Oxford Classic Tales

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.

Cinderella has two ugly sisters. They make her do all the work. One day Cinderella is very sad because she can't go to a party at the palace. A fairy helps Cinderella, but she tells her that she must leave before midnight. Cinderella dances with the Prince and forgets the time. More... The clock begins to strike twelve, and Cinderella runs from the palace. The Prince finds one of her shoes and he wants to find the girl who c

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 mermaid saved a young prince from the stormy sea. His eyes were closed but he was alive. She left him on a beach and a young girl and her friends found him there. Nobody saw the little mermaid who went back to the sea.
The little mermaid wanted legs. The sea witch wanted the little mermaid's beautiful voice. So the witch gave the little mermaid a magic drink, and cut off her tongue. The little mermaid swam up

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?

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.

Follow the adventures of Thumbelina, the little girl who comes from inside a flower.

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 children who prefer computers to books …

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.

Follow the adventures of Thumbelina, the little girl who comes from inside a flower.

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.

An old woman makes a gingerbread man. He jumps out of the oven and runs out of the house. He runs away from the old woman, the old man, a cow, a horse, and a fox. They all want to catch the gingerbread man, but they can't catch him. Then he comes to a river. Oh, no! He can't swim.

Find out what happens when the old woman makes a gingerbread man and he jumps out of the oven...

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.

An old woman makes a gingerbread man. He jumps out of the oven and runs out of the house. He runs away from the old woman, the old man, a cow, a horse, and a fox. They all want to catch the gingerbread man, but they can't catch him. Then he comes to a river. Oh, no! He can't swim.

Find out what happens when the old woman makes a gingerbread man and he jumps out of the oven...

Project the story and accompanyin

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.

An old woman makes a gingerbread man. He jumps out of the oven and runs out of the house. He runs away from the old woman, the old man, a cow, a horse, and a fox. They all want to catch the gingerbread man, but they can't catch him. Then he comes to a river. Oh, no! He can't swim.

Find out what happens when the old woman makes a gingerbread man and he jumps out of the oven...

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 fisherman finds a magic fish. The fisherman's wife wants a cottage. The fisherman asks the fish and they have it. A week later she wants a house. A week later she wants a palace and she wants to be Queen. The fisherman's wife cannot be happy. She wants to be Emperor of all the world.

Read the tale of the fisherman's wife who always wants more...

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.

Finn is a good giant. And Oonah is a good wife. She is a good, clever wife. One day, Finn sees Big Bad Benan, a long way across the sea. He is coming for Finn. 'Help! shouts Finn. 'Quick! Make a big baby's cradle!' says Oonah. 'Now get in! And don't say anything!' Now they can More... hear Benan coming. 'Where's Finn?' he shouts. 'He's not here,' says Oonah. 'It's just me here. Me and the baby.' What does Benan do?

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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.

Prince Harold is searching for a princess. A real princess. The King and Queen try hard to find him one, but Prince Harold doesn't like any of the princesses he meets. Then one stormy night, a beautiful girl comes to the castle. But is she a real princess? The Queen wants to find out. So she puts a pea under the girl's mattresses before she goes to bed. Can the girl feel the pea and show she is a real princess?

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