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When the ghost of Hamlet's father reveals the terrible secret of Elsinore, the result is chaos and tragedy for the young Prince of Denmark. Will he avenge his father's murder? Is he really mad? Does he love the beautiful Ophelia? *Accessible cartoon adaptation in modern English at beginner level *Wide range of activities on the four skills *PET-style...
At the beginning of the 1900s the whole world has been explored. There is nothing left to discover. But maybe this is not totally true. The eccentric Professor Challenger says that there is a place where time stopped, where dinosaurs still live. All the other scientists do not believe him. So, Professor Challenger decides to lead an expedition to this...
Crime The Chumash are American Indians who live in California. When an unscrupulous property developer starts building new homes in Coyote Canyon, the Chumash become angry – the development is located on their ancient cemetery.During the night of the Fourth of July celebrations a mysterious American Indian warrior appears and a murder is committed....
AdventureThe Rajah’s Diamond, the most precious diamond in the world, seems to bring bad luck on everyone who comes into contact with it. Owned by Sir Thomas Vandeleur, his wife tries to sell it to pay her debts. But the diamond is stolen and then falls into the hands of various people who are all corrupted by its great beauty and value. Follow the...
What really happened on board the famous ship, the Bounty? Why did the sailors mutiny against their captain, and where did they take the ship? How did the captain and his loyal crew survive a 5,000 mile journey? Join Captain Bligh, Fletcher Christian and Tom on their incredible adventures at sea, and discover what the Bounty mutiny was really about.
The Ransom of Red Chief is a wonderfully funny and ironic story about two inexperienced kidnappers and their unusual ‘victim’, with a great surprise ending. O. Henry’s unique talent enabled him to create a world full of ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasant little girl who goes to live with her uncle on his enormous estate in Yorkshire after the death of her parents in India. Left very much to herself she explores the grounds of the house and finds the secret garden which has been locked up for ten years… *Wide range of activities practising the four skills...
Selena Willing, a young, beautiful heiress, contacts Richard Boot, a private detective, because she thinks there is a noisy ghost in her stately home. Richard investigates, looking into Selena’s life and discovers that the noise she hears is not a ghost, but something much more real and dangerous… *Wide range of activities on the four skills...
Adventure Ellie is mad about music: she dreams of becoming a singer and she desperately wants to go to the Glastonbury Festival, where her favourite singer, Murphy, will be playing. But with an overprotective Dad and important exams to take, it seems that Ellie’s dreams will have to remain just that, dreams. But one day she sees a competition in a...
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Mystery and horror Three authors reveal the obscure corners of the occult. In LeFanu's Dickon the Devil the narrator discovers that the sinister ghosts of the past have never left Barwyke Hall.Rudyard Kipling tells the story of a man who disappears mysteriously.In Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil, the Puritan Reverend...
Adapted by Kenneth Brodey Adventure 1715: Frank Osbaldistone likes poetry and he does not want to enter the family business. The young man is then sent by his father to the north of England. Frank meets a charismatic Scotsman and an official of the English government. This will be the beginning of his involvement in a rebellion against the British...
The famous mineralogist, Professor Lidenbrock, finds a piece of parchment in an old book. A message written in code describes a secret entrance to another world. The Professor’s nephew, Axel, breaks the code and he and his uncle set out on a journey that takes them back in time to the days of the dinosaurs and pre-historic man. But how will they...
When a mysterious birthday present arrives from somebody she doesn’t know, Helen realises that there’s something strange going on. With her cousin Will, she discovers a terrifying secret which is hundreds of years old and a curse which has almost destroyed her family. It’s a race against time to solve the mystery and stop the curse,...
Lola is fed up with being invisible. All she wants is for high school rugby star Matt to ask her to the prom, but he doesn’t even know she exists. She has a plan that will make her the most popular girl in school, but is being popular what makes someone the luckiest girl in the world?
It is 1872. Phileas Fogg, a precise, calm, English Gentleman lives a quiet life. That is, until he makes a £20,000 bet with his friends at the Reform Club and begins an incredible journey. In this game of luck, Phileas Fogg learns the true value of friendship and loyalty, and that the biggest prize of all is not always about the money to be won....
Read these amusing stories and you will discover why elephants have trunks, how it’s best to work out the correct price for pigs straight away and what happened to an English lady when she went hunting for a tiger! You will also find a stolen elephant, go boating with three friends and see how much trouble a small dog can make! *Wide range of...