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Christmas Fun with its beautiful illustrations, captures that typically ‘English' Christmas atmosphere. Father Christmas introduces the children to Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer and his team. He organises an exciting football match between the Reindeer Rangers and the Polar Bear United Football Club.
A highly entertaining book filled with songs, games and a wide variety of learning and manual activities,creates a wonderful Christmas feeling both in and outside the classroom.

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

Freddy Finds the Thief gives children their first taste of English in the form of a play: they read and act out the adventures of Freddy, who helps the king to unveil a thief in the castle. They will meet an assortment of lively characters who add colour to the story and personality to the script. In addition, the exercises offer the opportunity to ‘play' with words, listen to and act out a series of amusing sketches and above all, lose their inhibitions and develop fluency when speaking English.

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 rec

The illustrations in this exciting reader for beginners will enthuse children to the point that they won't want to part with their Mowgli.
When Mowgli meets the tiger, Shera Khan and isn’t able to cross the river to escape, he realises that he must learn to swim. With a little help from his friends Baloo, Bagheera, Hathi and the others, Mowgli discovers that swimming isn’t so difficult after all!
This simple, yet involving story will enable beginners to develop self-confidence as they read in a foreign language.
There are fun activities, a glossary in three languages – Italian, French and German, a list of useful expressions and answers to the exercises. The accompanying CD contains the text recorded in full.

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Retold by Gaia Ierace
Oscar Wilde’s wonderfully satirical yet comical account of an American family living in England, has lent itself beautifully to adaptation in this book.
Young children easily relate to the Otis twins, as they endeavour to frighten the Canterville Ghost.
Children also become acquainted with a renowned Irish author, discover something about two different cultures, and learn English at the same time.
Each chapter is preceded by a picture dictionary which helps children understand – some of the less common words, and sparks off pre-reading classroom discussions.
Following each chapter is a multiple-choice reading comprehension, a ‘fun activity’ –

In three stories three characters teach us lessons: the tortoise ‘slowly but surely’ wins the race; the mouse becomes a ‘great little friend’ to the mighty lion; the country mouse prefers the quiet life back home to the luxury – and dangers – of the town.

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

• beautiful illustrations, to en

This reader with its full-colour illustrations and wide range of exciting activities will delight children as they follow the story of the everyday life of Dracula and his family.
A picture dictionary precedes each chapter, encouraging children to become independent readers. The story is dialogue-based making it possible for children to act it out. It is narrated in full on the accompanying CD, which also includes various listening activities.

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 ac

A magician tricks Aladdin, but when Aladdin rubs an old lamp a genie comes out, and life is never the same again, for him or his mum! Despite the magician’s plots, Aladdin manages to keep the magic lamp… and the beautiful princess!

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

• beautiful illustrations, to encourage reading and actively help children to understand the story

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 Painting
Children and Education in the 1800s
and others

Exit test

Series: Green Apple | Level: <a href="http://www.blackcat-

Retold by Derek Sellen

Human interest

David Copperfield is a boy who experiences the best and the worst of life in 19th-century England.
When David’s beloved mother dies, his cruel stepfather mistreats him. David has to suffer fear and loneliness at a barbaric boarding school before later, while still a child, working in a London factory. He meets the handsome deceiver, Steerforth, and the evil hypocrite, Uriah Heep. But he also finds love and protection from the friends he can trust.

Dossiers:

Child Labour
Dickens and Education

Exit test

Series: <a href="http://www.blackcat-cideb.co

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 sunny California to the very cold Klondike and he must work. Life is now very difficult and Buck must learn how to survive. Read about his adventures and how he adapts to his new life.

Dossiers:
The Klondike Gold Rush
Wolves

Exit test

Series:  3-5 dní

Adapted by Janet Cameron

Human interest

Hermia and Lysander are in love, but Hermia’s father wants Demetrius to marry his daughter, so Hermia and Lysander decide to run away to get married. But in the wood some fairies perform some magic and some strange things start to happen...

Dossiers:
Fairies, Acting and Theatres in Shakespeare’s Time

Series: Green Apple | Level: Step 1 | Exam:

Mystery & horror

Kate, Mike and Carlos go on another trip to Bodega Bay near San Francisco, where more than a year ago they found a pirate’s old treasure map. An incredibly exciting and dangerous adventure awaits them as they follow a mysterious clue and go on a treasure hunt to find a lost treasure from centuries ago.

Dossiers:
Sharks, Pirates

Series: Green Apple | Level: Step 1 | Exam:  3-5 dní