Cheshire Cat, a Dodo, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. Alice in Wonderland | Lewis CarrollLewis CarrollEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 FlyersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 Flyers LEVEL 3www.visiblepress.com Who are the Red-Headed League? And why did they suddenly disappear? Join top detective, Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr Watson to solve this mystery. The Red-Headed League | Arthur Conan DoyleLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 FlyersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 Flyers LEVEL 3www.visiblepress.comEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerThe Snow Queen Hans Christian AndersenThe Railway Children Edith NesbitAlice in Wonderland Lewis Carrollp18p22 Treasure Island is an adventure story. Jim Hawkins, a lucky young boy,finds a treasure map in an old chest. Then, he sails on a ship to an island with some dangerous pirates. Jim and his friends must find the treasure beforethe pirates.Editorial Consultant Bill BowlerRobert Louis StevensonTreasure Island | Robert Louis StevensonLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 FlyersLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams3 Pre-A2/A2 Flyers LEVEL 3www.visiblepress.comTreasure Island Robert Louis Stevensonp20p19p21The Red-Headed League Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adven ture o f the Re d Cir cle | Arthur Conan Doyle Who is the mystery lodger and what is the red circle? Sherlock Holmes’s landlady asks him to help her solve this mystery. Her new lodger never goes out and nobody ever sees him. Who is he and why is he hiding? With surprising twists and secret codes, this story takes us from Naples in Italy to New York in America and then to London in England.Level CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 KeyLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 Key LEVEL 4www.visiblepress.comEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerCharles Dickens A Christmas Carol |Charles DickensA Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean and greedy old man whose only love is money. Then, one Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley tells him that three ghosts will visit him that night. The three ghosts come and they show Scrooge scenes from his past, his present and his future. Scrooge understands that he must be kinder and more generous, and he learns to keep the spirit of Christmas in his heart.Level CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 KeyLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 Key LEVEL 4www.visiblepress.comEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerOscar Wilde Horace B. Otis, a wealthy American, buys Canterville Chase, an old English manor house, even though Lord Canterville warns him that the house is haunted. He moves into the house with his wife, his eldest son Washington, his daughter Virginia, and his two younger twin sons.The ghost has been haunting the house for three hundred years, so he is very upset that the modern American family are not scared of him. The Canterville Ghost | Oscar WildeLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 KeyLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 Key LEVEL 4www.visiblepress.comThe Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson BurnettFrances Hodgson BurnettEditorial Consultant Bill Bowler Mary Lennox, a spoilt and lonely little girl, is sent to live with her uncle in a beautiful, big, old house in Yorkshire. The house and its large garden are full of secrets and mystery. Together with the help of two new friends and a very special little bird, Mary learns to be kinder and friendlier, and she finds happiness for the first time in her life. Secret GardenTheLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 KeyLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 Key LEVEL 4www.visiblepress.comThe Adventure of the Red Circle Arthur Conan DoyleA Christmas Carol Charles DickensThe Canterville Ghost Oscar Wildep23p27Black Beauty | Anna Sewell Black Beauty is a beautiful, good-tempered horse who lived in England many years ago. In this book, he tells us the story of his life and we see the world through his eyes. He lived through good times and bad times, he had kind owners and selfish owners. He made many friends and he had many adventures. Anna Sewell, the author, loved horses, and she wanted to show her readers that horses have feelings too and we must always treat them kindly.Anna SewellLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 KeyLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams4 A2 Key LEVEL 4Editorial Consultant Bill Bowlerwww.visiblepress.comBlack Beauty Anna Sewellp25p24p26The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Blue Diamond | Arthur Conan Doyle A precious diamond is stolen from the hotel room of the Countess of Morca r. On Christmas morning, a goose and an old hat are found on Tottenham Court Road and the diamond is found inside the goose. How did it get inside the goose and who stole it? This is the mystery that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson must solve.Level CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 5www.visiblepress.comAround the World in Eighty Days | Jules Verne Phileas Fogg, a rich British gentleman, reads in a newspaper that after the opening of a new railway in India, it will be possible to travel around the world in 8O days. His friends at his club think it’s not possible and he decides to prove them wrong. That same evening, he sets out with his servant Passepartout and a small bag full of banknotes for the journey. They make new friends and have many adventures, but can they really travel around the world in 8O days? Jules VerneEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerLevel CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 5www.visiblepress.comThe Prince and the Pauper | Mark TwainPrinceTheand thePauper By chance, a poor young boy called Tom Canty meets rich Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII of England. The two boys look like twins, only their clothes are different. For fun, they decide to try on each other’s clothes, and this leads to many unexpected adventures. Tom lives a life of luxury as a prince and later as a king. He makes some wise decisions, and he is seen as a good and fair king. Prince Edward discovers just how difficult it is to be poor, and he learns to have sympathy for his citizens. Perhaps, after his experiences as a poor man he will become a wiser and fairer king, too. Editorial Consultant Bill BowlerMark TwainLevel CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 5PrinceTheand thePauper www.visiblepress.comDaddy-Long-Legs | Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerDaddy-Long-Legs Eighteen-year-old Judy Abbott has spent her childhood in an orphanage. When a wealthy benefactor reads an amusing school essay written by her, he decides to pay for her college education. In return, she must write him a letter once a month. She will know him only as John Smith. Who is this mysterious benefactor and will Judy ever meet him? The story is written in the form of a series of letters – the letters that Judy writes to Daddy-Long-Legs, her mysterious benefactor.Jean WebsterLevel CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 5www.visiblepress.comThe Blue Diamond Arthur Conan DoyleAround the World in Eighty Days Jules VerneThe Prince and the Pauper Mark Twainp28p32Pygmalion | George Bernard ShawEditorial Consultant Bill BowlerGeorge Bernard ShawPygmalionPygmalion Eliza Doolittle sells flowers in Covent Garden. Professor Higgins, a professor in phonetics, tells Colonel Pickering, a specialist in Indian dialects, that he can convince London society that the cockney flower girl is a duchess. Eliza just wants to speak properly so that she can have her own flower shop, so she agrees to have lessons. George Bernard Shaw’s most famous play was adapted as the musical My Fair Lady.Level CEFR level Cambridge examsLevel CEFR level Cambridge exams LEVEL 5www.visiblepress.comPygmalion George Bernard Shawp30p29p31Daddy-Long-Legs Jean WebsterLevel 3 Level 4 Level 5
A STORY ABOUT STORIESStories are everywhere. I still remember the stories my mother used to read to me in bed when I was a very young child. Story time just before sleep was a daily custom in our family. This inspired in me a love of stories long before I could read myself. Moreover, this ‘reading ritual’ helped me to learn to read. Listening to a favourite story, night after night, and following the words and the pictures as my mother turned the pages, I began to make sense of those squiggles on the page – the letters, words and punctuation marks that make up the written story. This ‘acquisition of reading’ worked so well, that it wasn’t long before a time came that, when my mother was sleepy and misread a word or two, I would correct her to get the story back on track.I recall, too, those classic stories I read to myself when I had mastered the art of reading: The Ugly Duckling, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Railway Children, The Secret Garden, The Prince and the Pauper. What exactly makes a book into a classic, I hear you ask? Well, it’s a story that has stood the test of time, so the twists and turns of the plot are guaranteed to grip the reader. And there are the fabulous larger-than-life characters, too: people like King Arthur, Alice, Kay and Gerda, Long John Silver, Black Beauty, Ebenezer Scrooge, Phileas Fogg, and Eliza Doolittle.Imagine what a pleasure it was for me, then, when I first encountered Emily Stunt’s lively, fresh and playful retellings of these famous stories which now make up Visible Press’s graded reader series Classic Story Readers! I confess that I fell in love with them at first sight. Talking of ‘love at first sight’ reminds me of the stories I read aloud to my children when they were young. We would browse the local bookshop or library together and choose stories to buy or borrow that caught our eyes, new versions of classics I had loved when I was a kid. Stories like Aesop’s Fables, Greek Legends like King Midas and the Golden Touch, The Little Toy Soldier, The Little Match Girl, and The Selfish Giant spring to mind.The illustrations in stories for young readers are incredibly important, and I am delighted to say that the artists who have worked on the Classic Story Readers have created gorgeous pictures that complement these wonderful stories beautifully. They are a veritable feast for the eye! Just as a tastefully presented dish awakens the hunger of the restaurant diner, these mouthwatering illustrations will, I am sure, give the would-be reader a foretaste of the delicious story that comes alongside them, calling out to be read. Bill Bowler, May 20204
Of course, with my teacher’s hat on, I should add that our Classic Story Readers are designed to be used for language learning. The blurb on the back cover has a clear teaching purpose, to get the child curious and keen to dive into the story. The Before Reading activities inside the book (focusing on the author, the story characters, the background to the story, and the vocabulary of the story) support and prepare learners to go on the story journey. The glosses on the story pages, whether in pictures or in words, scaffold the reading experience and keep the young reader going, without the need to leave the world of the story to check new words in a dictionary. The After Reading activities review and reinforce key story vocabulary, check comprehension of main story points, and give learners a chance to respond to the story in spoken or written form, making the most of the extensive reading experience. And that’s not to mention the extra support materials that accompany the printed books: the chapter-by-chapter audio recordings that dramatize each story and bring it alive, the e-book version that brings these classics into the digital world of 21st century classrooms and online learning at home, the accompanying worksheets and exams which will save on teacher preparation time.Anyway, that’s enough from me. Thanks for reading the story of my lifelong interest in stories. Now, it’s time for the Classic Story Readers to speak for themselves! Editorial Consultant – Visible PressBill Bowler reading stories with his son, Beni, aged 2.5
Level 1 Level 2Level 1 readers are intended for children who have recently started learning English.Classic Story Readers at Level 1 link with Pre-A1 in the CEFR levels, and Starters in the Cambridge Exams. Level 2 readers are intended for children who have studied English for a year or two.Classic Story Readers at Level 2 link with A1 in the CEFR levels, and Movers in the Cambridge Exams. Level 3 readers are intended for children who have studied English for two or three yearsClassic Story Readers at Level 3 link with Pre-A2/A2 in the CEFR levels, and Flyers in the Cambridge Exams. Level 4 readers are intended for children who have studied English for three years or more. Classic Story Readers at Level 4 link with A2 in the CEFR levels, and Key in the Cambridge Exams.Level 5 readers are intended for children who have studied English for more than ve years.Classic Story Readers at Level 5 link with B1 in the CEFR levels, and Preliminary in the Cambridge Exams. Whatever level of reading condence child- ren have, the fascinating stories and en-chanting illustrations will get them interested in following the storyline and enhancing their vocabulary.Pre-A1 A1400-1,000 words 850-2,000 wordsStarters Movers32-36 pp 32-48 ppLEVEL LEVEL The Little Match GirlHans Christian Andersen717 words (long read)The Trojan HorseA Greek Legend1,075 words (short read)The Tortoise and the HareAesop501 words (short read)The Selsh GiantOscar Wilde1,031 words (short read)The Lion and the MouseAesop411 words (short read)A Greek Legend870 words (short read)King Midas and the Golden TouchThe Little Toy SoldierHans Christian Andersen901 words (long read)King Arthur and the Sword in the StoneA British Legend1,839 words (long read)The Ugly DucklingHans Christian Andersen775 words (long read)The Pied Piper of HamelinA German Legend1,732 words (long read)About Levels6
Level 3 Level 4 Level 5Pre-A2/A2 B1A23,500-6,000 words 7,000-18,000 words6,000-11,000 wordsFlyers PreliminaryKey60-72 pp 68-136 pp76-108 ppLEVEL LEVEL LEVEL Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson4,543 words (long read)PygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw15,298 words (long read)Black BeautyAnna Sewell9,231 words (long read)Alice in WonderlandLewis Carroll3,873 words (short read)The Prince and the PauperMark Twain13,411 words (short read)The Canterville GhostOscar Wilde7,677 words (short read)Hans Christian Andersen3,693 words (short read)The Snow QueenArthur Conan Doyle7,288 words (short read)The Blue DiamondArthur Conan Doyle6,436 words (short read)The Adventure of the Red CircleThe Railway ChildrenEdith Nesbit5,694 words (long read)Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne17,598 words (long read)A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens10,725 word (long read)The Red-Headed LeagueArthur Conan Doyle5,324 words (long read)Daddy- Long-LegsJean Webster16,653 words (long read)The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett9,887 words (long read)7
32 Pages, 411 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: AesopELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Laura DanbyGenre : FableLevel: 1 – Pre A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-1-4e Lion and the MouseAesope Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop’s best-loved fables. It is about a little mouse who helps a big, strong lion. What does the lion say about that? Read and nd out.Many of Aesop’s stories have animals or inanimate objects (the sun, the wind) as their main characters. ese characters can speak, think, and generally behave like human beings. Each of his fables has a lesson, or moral, to teach to the listener.e Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop is also a Level 1 Classic Story Reader.LEVEL 1Gorgeous artwork from The Lion and the Mouse Vocabulary labelling task – The Lion and the Mouse8
e Tortoise and the HareAesope Tortoise and the Hare is another of the best-loved fables of Aesop. Tortoise is very slow and Hare is very fast. One day they have a race. Who wins? Read and nd out. Aesop was an oral storyteller. Many tales credited to him were collected across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day.e Lion and the Mouse by Aesop is also a Level 1 Classic Story Reader. LEVEL 136 Pages, 501 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: AesopELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Laura DanbyGenre : FableLevel: 1 – Pre A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-0-7Playful artwork in The Tortoise and the HareVocabulary review in The Tortoise and the Hare9
32 Pages, 717 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Hans Christian AndersenELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Claire FletcherGenre : Fairy TaleLevel: 1 – Pre A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-2-1e Little Match Girl Hans Christian AndersenIt’s New Year’s Eve, the end of the old year, and everyone is celebrating, everyone, that is, except for the little match girl.She is sitting, shivering in a cold, lonely corner of the city. For all too brief a moment, her matches bring her warmth and happiness and she dreams of a happier life.e Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen was born in the city of Odense, in Denmark, in 1805. He came from a poor family but was very good with words. As an adult, he wrote novels, plays, poems and travel books, but his fairy tales are his most famous works.e Ugly Duckling and e Little Toy Soldier by Andersen are also Level 1 Classic Story Readers.LEVEL 1Evocative illustration from The Little Match GirlThinking about story themes from The Little Match Girl10
e Ugly Duckling Hans Christian AndersenOne day, a mother duck has ve little yellow ducklings and one big, grey duckling. e grey duckling is dierent and the other ducklings are not kind to him. Can he ever nd a friend?Read and nd out.Some of Andersen’s stories are about the lives of ordinary children or being hopelessly in love. However, there are many like e Ugly Duckling which are about being dierent from others and sometimes feeling undervalued.e Little Match Girl and e Little Toy Soldier by Andersen are also Level 1 Classic Story Readers.LEVEL 132 Pages, 775 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Hans Christian AndersenELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Kim TillyerGenre : Fairy TaleLevel: 1 – Pre A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-4-5Atmospheric art-work from The Ugly DucklingStory message work in The Ugly Duckling11
36 Pages, 901 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Hans Christian AndersenELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Hannah RoundingGenre : Fairy TaleLevel: 1 – Pre A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-3-8e Little Toy Soldier Hans Christian AndersenOne day, a little boy gets a box of toy soldiers for his birthday. He is very happy. One toy soldier is his favourite, and this toy soldier has many adventures.e language Andersen uses is simple, as if he is telling the stories aloud. Children can enjoy the tales, but they can be read with interest by adults, too. e tales have dierent meanings for dierent readers, something only a great writer and poet can achieve.e Little Match Girl and e Ugly Duckling by Andersen are also Level 1 Classic Story Readers. LEVEL 1Magical labelled artwork in The Little Toy SoldierPersonalized story work in The Little Toy Soldier12
32 Pages, 870 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: A Greek LegendELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Nart TamzoukGenre : LegendLevel: 2 – A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-6-9LEVEL 2King Midas and the Golden Touch A Greek LegendKing Midas is rich but he wants to be richer. He makes a wish. He wants everything he touches to turn to gold. However, he soon nds out that gold cannot make him happy.King Midas became a legendary character because he was foolish and greedy. In Greek and Roman stories, he was the King of Phrygia, a Kingdom in the west of central Anatolia. is land is now part of Asian Turkey. Another Greek Legend, e Trojan Horse, is also a Level 2 Classic Story Reader.Image and text work together in King Midas and the Golden TouchStory related speaking in King Midas and the Golden Touch13
e Selsh Giant Oscar Wildee Selsh Giant is the story of a giant who didn’t want any children to go into his beautiful garden. He built a big wall round it. Aer that, it was always winter in the garden, and the giant was cold and lonely.en one day, spring returned to the garden again.e Selsh Giant comes from a collection of children’s stories called e Happy Prince and Other Tales. Oscar Wilde rst told the stories to his two young sons, Cyril and Vyvyan. en he wrote them down.Another Oscar Wilde story, e Canterville Ghost, is a Level 4 Classic Story Reader.LEVEL 236 Pages, 1,031 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Oscar WildeELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Cansu KaykacGenre : Fairy TaleLevel: 2 – A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-8-3About the author task from The Selsh GiantWhimsical artwork from The Selsh Giant14
44 Pages, 1,075 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: A Greek LegendELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Wayne OramGenre : LegendLevel: 2 – A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-9-0e Trojan Horse A Greek Legende Trojan Horse is the story of how the Greeks used a wooden horse to trick the Trojans, rescue the beautiful Queen Helen and end a ten-year war.Today the legend of the wooden horse lives on. You can say ‘Beware of Greeks bearing gis’ when you don’t trust the motives of someone who is being nice to you.Another Greek Legend, King Midas and the Golden Touch, is also a Level 2 Classic Story Reader.LEVEL 2Quirky comic book style from The Trojan HorseVocabulary preview from The Trojan Horse15
e Pied Piper of HamelinA German LegendRats take over the town of Hamelin and a piper dressed in colourful clothes tells the mayor that he can save the town. e piper keeps his promise but the mayor does not.To begin with, this folk tale was told by storytellers. In the 19th century, it started appearing in books. In 1803, it became a poem by the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. e Grimm brothers, Jakob and Wilhelm, included the story e Children of Hamelin in their collection of German Legends, published in 1816.e legend of e Pied Piper of Hamelin, a ute player in a coat of many colours who worked as a rat-catcher, was linked with the German town of Hameln in medieval times. Hameln, or Hamelin in English, is a town on the Weser River in north-western Germany. LEVEL 248 Pages, 1,732 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: A German LegendELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Wayne OramGenre : LegendLevel: 2 – A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-7-6Integral illustrations from The Pied Piper of Hamelin After reading language work from The Pied Piper of Hamelin 16
44 Pages, 1,839 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: A British LegendELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Wayne OramGenre : LegendLevel: 2 – A1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136900-5-2King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone A British LegendKing Uther Pendragon is dying. e country needs a new king. Merlin has a plan. e man who wins his competition will be the next king. Everyone is very excited.Although we think of King Arthur today as a British legend, the dierent tales which are told about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table came from dierent parts of Europe. Stories about Arthur were very popular in Wales and in Northern France in medieval times.It is possible that Arthur was a real person, and that the tales of his life grew over the years as dierent storytellers added to them. In time, he became the great British hero that he is today.LEVEL 2Cool cartoons in King Arthur and the Sword in the StoneDictionary and language tasks in King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone17
e Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersene Snow Queen is one of Hans Christian Andersen’s best-loved tales.Kay and Gerda are best friends. ey do everything together, until a splinter of glass hardens Kay’s heart, and the Snow Queen takes him to her icy palace. Heartbroken, Gerda sets out to nd her friend.e Snow Queen was rst published in 1844 when Andersen was 39 years old. It is one of his longest and most highly acclaimed stories.e Ugly Duckling, e Little Toy Soldier and e Little Match Girl by Andersen are Level 1 Classic Story Readers.LEVEL 360 Pages, 3,693 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Hans Christian AndersenELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Kathrin HonestaGenre : Fairy TaleLevel: 3 – Pre A2 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-3-7Text glosses from The Snow QueenEnchanting artwork from The Snow Queen18
68 Pages, 3,873 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Lewis CarrollELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Claire FletcherGenre : AdventureLevel: 3 – Pre A2 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-0-6Alice in Wonderland Lewis CarrollAlice in Wonderland is the story of a little girl who follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole into a magical world, where she meets a cast of fabulous and absurd characters, such as the vanishing Cheshire Cat, a Dodo, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts.Lewis Carroll published books on mathematics under his real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He also wrote children’s stories under the pen name Lewis Carroll. He is most famous today for his children’s books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which was published in 1865, and its sequel, rough the Looking-Glass, which was published in 1871.LEVEL 3Picture gloss from Alice in Wonderland After reading pair work from Alice in Wonderland 19
Treasure Island Robert Louis StevensonTreasure Island is an adventure story.Jim Hawkins, a lucky young boy, nds a treasure map in an old chest. en, he sails on a ship to an island with some dangerous pirates. Jim and his friends must nd the treasure before the pirates.Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish writer. He was an only child and he didn’t have many friends.As a young man, he studied Engineering at University, but in 1871, he stopped to become a writer.We remember Stevenson today for his adventure stories like Treasure Island, for his horror story e Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and for his book of poems for children A Child’s Garden of Verses.LEVEL 372 Pages, 4,854 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Robert Louis StevensonELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Wayne OramGenre : AdventureLevel: 3 – Pre A2 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-4-4Capitivating cartoon illustration from Treasure IslandLabelled focus picture from Treasure Island20
72 Pages, 5,324 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Arthur Conan DoyleELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Wayne OramGenre : MysteryLevel: 3 – Pre A2 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-1-3e Red-Headed League A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Arthur Conan DoyleWho are the Red-Headed League? And why did they suddenly disappear? Join top detective, Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr Watson, to solve this mystery.Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Scotland. He went to school in England, then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University, becoming a doctor in 1885. He wrote in his free time, publishing his stories in magazines. In 1887, he invented his most famous characters, the London detective Sherlock Holmes and his best friend Dr Watson. He wrote four novels and more than y short stories about Holmes and Watson. e Red-Headed League was published in August 1891.e Adventure of the Red Circle (Level 4) and e Blue Diamond (Level 5) are other Sherlock Holmes Mysteries in the Classic Story Readers series.LEVEL 3Labelled picture and text glosses from The Red-Headed LeagueCute computer-generated artwork from The Red-Headed League 21
e Railway Children Edith NesbitWhen their father goes away, Roberta, Phyllis and Peter have to leave London and go and live in a little house in the countryside.e three children are very excited to nd that their new house is near a railway. ey have many adventures there, and they discover what really happened to their father.Edith Nesbit was an English author and poet. She wrote about 40 books for children.Edith and her husband, Hubert Bland, had ve children, and Edith dedicated many of her children’s books to them. e Railway Children, rst serialised as a magazine story in 1905, was dedicated to her eldest son, Paul.LEVEL 372 Pages, 5,694 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Edith NesbitELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Claire FletcherGenre : Human InterestLevel: 3 – Pre A2 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-2-0Before Reading character work The Railway ChildrenRich Illustration from The Railway Children22
76 Pages, 6,436 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Arthur Conan DoyleELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Wayne OramGenre : MysteryLevel: 4 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-7-5e Adventure of the Red Circle A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Arthur Conan DoyleWho is the mystery lodger and what is the red circle? Sherlock Holmes’s landlady asks him to help her solve this mystery. Her new lodger never goes out and nobody ever sees him. Who is he and why is he hiding? e Adventure of the Red Circle is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle rst published in e Strand Magazine in March & April 1911. It was the 44th Sherlock Holmes story to appear. With its surprising twists and secret codes, this story takes us from Naples in Italy to New York in America and then to London in England.e Red-Headed League (Level 3) and e Blue Diamond (Level 5) are other Sherlock Holmes Mysteries that appear in the Classic Story Readers series.LEVEL 4Intriguing Illustration from The Adventure of the Red CircleStory Vocabulary Review from The Adventure of the Red Circle23
LEVEL 480 Pages, 7,677 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Oscar WildeELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Canan BarisGenre : Human InterestLevel: 4 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-8-2Before Reading Picture Preview and Prediction in The Canterville GhostAfter Reading comprehension task in The Canterville Ghoste Canterville GhostOscar WildeHorace B. Otis, a wealthy American, buys Canterville Chase, an old English manor house, even though Lord Canterville warns him that the house is haunted. He moves into the house with his wife, his eldest son Washington, his daughter Virginia, and his two younger twin sons. e ghost has been haunting the house for three hundred years, so he is very upset that the modern American family are not scared of him.e Canterville Ghost was the rst story by Wilde to be published. It appeared in two parts in e Court and Society Review in February and March of 1887. e story, which makes fun of the dierences between Americans and British people, has been adapted many times for radio, television and lm. It has even been turned into an opera, a musical, and a graphic novel.Another Oscar Wilde story, e Selsh Giant, is a Level 1 Classic Story Reader.24
84 Pages, 9,231 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Anna SewellELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Johanna GoussetGenre : Human InterestLevel: 4 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-5-1Black Beauty Anna SewellBlack Beauty is a beautiful, good-tempered horse who lived in England many years ago. In this book, he tells us the story of his life and we see the world through his eyes. He lived through good times and bad times, he had kind owners and selsh owners. He made many friends and he had many adventures.Anna Sewell (1820–1878) wrote only one novel, Black Beauty, now considered one of the most popular novels for children ever written, although when Anna wrote it, she intended it for adult readers.Black Beauty was the rst English novel to be written from the perspective of an animal. Anna Sewell, the author, loved horses, and she wanted to show her readers that horses have feelings too and that we must always treat them kindly.LEVEL 4Labelled spot artwork from Black Beauty Lively illustration from Black Beauty 25
LEVEL 4104 Pages, 9,887 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Frances Hodgson BurnettELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Kim TillyerGenre : Human InterestLevel: 4 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-9-9Enthralling artwork from The Secret GardenPrompt-led writing from The Secret Gardene Secret Garden Frances Hodgson BurnettMary Lennox, a spoilt and lonely little girl, is sent to live with her uncle in a beautiful, big, old house in Yorkshire. e house and its large garden are full of secrets and mystery. Together with the help of two new friends and a very special little bird, Mary learns to be kinder and friendlier, and she nds happiness for the rst time in her life.Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is famous today for her three children’s novels, Little Lord Fauntleroy (published as a book in 1886), A Little Princess (1905), and e Secret Garden (1911).Her stories regularly appeared in magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Scribner’s Monthly.26
108 Pages, 10,725 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Charles DickensELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Claire FletcherGenre : Human InterestLevel: 4 – A2Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-6-8A Christmas Carol Charles DickensEbenezer Scrooge is a mean and greedy old man whose only love is money. en, one Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley tells him that three ghosts will visit him that night. e three ghosts appear and they show Scrooge scenes from his past, his present and his future. Scrooge understands that he must be kinder and more generous, and he learns to keep the spirit of Christmas in his heart.Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer who criticized the wrongs in society. Many people think he was the greatest novelist of the 19th century.His stories have been adapted for radio, television, and lm. His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol is a favourite, as are his novels Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. LEVEL 4About the author task from A Christmas CarolCharming labelled illustration from A Christmas Carol27
LEVEL 568 Pages, 7,288 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Arthur Conan DoyleELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Wayne OramGenre: MysteryLevel: 5 – B1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-3-6Character work from The Blue DiamondLabelled Illustration from The Blue Diamonde Blue Diamond A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Arthur Conan DoyleA precious diamond is stolen from the hotel room of the Countess of Morcar. On Christmas morning, a goose and an old hat are found on Tottenham Court Road and the diamond is found inside the goose.How did it get inside the goose and who stole it? is is the mystery that Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must solve.e Blue Diamond was published in January 1892.e Red-Headed League (Level 3) and e Adventure of the Red Circle (Level 4) are other Sherlock Holmes Mysteries that appear in the Classic Story Readers series.28
124 Pages, 13,411 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Mark TwainELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Claire FletcherGenre : Human InterestLevel: 5 – B1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-4-3The Prince and the Pauper Mark TwainBy chance, a poor young boy called Tom Canty meets rich Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII of England. e two boys look like twins, only their clothes are dierent. For fun, they decide to try on each other’s clothes, and this leads to many unexpected adventures. Tom lives a life of luxury as a prince and later as a king. He makes some wise decisions, and he is seen as a good and fair king. Prince Edward discovers just how dicult it is to be poor, and he learns to have sympathy for his citizens.Perhaps, aer his experiences as a poor man, he will become a wiser and fairer king, too.LEVEL 5Pre-reading background and preview task in The Prince and the PauperText and labelled picture glosses in The Prince and the Pauper 29
88 Pages, 15,298 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: George Bernard ShawELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Canan BarisGenre: AdventureLevel: 5 – B1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-2-9Character preview from PygmalionDelightful illustration from PygmalionPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawEliza Doolittle sells owers in Covent Garden. Professor Higgins, a professor in phonetics, tells Colonel Pickering, a specialist in Indian dialects, that he can convince London Society that the cockney ower girl is a duchess. Eliza just wants to speak properly so she can have her own ower shop, so she agrees to have lessons.One of George Bernard Shaw’s best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages, an entertaining motion picture and a great hit with its musical version, My Fair Lady. An updated and considerably revised version of the ancient Greek legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, the 20th-century story pokes fun at the antiquated British class system.LEVEL 530
104 Pages, 16,653 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Jean WebsterELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Canan BarisGenre : Human InterestLevel: 5 – B1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-1-2Daddy-Long-Legs Jean WebsterEighteen-year-old Judy Abbott has spent her childhood in an orphanage. When a wealthy benefactor reads an amusing school essay written by her, he decides to pay for her college education. In return, she must write him a letter once a month. She will know him only as John Smith.Who is this mysterious benefactor and will Judy ever meet him?Daddy-Long-Legs was rst published in serial form in the Ladies’ Home Journal. It came out as a book in 1912 and was very popular. Jean Webster adapted it for the stage and it was later turned into a lm.e story is written in the form of a series of letters – the letters that Judy writes to Daddy-Long-Legs, her mysterious benefactor.Attractive artwork from Daddy-Long-LegsText and picture glosses from Daddy-Long-LegsLEVEL 531
LEVEL 5136 Pages, 17,598 WordsResources: Interactive Whiteboard Software, Audio les, Worksheets, Answer keysAuthor: Jules VerneELT adapter: Emily StuntEditorial Consultant: Bill BowlerIllustrator: Canan BarisGenre: AdventureLevel: 5 – B1Published: May 2020ISBN: 978-1-9136901-0-5Lively illustration from Around the World in Eight DaysCharacter-led vocabulary review from Around the World in Eighty DaysAround the World in Eighty Days Jules VernePhileas Fogg, a rich British gentleman, reads in a newspaper that aer the opening of a new railway in India, it will be possible to travel round the world in 80 days. His friends at his club think it’s not possible and he decides to prove them wrong. at same evening, he sets out with his servant Passepartout and a small bag full of banknotes for the journey.ey make new friends and have many adventures, but can they really travel around the world in 80 days?Jules Verne’s adventure novels were published under the series name ‘Voyages Extraordinaires’ (Extraordinary Journeys). ese 54 bestselling novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty ousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).32
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