Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... In this story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a young girl called Mary starts out as unloved and unlovable. She moves home and, through her contact with country life and people, she gradually changes. She discovers an abandoned garden which gives her a driving aim in life: to bring the garden back to life. Mary is a changed child, so changed that, when she finds someone similar to her former self, she decides to change him too. Underlying this story are valuable lessons about the importance of kindness, physical exercise and contact with the natural world. Vocabulary areas: family, nature, ... |
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Based on the story by Peter Newell. Adapted by Jane Cadwallader. ... The rocket brings the families who live on 15 Cherry Drive together and makes them into a community. Can't miss this reader based on a story called The Rocket Book by Peter Newell originally published in 1912. Number 15 Cherry Drive is a normal house in a normal town. The people who live there don't really take any notice of each other, except for formal greetings. All this is going to be different when Mr. Popper's son Michael sets off a rocket in the basement which moves up through the house, changing people's lives. Vocabulary areas: ... |
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Uncle Jack is reading a book in the garden. Jim and his sisters are playing with a ball. Grumpy the dog begins to bark. He wants to show them something... Uncle Jack, Grumpy, Daisy and May look into the next door garden. It's incredible! There are two baby meerkats in a cage and they are crying! They come from the Kalahari Desert! Uncle Jack decides to take them home. It's the beginning of a great adventure! Vocabulary areas: Animals, nature, feelings, town. Grammar and Structures: Past simple regular and irregular forms, Verb + ing, Verb + infinitive, Could, Must for obligation, Shall for obligation, Adverbs: ... |
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Two mice are friends. Alfred is a town mouse and Jack is a country mouse. One day Alfred visits Jack in the country. Alfred is very surprised. Jack hasn't got a house. He hasn't got a car. And he eats grass! Alfred wants to show Jack the town. There are shops, houses and restaurants with nice food. But Jack soon finds that the town is dangerous, too! What happens when Jack goes to town? Read and see!"– I'm sorry, Alfred. It's too dangerous here. I want to go home - says Jack. – Would you like some cheese? - asks Alfred. – No, thank you. I want to go home. I've got lots of grass at home - says Jack. ... |
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Here are the Emperor Penguins as happy as can be. They're off to lay their eggs in a place far from the sea. They stay here all winter, as cold as cold can be. Until their babies hatch in a place far from the sea. In this hilarious story you will learn something about the habits of the Emperor Penguins and follow Uncle Jack and the others in their race against time to help the penguins to the place where they lay their eggs. Vocabulary areas: Weather, food, physical description. Grammar and Structures: Past simple regular and irregular forms, Verb + infinitive, Verb + -ing, Adverbs, Can / can't, Must / mustn' ... |
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Have you ever seen a sloth? Jim and his brother and sister meet one in this adventure in the Amazon Rainforest. This is a story of how they team up with Slowly, the Sloth and his friends, helped by Uncle Jack, his daughter Dr Silver and some Amazon Indians to save their habitat. Vocabulary areas: The world around us, family, the body. Grammar and Structures: Present, Present continuous, Past verb + ing, Infinitive of purpose, Comparatives, Adverbs, Let's..., Must for obligation, Should for advice, Question words: What... How... Topic: Adventure, Protecting our environment, Solidarity. Level: Beginner A1.1. ... |
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Real beauty comes from inside. This is the story of a wicked Queen and her magic mirror. Snow White runs away to the forest where she meets seven kind dwarfs. But does the queen find Snow White? Who can save Snow White? Read the story to find out! Vocabulary areas: Physical descriptions, Parts of the face, In the kitchen, Ordinal numbers, Forest animals. Grammar and Structures: Comparative form: as + adjective + as, Comparative and superlative adjectives, Past simple regular and irregular forms, Must for obligation, Adverbs, Adjectives, Question words. Topic: Friends, Adventure, Jealousy, Emotions. Level: Beginner A1.1. ... |
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Once upon a time, a long time ago, in London there was a happy family in a happy house... This is a story of a boy who never grew up, with his friends Wendy and the jealous fairy Tinker Bell. Why are there no Lost Girls in Neverland? What did the crocodile want to eat? Vocabulary areas: Family, gender and gender role. Grammar and Structures: Common regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, all forms, Common regular and irregular verbs in the present, all forms; There is / are / was / were, all forms + simple determiners; Modal verbs: can and could for ability; Adverbs of manner and frequency; Adjectives; ... |
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Retold by Lisa Suett. ... Poor Cinderella! She works all day and her two horrible stepsisters don't help her. One day an invitation arrives from the Prince. But Cinderella can't go to the party because she's got work to do. But her fairy godmother arrives and amazing things happen! Does she go to the party? Does she meet the Prince?"— Oh no! I must go. The magic stops at midnight - said Cinderella. — Wait! Come back! I don't know your name - called the Prince." From the book Vocabulary areas: clothes, housework. Grammar and structures: Past simple regular and irregular forms, Verb + infinitive, ... |
