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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

Penguin Kids are six level simplified story books fo

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

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

One very cold morning, the farmer decides he needs more firewood. There isn’t any wood in the box so he has to go and find some. He takes a saw and gets into his old blue lorry with Bitzer, his dog, to go and look for a good tree to cut down.
As soon as the farmer leaves the farm, Shaun and the other sheep run to the big tree in the garden that they love. They have great fun playing, dancing, swinging, climbing and making music.

Aardman Studios specialises in producing animated films using clay models. They first became famous for producing Wallace and Gromit, and are now the most famous model animation studios in the world.

Penguin Kids are six level simplified story books for children learning English. MP3 audio is available at www.peng

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

There's an epidemic sweeping the nation Symptoms include: *Acute embarrassment at the mere notion of 'making a fuss' *Extreme awkwardness when faced with any social greeting beyond a brisk handshake *An unhealthy preoccupation with meteorology Doctors have also reported several cases of unnecessary apologising, an obsessive interest in correct queuing etiquette and dramatic sighing in the presence of loud teenagers on public transport. If you have experienced any of these symptoms, you may be suffering from VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS. VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS are highly contagious. There is no known cure. Rob Temple's hilarious new book reveals all the ways in which we are a nation of socially awkward but well-meaning oddballs, struggling to make it through every day without apologising to an

Ezop je považován za zakladatele řecké bajky a patří dodnes k nejznámějším bajkařům. Narodil se pravděpodobně jako otrok, po propuštění z otroctví hodně cestoval. Své bajky přednášel ústně, byly zapsány mnohem později. Šlo o krátké prozaické příběhy se stručným dějem, v nichž vystupovala ustálená skupina postav, zvláště zvířata a rostliny, které přebírají lidské vlastnosti. Mnohdy se objevují také skuteční lidé a postavy řeckých bohů. Dialog dává bajkám spád, posiluje dramatičnost a dynamiku příběhů. Některé bajky obsahují - většinou na konci - didaktické poučení.

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.