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Mystery & horror An abandoned mansion, a ghostly face at the window and mysterious happenings at one of the city's favorite landmarks is the start of a thrilling adventure for Jim Reilly and his teenage friends.Set in cosmopolitan San Francisco, California, this is a mystery story full of suspense with an unexpected twist, brilliantly solved by three...
Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore Adventure After their father is mysteriously forced to leave home, the three children and their mother leave their comfortable house in London and go to live in a cottage in the country near a railway track. The children soon make friends with the Station Master, the Porter and a friendly old gentleman, who waves to them...
Adaptation and activities by Benjamin Anderson Adventure When Robinson Crusoe tells his parents that he wants to go to sea they don’t want him to go, but he ignores their wishes and joins a ship. This is just the beginning of his many adventures at sea, which end with him being shipwrecked on a desert island. Considered the first English novel, Robinson...
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Mystery & horror A mysterious lodger has just rented rooms at Mrs Warren's lodging house. She is frightened by this strange individual, so she asks Sherlock Holmes to help. He and Dr Watson discover cryptic messages, a sinister secret society with international roots and a terrible murder... Dossiers:An introduction to...
Retold by Gina D. B. Clemen Adventure 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...
Retold by George Gibson Adventure 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 adverse circumstances, finds happiness in the end. Dossiers:London in Dickens' Time'Reading' a PaintingChildren and...
This is a story about a witch who is so stupid that she is actually harmless! She becomes extremely dangerous however, when a blow to her head turns her into a good witch. There is nothing worse than a very stupid person who wants to do good, particularly if she has magic powers on her side! The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from four to twelve...
Bobo is a small, weak child in a world full of big bullies, but not to worry: he too has his surprises... The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from four to twelve years old and contains original stories and traditional favourites, as well as some cultural readers, graded over five levels. All the readers can be easily dramatised. The most recent...
Teachers are often rather strange people, particularly English teachers! They repeat the same words and ask children to say and do absurd things. This teacher, however, is not just a bit strange, but really mad... raving mad!By the end of the story children realise that a mad teacher is better than a sane and boring one! The EARLYREADS series is aimed at...
How can a health-freak bogey boy and a junk-freak boy put up with living in their demanding families? By the way, which one of them is the monster?Activities focus on food, animals, imperatives, rooms of the house, prepositions and furniture.Young readers who want to relive the story can make their own double-sided mask featuring the characters Candid and...
The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from four to twelve years old and contains original stories and traditional favourites, as well as some cultural readers, graded over five levels. All the readers can be easily dramatised. The most recent titles are accompanied by playscriptswhich can be downloaded free from our website. Features •...
Daniel is a poor young man who is in love with the beautiful Princess Caroline. To make matters worse, he lives in a village which is terrorised by an Ogre. But Daniel's cat comes to the rescue, and finds a way of both getting rid of the Ogre and bringing Daniel and the Princess together... The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from four to twelve...
Poor Cinderella! She has to do all the housework, and her sisters won't take her to the ball! But thanks to a fairy godmother - and her pets! - she does go to the ball. There, the Prince falls in love with her, but will he find her again? The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from four to twelve years old and contains original stories and...
Not all aliens are bad. However, being friends with a kind alien may have its negative points!Activities focus on a listening exercise on transport, a quiz, a crossword and a number game. A special feature is that children can use cut-out page in the book, to make their own musical horns. The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from four to twelve...
Who was a spy for Queen Elizabeth I's secret service? Which writer kept a bear in his room at Cambridge? Who wrote poems about the Easter Revolution in Ireland?Follow the fascinating lives of some of the most important British novelists, poets and playwrights from Shakespeare to Graham Greene, and discover more about different periods of literature in...
How much did the Dutch pay for Manhattan Island in 1614? Where is the world's blue jeans headquarters? Who can you meet in the 'Malibu Colony', near Los Angeles?New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans are America's most distinctive and exciting cities. Similar in some ways and yet completely different in others, they fascinate...