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You can drink it, and you can cook with it. You can even make buildings, dresses, and hats out of it. You can give it to somebody as a present, or you can buy it for yourself. And of course you can eat it. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, chocolates with gold on the outside - everybody loves chocolate.

Follow its story, from the forests of Central America hundreds of years ago, through Africa, Europe, and the United States, to the growing markets of India and China. Perhaps you need a little something to eat while you read ...

Key features

• All 'Oxford Bookworms Library' titles are fully illustrated.
• The Activities section at the back of each title has been extended to include extra activities before, while and after rea

'The bride wore a long white dress, with flowers in her hair. After the wedding, there was a party, and people gave presents to the bride and groom.' This wedding was nearly two thousand years ago, in Rome. Some things don't change. But some things do. Today you can have a wedding on a mountain, or under the sea, or 'Elvis' can sing for you. And different things happen in different places. Little birds made of paper, small trees, money in the bride's shoe, and lots of noise - they are all important for weddings somewhere. Welcome to the wonderful world of weddings!

'Factfiles' are a sub-series of 'Bookworms' with a non-fiction angle providing factual information for students on a wide variety of themes. Exercises at the back of each book check students' understanding of th

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

Snow White's stepmother, the Queen, was jealous. Her magic mirror said that Snow White was more beautiful than the Queen. She told a huntsman to kill the girl, but he couldn't do it. Snow White went to live with seven dwarfs. But the Queen tried to kill her with a tight ribbon, More... a poisoned comb, and a poisoned apple. Show White looked as if she was only asleep, so the dwarfs put her in a glass box. A Prince fell in lo

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

A beautiful princess rides away to marry a prince. On the way her maid takes her dress and her magic horse, Falada. She is going to be the princess and the princess is going to be her maid. At the castle, the princess looks after the geese. Nobody knows who she really is. Is the maid going to marry the prince or will the princess tell her story?

Enjoy the tale of the princess who had to work as a goose girl.

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

One day, this little princess will prick her finger on a spindle and she will die! said the bad fairy. So they burnt all the spinning wheels in the country. But nobody knew about the old spinning wheel in the old tower. One day, the Princess pricked her finger on a spindle, and More... fell to the floor. The good fairy came and said some magic words. The Princess and everyone in the castle slept for a hundred years. Who did

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

The ugly duckling runs away from the farm. He runs away from men with guns and dogs to an old hut. He hasn't got any eggs, so he must go. In the winter he's cold and he can't swim. Poor ugly duckling! Nobody likes him. In the spring he flies down to a river and sees his face in the water. He's not an ugly duckling any more!

Follow the adventures of the famous duckling. Why is he big, strange, and ugly?

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This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

Three goats want to go over the troll's bridge. Please don't eat me! says the little goat. Wait for the next goat. He's big. And the little goat goes over the bridge. The big goat says, Wait for the next goat. He's very big. And the big goat goes over the bridge. What does the very big goat say to the troll?

Enjoy the famous tale of the three clever goats and the hungry troll...

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

A little girl and her mother have no food and no money. An old woman gives the little girl a magic cooking pot, and tells her the magic words. One day the little girl's out for a long time and the mother wants some porridge. She can tell the pot to cook, but she can't make it stop. She doesn't know the right words.

Project the story and accompanying audio onto the Interactive Whiteboard – a digital ‘Big Book’!

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

The Little Red Hen plants a seed in the ground. The seed grows. The Little Red Hen asks her friends to help her cut the wheat and make bread, but they are too busy. So she cooks and eats it herself.

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

The Little Red Hen plants a seed in the ground. The seed grows. The Little Red Hen asks her friends to help her cut the wheat and make bread, but they are too busy. So she cooks and eats it herself.

Project the story and accompanying audio onto the Interactive Whiteboard – a digital ‘Big Book’! Or play the audio on a CD player. Students can also watch and listen to the story on their home computer – great for

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

A man puts a seed in the ground. It's an enormous turnip. He pulls the turnip but it doesn't move. Come and help! he says. A woman, a boy, a girl, a dog, and a cat all come and help, but the turnip doesn't move. Then a little mouse helps.

Project the story and accompanying audio onto the Interactive Whiteboard – a digital ‘Big Book’! Or play the audio on a CD player. Students can also watch and listen to the st

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching.

With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

A long time ago in China, some children are playing in a grass field. Suddenly a piece of the sky falls to the ground. Then another. And another. Soon the sky is full of holes. The children run to tell their old friend Lownu. They ask Lownu for help. But what can Lownu do? How can she mend the sky?