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Mr Twit is a dirty, hairy, unpleasant man. Mrs Twit is ugly on the outside and ugly on the inside. She even carries a stick to hit animals and small children. The Twits enjoy playing mean tricks on each other, too. They really aren’t very nice people at all!

Roald Dahl’s books appeal to children because his stories carry a message about right and wrong which children understand. Dahl’s writing style is playful and inventive, and includes rhyme, rhythm, repetition, nonsense words and sound symbolism (onomatopoeia).

Penguin Kids are six level simplified story books for children learning English. MP3 audio is available at www.penguinkidsaudio.com, teachers' factsheets: www.pearsonelt.com/penguinkids

Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean each have a farm. They are rich men, but mean. Mr Fox lives under a tree on a hill above the farms and feeds his family with chickens from Boggis’s farm, ducks from Bunce’s farm and turkeys from Bean’s farm.

Roald Dahl’s books appeal to children because his stories carry a message about right and wrong which children understand. Dahl’s writing style is playful and inventive, and includes rhyme, rhythm, repetition, nonsense words and sound symbolism (onomatopoeia).

Penguin Kids are six level simplified story books for children learning English. MP3 audio is available at www.penguinkidsaudio.com, teachers' factsheets: www.pearsonelt.com/penguinkids

Everyone knows Brazil's beautiful beaches, the Amazon Rainforest, and the wonderful Carnival of Rio de Janiero. But there is a lot more to Brazil than this: here you can find interesting old towns, modern cities, amazing waterfalls, and the biggest wetland in the world.

Brazil has thousands of different kinds of animals and plants, too. It is home to world-fanous artists and writers, and international sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics. What other interesting things can you see here? Why is there music and dancing on its streets? And who are the people of this amazing country?

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great

Everyone knows Brazil's beautiful beaches, the Amazon Rainforest, and the wonderful Carnival of Rio de Janiero. But there is a lot more to Brazil than this: here you can find interesting old towns, modern cities, amazing waterfalls, and the biggest wetland in the world.

Brazil has thousands of different kinds of animals and plants, too. It is home to world-fanous artists and writers, and international sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics. What other interesting things can you see here? Why is there music and dancing on its streets? And who are the people of this amazing country?

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great

Contents:
Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher
Socrates, the great Greek philosopher
Aristotle, the first to organize scientific knowledge
William Wilberforce who ended the British slave trade
Karl Marx who wrote The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital
Mahatma Gandhi who helped free India from British rule

BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 16,058
Headword count: 1,701

Each book includes a free CD with a full recording of each story.
PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.

This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 2 is

At the age of twenty-one, Tim is told an incredible family secret by his father: all the men in his family have the ability to relive their past. He decides to use his new gift to win the heart of the beautiful Mary with hilarious and moving results. About Time is based on the 2013 movie by Richard Curtis, writer of Notting Hill & Love Actually.

At the age of twenty-one, Tim is told an incredible family secret by his father: all the men in his family have the ability to relive their past. He decides to use his new gift to win the heart of the beautiful Mary with hilarious and moving results. About Time is based on the 2013 movie by Richard Curtis, writer of Notting Hill & Love Actually.

Twelve Years a Slave is the extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York State who, in 1841, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. This simplified version condenses Northup’s memoirs for students of English and is interspersed with stills from the 2013 Oscar award winning film.

It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything: beautiful clothes, big dinners, and servants to dress him.
There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king?

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.

Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.</p

'One day, I'm going to be famous,' John Lennon said when he was young - and soon he was! His band The Beatles became one of the greatest in the world, and people loved them. After John Lennon went solo, he wrote some of the most important songs of all time. He was a family man and a peace protestor - he wanted to change the world. But one autumn day, four gun shots rang out across New York City, and took away that dream forever...

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.

Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.

Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and qualit

'One day, I'm going to be famous,' John Lennon said when he was young - and soon he was! His band The Beatles became one of the greatest in the world, and people loved them. After John Lennon went solo, he wrote some of the most important songs of all time. He was a family man and a peace protestor - he wanted to change the world. But one autumn day, four gun shots rang out across New York City, and took away that dream forever...

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.

Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.

Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story

Oxford Read and Imagine graded readers are at eight levels (Starter, Beginner, and Levels 1 to 6) for students from age 4 and older. They offer great stories to read and enjoy. Activities provide Cambridge Young Learner Exams preparation.
At Levels 1 to 6, every storybook reader links to an Oxford Read and Discover non-fiction reader.

Audio in a choice of American and British English is available for every reader.
At Levels 1 to 6, audio is available in CD packs for every reader.