BLACK CAT
ENGLISH
2018
CONTENTS
Green Apple Life Skills ...................... 10 Examinations
Total FIRST............................................... 70
Reading & Training Life Skills ...... 11 FIRST Practice Tests............................. 71
Total KET, PET, Advanced ................. 72
Earlyreads ............................................... 13 Pass KET, PET, Key Practice Tests,
Level 1 ........................................................ 14 Preliminary Practice Tests.................. 73
Level 2 ........................................................ 15 Pass Trinity now .................................... 74
Level 3 ........................................................ 17
Level 4 ....................................................... 19 Grammar & vocabulary
Level 5 ........................................................ 21 English Grammar Framework .......... 76
Green Apple ............................................ 23 Cross curriculum / supplementary
Starter ........................................................ 24 Going for CLIL ......................................... 77
Step 1 ......................................................... 29 British History Seen Through Art ... 77
Step 2 ......................................................... 34
English-speaking world
Green Apple Drama ............................ 36 Aspects ...................................................... 78
Viewpoints ............................................... 79
Reading & Training ............................ 37 Cultural Links .......................................... 79
Step One ................................................... 38
Step Two .................................................. 40 Index ......................................................... 80
Step Three ................................................ 46
Step Four .................................................. 53
Step Five ................................................... 60
Step Six ..................................................... 65
R&T Discovery ...................................... 66
Interact with Literature .................. 68
Reading Classics .................................. 69
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TRINITY Trinity College London KEY Cambridge English Key (KET) FIRST Cambridge English: free au dio Audio recording of entire title
(GESE)-style activities style activities First (FCE)-style activities download downloadable free from our website
F Cambridge English Flyers PRELIMINARY Cambridge English Preliminary Written and recorded Audio recording of chapter(s)
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Same old Story? It'S tIme For a NeW CHaPter!
Hesxohemorsceutiwolsderoisbrekens ot Language learning results and
Mdryoesantd’tuindligeknets motivation increase when students read:
Thtrieemraeed’sifnongro • Easily – not stopping to look up too many
words
• Without language tests
• Widely and frequently, as part of the syllabus
• Books which they choose themselves
• For pleasure and not for exams
How do we motivate students to read?
It'S SImPle.
We give them the real-world
experience we give ourselves:
• We like and choose different books
• We all read at different speeds
• We read for pleasure or for information
• We usually stop reading books we don’t like
• We do not test ourselves
Why should it be different for
our learners?
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• Encourage students to read more
• Practical teaching ideas and activities
• Cross-curricular content for all levels and ages
• Develop life skills through fiction
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A READER FOR EVERYONE EARLYREADS CFR CAMBRIDGE EXAMS
Read and grow Level 1 Pre-level A1 Exam preparation: Starters
Exam preparation: Starters
Black Cat graded readers range from original Level 2 Pre-level A1 Exam level: Starters
stories to adapted classics and are in line with Level 3 Pre-level A1 Exam preparation: Movers
the levels of the Common European Exam level: Movers
Framework of Reference. Level 4 Early A1
All the readers offered answer the learning Exam preparation:
needs of the target age group. Level 5 A1 Flyers and/or Key
Features: GREEN APPLE
• expansive reading approach
• organisation according to CEFR Starter A1
language levels Step 1 A2 Exam level:
• beautiful and extensive illustrations Flyers and/or Key
• interdisciplinary dossiers
• grammar and comprehension activities Step 2 A2 Exam level:
• activities practising the four skills early B1 Preliminary
(before and after reading) READING & TRAINING / READING SHAKESPEARE / READING AND
• vocabulary activities and games (before
Step 1 A2 Exam level: Key
and after reading)
• exam style activities (Cambridge and Step 2 B1 Exam preparation: Preliminary
Step 3 B1 Exam level: Preliminary
Trinity College London) Step 4 B2 Exam preparation: First
• audio of the text Step 5 B2 Exam level: First
• picture dictionary (Earlyreads) Step 6 C1 Exam preparation: Advanced
• scripts to dramatise the texts
downloadable on our website
(Earlyreads).
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1 Be and have got; Present Simple; Imperative
1 Present Continuous; can/can’t
2 Must/mustn’t; shall in interrogatives; would/wouldn’t like
2 Going to for future; comparison of adjectives and adverbs
2 Past Simple of to be and common verbs; will for future
1, 2 Present Simple; Present Continuous; going to; Imperative: 2nd person; let’s; Infinitives; Gerunds; can; would... like; shall; must; co-ordination: but, and, or, and then; subordination: to
know, to think, to say, to tell; subordination after: because, when; zero, definite and indefinite articles; possessive ’s and s’; countable and uncountable nouns; some, any; much, many, a
lot; (a) little, (a) few; all, every; etc.
3, 4 All the structures used in the previous step, plus the following: regular and common irregular verbs; passive forms; will; may; mustn’t; have (got) to; zero and 1st conditionals;
defining relative clauses with who, where; comparative and superlative of adjectives; formation of adverbs.
4, 5 All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Simple; indefinite past with yet, already, still; recent past with just; duration form; question tags;
should; might; defining relative clauses with: which, that, zero pronoun; time clauses introduced by when, while, until, before, after, as; soon as; clauses of purpose.
TRAINING DISCOVERY
3, 4 Present Simple; Present Continuous; Past Simple; Past Continuous; going to; will; Present Perfect Simple: indefinite past with ever, never; Imperative: 2nd person; let’s; Passive
forms; Gerunds (verb + -ing); can; could; will; would … like; shall; should; may; must; mustn’t; have (got) to; need; co-ordination: but, and, or, and then; subordination after verbs such as:
to know, to think, to say, to tell; zero and 1st conditionals; defining relative clauses with: who, which, that, zero pronoun, where; possessive ’s and s’; countable and uncountable nouns;
some, any; much, many, a lot; (a) little, (a) few; all, every; order of adjectives; comparative and superlative of adjectives; formation and comparative/superlative of adverbs.
5 All the structures used in the previous step, plus the following: regular and common irregular verbs; passive forms; will; may; mustn’t; have (got) to; zero and 1st conditionals;
defining relative clauses with who, where; comparative and superlative of adjectives; formation of adverbs.
6 All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Simple; indefinite past with yet, already, still; recent past with just; duration form; question tags;
should; might; defining relative clauses with: which, that, zero pronoun; time clauses introduced by when, while, until, before, after, as; soon as; clauses of purpose.
7 All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Simple: the first, second… time that...; Present Perfect Continuous (duration form); reported speech
8, 9 introduced by precise reporting verbs; get used to + -ing; had better; types of clause: 3rd Conditional: if + Past Perfect, would(n’t) have / conditionals with may; might; non-defining
10, 11 relative clauses with: which, whose; clauses of concession: even though; in spite of; despite.
All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Simple (duration form) / Past Perfect Simple: narrative; causative: have / get + object + past participle;
reported questions and orders with ask and tell; ought to (present and future reference); used to: past habits and states; types of clause: 2nd Conditional: if + past, would(n’t); zero,
1st and 2nd conditionals with unless; non-defining relative clauses with who and where; clauses of result: so, so... that, such... that; clauses of concession: although, though.
All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Simple: the first, second… time that...; Present Perfect Continuous (duration form); reported speech
introduced by precise reporting verbs; get used to + -ing; had better; types of clause: 3rd Conditional: if + Past Perfect, would(n’t) have / conditionals with may; might; non-defining
relative clauses with: which, whose; clauses of concession: even though; in spite of; despite.
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WHAT DO WE MEAN
BY LIFE SKILLS?
Enabling individuals and groups to effectively
handle issues, challenges and problems
commonly encountered in daily life in a
challenging, ever-changing, fast-moving world.
Developing attitudes and behaviours as a global
citizen to make a positive contribution in 21st
century society.
A YOUNG PERSON WHO READS
BECOMES AN ADULT WHO THINKS
G INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP SKI
ESS EMPATHOYMMUNICATION CLRLISTICALCTOHPININKGINWGITH
EFFECTIVE C PROBLEM SOLVIN• The story unfolds uninterrupted.
COPING WITH STRESS AWAREN • At the end of the chapter, THINK DECISION
SELF activities invite students to reflect. EMOTION
• A final Mind Map helps the reader to MAKI
compare their own experiences with CREATIV
the values presented in the story. NG
E THINKING
• A wealth of Grammar and
Comprehension activities to
practice the four Skills of English
as a Foreign Language.
5 BRAND NEW TITLES 2018
LIFE SKILLS GREEN APPLE STARTER | A1 STEP ONE | A2 STEP ONE | A2 STEP ONE | A2
10 The Wonderful The Adventures The Extraordinary The Prince
Wizard of Oz of Tom Sawyer Miss Sunshine and the Pauper
L. Frank Baum Mark Twain Jane Elizabeth Cammack Mark Twain
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Human interest – Original Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic Adventure – Classic Some children at The Fairbrother Adventure – Classic
Academy don't want to learn. They
An exciting adventure starts when Tom Sawyer lives on the great like to push their classmates in the What happens when two boys
a cyclone blows Dorothy and Toto Mississippi River. Join him and his playground and call them bad discover that they look exactly
up into the sky and to the magic friend Huck Finn when they start names. Alice is unhappy when she alike? They decide to play an
Land of Oz. Here they meet the looking for exciting and dangerous starts secondary school, but when exciting but possibly dangerous
Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and adventures in graveyards, on Miss Sunshine hears about the game. Suddenly things start going
the Lion, and together they share islands, in haunted houses and in problems, she drives to the very wrong for one of them… Mark
incredible adventures, learn the mysterious caves… Tom will always academy, determined to help. Twain’s wonderful story takes you
value of true friendship and surprise you and make you laugh! to 16th-Century London and into
understand the importance of Dossiers: Westminster Palace, where
keeping promises. A story that you Dossiers: incredible things start happening…
will never forget! Schools in England; Mindfulness
Missouri, the door to the West; Native Dossiers:
Dossiers: American Indians, American Caves;
Angel’s Camp and the Jumping Frog Shakespeare and the Globe Theater;
Extreme weather; Kansas; Life during Tudor times
Wizard - the musical
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Tom Sawyer Miss Sunshine and the Pauper The
Mark Twain Jane Elizabeth Cammack Mark Twain Prince
The The and the
AdventuresSome children at The Fairbrother Academy don’t want to learn. Pauper
Edward and Tom look alike – they’re identical! They both live Edward and Tom look alike – they’re identical! They both live
in 15tTh-EcMentPuOryRLoAnNdoEnO, but there is one difference: Edward is They like to push their classmates in the playground and call in 15tTh-EcMentPuOryRLoAnNdoEnO, but there is one difference: Edward is
a prince and Tom is a pauper. One day they meet and decide to
play a game. Edward becomes the pauper and Tom becomes Extraordinarya prince and Tom is a pauper. One day they meet and decide to
the prince for one day. But something goes wrong and the
two boys have some incredible and exciting adventures. Will play a game. Edward becomes the pauper and Tom becomes
Edward ever return to his palace and become King of England?
the prince for one day. But something goes wrong and the
This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where
the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and Misstwo boys have some incredible and exciting adventures. Will
to explore historical background, cultural connections and Starter CEFR A1 Starter CEFR A1
other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story and a Step 1 CEFR A2 Step 1 CEFR A2
playscript, this reader contains: Starter CEFR A1 of Tomthem bad names. Alice is unhappy when she starts secondary Step 2 CEFR B1
• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 3) Step 1 CEFR A2
• Dossier on King Henry VIII Step 2 CEFR B1 school, but when Miss Sunshine hears about the problems, she
• Project on the web drives to the academy, determined to help.
• Story recorded in full Word Count: XXXX SawyerStep 2 CEFR A2/B1 SunshineEdward ever return to his palace and become King of England?
• Exit tests and keys at blackcat-cideb.com This reader also contains: Word count: 4,320 Word Count: XXXX
• A wide range of skills practice This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • Cambridge English Key and Trinity (Grades 3 and 4) style The Extraordinary Miss Sunshine the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and The Prince and the Pauper
activities to explore historical background, cultural connections and
other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story and a
• Think! and Values & Feelings activities
• Dossiers: Schools in England; Mindfulness playscript, this reader contains:
• A full recording of the text • KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 3)
• Dossier on King Henry VIII
Answer keys downloadable at
blackcat-cideb.com • Project on the web
• Story recorded in full
• Exit tests and keys at blackcat-cideb.com
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STEP TWO | A2-B1 STEP TWO | A2-B1 READING & TRAINING STEP TWO | B1.1 LIFE SKILLS
David Tales from Camelot Around the World STEP TWO | B1.1
Copperfield in Eighty Days
King Arthur and the Knights The Secret Garden
Charles Dickens of the Round Table Jules Verne
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Victoria Heward Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Human interest – Classic Legend – Classic Adventure – Classic
Human interest – Classic
David's childhood is a happy one, Legends say that, in ancient times, It is 1872. Phileas Fogg, a precise,
but after his mother's marriage to a boy called Arthur pulled a sword calm, English Gentleman lives a Mary Lennox is a spoilt little girl
cruel Mr Murdstone, his life from a stone and became the new quiet life. That is, until he makes a who goes to live with her uncle on
changes for the worse. David is sent king of Britain. With the help of the £20,000 bet with his friends at the his enormous estate in Yorkshire
to London to work in a factory. Is magician, Merlin and the famous Reform Club and begins an after the death of her parents in
this going to be his life? He Knights of the Round Table he incredible journey. In this game of India. She explores the grounds of
desperately wants to change his protected his people and had many luck, Phileas Fogg learns the true the estate, finds a secret garden
future, and decides to run away... adventures. His castle of Camelot value of friendship and loyalty, and and meets Dickon and Colin. This is
was a place full of magic but also that the biggest prize of all is not a story of friendship and hope,
Dossiers: danger and sadness. always about the money to be won. where Mary learns the importance
of caring for and helping others.
The Social Problems of the Victorian Dossiers: Dossiers:
Age, The Industrial Revolution; Dossiers:
Australia; Cinema King Arthur: truth or legend?; Heroes Global or local?; Great challenges and India; Victorian children; Gardening in
adventures; Around the World in films Great Britain
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Camelot Victoria Heward Eighty Days
The Secret Garden
Tales
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Camelot
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With the help of Merlin the magician and the famous Knights Holmes. In these two stories we join Sherlock Holmes and Garden
of the Round Table, he protected his people and had many Dr Watson in Victorian London as they try to solve two. Holmes. In these two stories we join Sherlock Holmes and
adventures. His castle Camelot was a place full of magic and Dr Watson in Victorian London as they try to solve two.
love but also full of dangers. This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, World inThis reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach,
Tales from Camelot where the text becomes a springboard to improve Around the World in Eighty Days The Secret Garden
This reader also contains: language skills and to explore historical background, where the text becomes a springboard to improve
• A wide range of skills practice cultural connections and other topics suggested by the Step 1 CEFR A2
• Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grades 4 and 5) text. As well as the story, this reader contains: Step 2 CEFR B1.1 Eightylanguage skills and to explore historical background,
• Dossier: London in the Times of Sherlock Holmes Step 3 CEFR B1.2
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• Think! and Values & Feelings activities Step 5 CEFR B2.2 text. As well as the story, this reader contains:
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Word count: 6,200
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Word count: 6,590
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LIFE SKILLS STEP THREE | B1.2 STEP THREE | B1.2 STEP THREE | B1.2 STEP FOUR | B2.1
STEP THREE | B1.2 Gulliver’s Travels Jane Eyre Three Men in a Boat North and South
The Canterville Ghost Jonathan Swift Charlotte Brontë Jerome K. Jerome Elizabeth Gaskell
Oscar Wilde Adapted by Derek Sellen Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adapted by Jane Elizabeth
Cammack
Adapted by Derek Sellen Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic Human interest – Classic Humour & comedy – Classic
Human interest – Classic
Mystery and horror – Classic Lemuel Gulliver makes one of the Jane Eyre is an orphan. Her What can possibly happen to three
most famous journeys in literature. childhood is an not a happy one, friends and their dog when they take Margaret Hale finds the industrial
The Ghost of Sir Simon has haunted He meets the tiny people of Lilliput, but life changes when she becomes a peaceful boat trip on the River north of England very different to
Canterville Chase for hundreds of the giants of Brobdingnag, the a governess at Thornfield Hall for Thames? Well, just about anything! the rural, conservative and gentle
years and scared away everyone impractical scientists of Laputa and the mysterious and interesting Mr They have incredibly funny south, when she moves there with
who has lived there. But when an intelligent horses who rule over Rochester. However, her new home adventures as they visit historic sites her parents. When she meets John
American millionaire buys the house stupid, ugly human beings. Enter the is not all it seems. The house holds on the beautiful Thames. Living Thornton, who is a self-made and
for his family home, the Ghost is in fantastic world of Jonathan Swift’s secrets Jane has yet to understand. together on a small boat isn’t easy, ambitious young man there is an
for a shock! There are activities and imagination. Will Jane ever find love and and they learn to be considerate of attraction, but his ideas are very
illustrations to enhance the happiness or will she always remain each other’s needs… the dog’s too! different to Margaret's.
pleasure of reading and to allow Dossiers: poor and unimportant?
readers to express their own feeling Dossiers: Dossiers:
about the story. Voyages on the page, Imaginary Dossiers:
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Dossiers: The woman in the attic; Locations in Thames; Films about... boats England novel; A famous kiss; An age
Jane Eyre; Cinema of steam and smoke
Wilde’s American adventure; Haunted
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Jonathan Swift
Oscar Wilde Gulliver’s travel Jonathan Swift Jane Charlotte Brontë Three Men iCnharalotte Brontë Jerome K. Jerome North and South Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Gaskell
Eyre Boat
Oscar Wilde Jerome K. Jerome
The‘The Red-Headed League’ and ‘The Speckled Band’ are Gulliver’sJane Eyre is an orphan. Her childhood is an not a happy Jane ThreeMargaret Hale finds the industrial north of England very North
Cantervilletaken from Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock and
one, but life changes when she becomes a governess at ‘The Red-Headed League’ and ‘The Speckled Band’ are different to the rural, conservative and gentle south, when South
Holmes. In these two stories we join Sherlock Holmes and Thornfield Hall for the mysterious and interesting Mr she moves there with her parents. She considers the north
Dr Watson in Victorian London as they try to solve two. Eyretaken from Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock
TravelsRochester. However, her new home is not all it seems. The Men ininferior because of its new wealth and eagerness to make
GhostThis reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, Gulliver’s Travels Jane Eyre Holmes. In these two stories we join Sherlock Holmes and North and South
house hold secrets Jane has yet to understand. Will Jane Dr Watson in Victorian London as they try to solve two. money. When she meets John Thornton, who is a self-
where the text becomes a springboard to improve ever find love and happiness or will she always remain made and ambitious young man there is an attraction, but
language skills and to explore historical background, ‘poor and unimportant’? This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach,
cultural connections and other topics suggested by the where the text becomes a springboard to improve a Boathis ideas are very different to Margaret’s.
The Canterville Ghost text. As well as the story, this reader contains: This reader also contains: language skills and to explore historical background, Three Men in a Boat
• Dossier: London in the Times of Sherlock Holmes • A wide range of skills practice cultural connections and other topics suggested by the This reader also contains:
• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com • Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grade 6) text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • A wide range of skills practice
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Dorothy The Enormous Turnip The Gingerbread Man The Star and The Sun and the Wind
the Colours
Paola Traverso Retold by Ruth Hobart Jennifer Gascoigne Aesop
Paola Traverso
Every night, Dorothy delivers A farmer plants a turnip seed and One day Grandma makes a Retold by Paola Traverso
dreams – to adults, children and overnight it grows into an gingerbread man for tea but, when A very curious star wants to know
even pets. Usually everyone gets enormous turnip! But, even though he is cooked, he jumps off the table what the sun is like. When the Two children are playing with their
the dream they want, but one dark he and his family pull and pull, they and runs away. He doesn’t want to moon calls the stars to go to bed, sheep and the dog. Behind the
night Dorothy can’t see, and she can’t pull the turnip out of the be eaten! Grandma, Grandpa and she hides under a cloud and waits. clouds the wind and the sun are
delivers the wrong dreams… But in ground. Read how, in this retelling Billy and all the animals he passes Little by little the sun comes out having an argument. The wind
this delightful, original tale of a delightful tale, a little mouse try to catch him, but he runs too and a world of colourful things thinks he’s strong, but the sun
everything ends happily as a chorus makes a big difference, and fast for them. Unfortunately, he appears. The star loves what she thinks he’s stronger. When they see
of cats comes to the rescue! everyone enjoys an enormous doesn’t know how to swim! sees and every time she discovers a the children with their coats on
turnip meal. new colour she sings a magic song they decide to compete to take
because she wants to become their coats off. The wind blows and
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A Trip to the Safari Park The Ugly Duckling Henny Penny Little Red Riding Hood
Gigliola Pagano Retold by Ruth Hobart Retold by Emily Flynn Retold by Ruth Hobart
A class of young South African This little duckling is different from Henny Penny is going to the village A modern-looking girl on the way to
schoolchildren go on a trip to a the other ducklings. Everyone when a big acorn falls on her head her grandmother meets an old-
safari park. They have been looking laughs at him, animals and humans from an oak tree. She thinks that fashioned wolf in the woods. But
forward to it and they can hardly alike, and only his mum loves him. the sky is falling and she runs to tell there’s a happy ending. The girl, her
contain their enthusiasm, so their But when spring comes, he sees his the king. Along the road she meets grandmother and a wood-cutter all
teacher has to be very patient! They reflection in the water, and… what Cocky Locky, Ducky Lucky and have tea together, while the wolf
have a lot of laughs and a lot of fun, a change has taken place! other animal friends. They all join runs away, scared but still alive!
but they also manage to learn her, while the fox is waiting for
something! them in the wood. He’s hungry and
he wants to eat the animals. But, at
the last moment, something
unexpected happens…This version
of the traditional tale ends in a
different and quite surprising way.
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The Mad Teacher The Magic Pot Miss Grace Green and Mowgli learns to swim The Owl’s Song
the Clown Brothers
Cristina Ivaldi Emily Flynn Ruth Hobart Paola Traverso
Paola Traverso
Teachers are often rather strange Maggie is very poor and has little to When Mowgli meets the tiger Shere Every early morning the little birds
people, particularly English eat, but fortunately she meets an The four little clown fish just love Khan and isn’t able to cross the in the wood fly everywhere to wake
teachers! They repeat the same old woman that gives her a magic swimming and playing, although river to escape, he realises that he their animal friends up. One day a
words and ask children to say and pot. All Maggie needs to do is to say they are afraid of three particularly must learn to swim. With a little big brown owl comes. He wants to
do absurd things. This teacher, special words and the pot cooks a big, bad fish! But help is at hand in help from his friends Baloo, join the little birds but they do not
however, is not just a bit strange, delicious soup. When Maggie and the shape of Miss Grace Green. This Bagheera, Hathi and the others, want him, because they say he is
he is really mad... raving mad! her mum are hungry, they can have delightful story also shows us how Mowgli discovers that swimming too big and ugly and he can’t sing.
By the end of the story children will soup, a lot of soup! One day, while life is so much better when we live isn’t so difficult after all! The poor owl hides inside an old
realise that a mad teacher can be Maggie is out, something goes together. black tree. But the night comes
better than a sane and boring one! wrong. The magic pot cooks and again and… fairies arrive. It’s time
cooks and it doesn’t stop. The soup for the owl to sing his song. He
goes all over the kitchen, the house, sings beautifully! The fairies start
the garden! Will Maggie arrive in dancing and the night becomes
time and stop the pot? magic!
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Rapunzel Bugaboo Cinderella Maggie and Max Visit
the Wicked Witch the Haunted Castle
Retold by Ruth Hobart Retold by Ruth Hobart
Cristina Ivaldi Gabriella Coates
A witch takes Rapunzel away from Poor Cinderella! She has to do all
her parents when she is a small This is a story about a wicked witch the housework, and her sisters It’s a lovely summer day. Max and
child. When Rapunzel grows into a who is so silly that she is actually won’t take her to the ball! But Maggie decide to go and visit the
beautiful young woman the witch harmless! However, she becomes thanks to a fairy godmother – and castle on the hill near the town.
locks her in a tower in the forest! extremely dangerous when a blow her pets! – she does go to the ball. Everybody says it’s a haunted castle
However, the story ends happily to her head turns her into a good There, the Prince falls in love with but Maggie doesn’t believe it. Max
with Rapunzel reunited with her witch… There is nothing worse than her, but will he find her again? thinks that castles are perfect
parents and then marrying a prince! a very silly person who wants to do homes for ghosts and he is not sure
good, particularly if she has magic that he wants to go.
powers! When they are in the castle lots of
strange things happen! First it’s
only Max who sees funny faces and
people moving in the pictures on
the walls but then Maggie starts
feeling a bit worried, too.
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The Musicians The Jungle Book The Little Mermaid Monster in the Box Peter and the Wolf
of Bremen
Gaia Ierace Retold by Judith Percival Cristina Ivaldi Retold by Ruth Hobart
Retold by Paola Traverso
This delightfully illustrated story, The little mermaid lives in a Bullies at school pick on Bobo, who Peter’s grandfather warns him
A donkey decides to leave his loosely based on Kipling’s The Jungle magical, beautiful world at the is a bit small for his age. Not to about going into the forest: it’s still
master and go to Bremen, the town Book, will introduce children to bottom of the sea, but she wants to worry, for Bobo is a resourceful winter, so the wolves are hungry!
of music. Along the way other Mowgli as a baby and watch him see what the world above is like. young lad with a few surprises of But of course, Peter doesn’t listen...
animals join in: a dog, a cat and a grow up in the jungle with the wolf When she goes up she falls in love his own, and he soon teaches the This version of the much-loved
cock. They all want to go to Bremen family. His teachers, Baloo the bear with a human. What will the little bullies a lesson! Russian tale ends in a way that that
and become musicians. It’s night, and Bagheera the panther, will mermaid have to do to be able to will surprise and delight all readers!
the road is long and they are teach Mowgli a number of have a life in the world above with
hungry... important things about surviving in the man she loves?
the jungle.
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Aesop’s Fables Dracula and his Family Frankenstein at School Freddy Finds the Thief
Retold by Ruth Hobart Gaia Ierace Gaia Ierace Victoria Heward
In three stories three characters This is the ‘ordinary’ life of Count A team of scientists headed by none When the Queen’s golden harp
teach us lessons: the tortoise Dracula, his wife Felicia, their three other than Doctor Frankenstein disappears nobody knows where to
‘slowly but surely’ wins the race; children, Adam, Eve and Brian, and creates a tender-hearted monster, look or what to do. The King offers
the mouse becomes a ‘great little their butler, Roman Blenski. who a group of nosy children find in 500 gold pieces to the person who
friend’ to the mighty lion; the the school lab. can find it. Clever Freddy is the only
country mouse prefers the quiet life one who has the answer and can
back home to the luxury – and find the thief.
dangers – of the town.
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The Magic Puss in Boots Sleeping Beauty Space Monsters Christmas Fun
Computer Mouse
Retold by Judith Percival Retold by Catherine E. White Cristina Ivaldi Ruth Hobart
Nella Burnett-Stuart and
Liz Taylor Daniel is a poor young man who is The King and Queen are proud of Not all aliens are bad. However, Christmas Fun captures that typically
in love with the beautiful Princess their baby daughter, Princess being friends with a kind alien ‘English’ Christmas atmosphere.
Martin, who is very good at English, Caroline. To make matters worse, Aurora, and they invite everyone to may have its negative side too! Father Christmas introduces the
goes to see his penfriend in London. he lives in a village which is a party, including the Flower Especially if it might all be a dream. children to Rudolph the red-nosed
He doesn’t fly there, or take a coach terrorised by an Ogre. But Daniel’s Fairies. But one of the Fairies puts a reindeer and his team. He organises
or catch a train… he arrives there cat comes to the rescue, and finds a curse on Aurora, and despite the an exciting football match between
magically by computer. way of both getting rid of the Ogre King’s precautions, on her sixteenth the Reindeer Rangers and the Polar
and bringing Daniel and the birthday she meets an old lady in a Bears United football clubs.
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Festivals! Halloween Holiday Aladdin Ali Baba and
the Forty Thieves
Ruth Hobart Ruth Hobart Retold by Ruth Hobart
Retold by Catherine E. White
Some festivals are popular all over It’s Halloween and the Beast family A magician tricks Aladdin, but when
the world. Festivals! tells children receive a very special invitation Aladdin rubs an old lamp a genie Ali Baba’s life changes on the day
how Christmas, Easter, Halloween from Dracula. Follow them on their comes out, and life is never the he sees forty thieves hiding their
and other festivities are celebrated adventures as they fly across same again, for him or his mum! treasure in a secret cave and hears
in many countries of the world. Europe to Dracula’s castle in Despite the magician’s plots, the thieves’ leader say the words
The young readers are encouraged Transylvania. Find out what Aladdin manages to keep the magic ‘Open Sesame’ to get into the cave.
to use manual skills to colour in, cut happens when they get lost in the lamp… and the beautiful princess! But before Ali and his family can
out, glue on and create fun forest and all the fun they have enjoy the riches, Ali finds there are
decorations and greetings cards. at Dracula’s amazing Halloween many dangers they have to face…
party!
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The Canterville Ghost Nasreddin – Ten Stories Snow White and Two Monsters Zed the Magician
the Seven Dwarfs
Oscar Wilde Retold by Jennifer Gascoigne Cristina Ivaldi Nella Burnett-Stuart
Retold by Catherine E. White and Liz Taylor
Adapted by Gaia Ierace Nasreddin does and says some How can a health-freak bogey boy
When the American Otis family strange things. Why does he look Snow White’s life is in danger when and a junk-freak human boy put up A lively mystery story involving a
move to their new house in for his key in the garden when he her father marries again and his with living in their demanding magician called Zed, some daring
England, interesting things begin to lost it in the house? Why does he new wife, Queen Bella, becomes families? By the way, which one of schoolchildren and a crime to be
happen – especially when they weigh his cat? Why does he invite a terribly jealous of Snow White’s them is the monster? solved. Readers follow the
meet Mr Ghost! beggar onto his roof? But perhaps beauty. But Queen Bella’s plans fail, adventure, read the clues and find
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think! Read this collection of ten cottage of the seven dwarfs before mystery.
amusing stories and decide! becoming reunited with her father.
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Alice’s Adventures Anne of Bathsheba the Witch Beauty and the Beast Black Beauty
in Wonderland Green Gables
Jane Elizabeth Cammack Jeanne-Marie Leprince Anna Sewell
Lewis Carroll Lucy M. Montgomery de Beaumont
Fairy tale & fantasy – Original Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adapted by Sally M. Stockton Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Activities by Mary Johnson Bathsheba, a beautiful Weather Human interest – Classic
Human interest – Classic Witch, lives with her cat, Cobweb, Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic
Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic on top of a high mountain near the Black Beauty, a handsome and
Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert want village of Sunnyville. The people in A rich man suddenly becomes poor intelligent horse, lives in Victorian
Alice follows the White Rabbit a boy from the orphanage to help the village don’t know about and he goes to live in the country England on a peaceful farm with a
down a rabbit hole and finds herself them on their farm, but the Bathsheba. Her life is peaceful until with his children. One day he goes wonderful master.
in the magical world of orphanage sends them Anne, a one day she goes down to the to the city on business. His But his life changes when he is sold
Wonderland, where anything can funny little girl with long red hair village and meets some of the daughter, Beauty, only wants a to different masters.
happen. who gets up to all kinds of people there, including a very rose. Published in 1877, Black Beauty is
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Five Children and It The Ghost Ship Halloween Horror The Happy Prince
of Bodega Bay and The Selfish Giant
E. Nesbit Gina D. B. Clemen
Gina D. B. Clemen Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Cheryl Thompson Mystery & horror – Original
Mystery & horror – Original Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore
Adventure – Classic It’s fun to get ready for Halloween
When Kate and Mike Sullivan invite and it’s even more fun to have a Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic
Five children go on holiday and their friend Carlos to sail to the spooky Halloween party!
discover a sand fairy near their Farallon Islands on their father’s But what happens to a group of The Happy Prince is the story of the
home! The sand fairy is an unusual new boat, The Pelican, they expect to young teenagers when their touching friendship between the
creature that grants wishes, and see the fascinating birds and Halloween party becomes a living golden statue of the Happy Prince
this is just the beginning of an animals which live there. But this nightmare? Find out what horror is and a little swallow.
incredible adventure for them. exciting boat trip on the Pacific all about in this spine-tingling story! The enchanted garden of The Selfish
The children go from one exciting Ocean turns into a night of horror Giant is the perfect place for
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The Origins of Halloween; Salem
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Marine Sanctuary
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The Jungle Book Just So Stories The Nutcracker Peter Pan Pinocchio
Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling E. T. A. Hoffman J. M. Barrie Carlo Collodi
Adapted by Kelly Reinhart Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Activities by Eleanor Donaldson
Fairy tale and fantasy – Classic Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic Adventure – Classic
Adventure – Classic
Rudyard Kipling surprises us again One Christmas Eve in 19th-century Join Wendy, John and Michael as The world’s most famous puppet
Mowgli, a baby boy, is raised by a with these five tales from the Nuremberg Uncle Drosselmeyer they fly off to Neverland with Peter comes to life in this beautifully
family of loving wolves in India. animal kingdom. Have you ever arrives with presents for everyone Pan, where incredible adventures illustrated book. Meet Pinocchio
Bagheera, the panther, and Baloo, wondered why elephants have such and Clara gets a nutcracker. That await them. Meet the Lost Boys in and join him as he gets into and out
the bear, teach him the laws of the long noses and why leopards have night Clara discovers that her their secret underground home and of all kinds of trouble. Laugh at his
jungle. spots? Do you know why kangaroos nutcracker is much more than a toy. swim with the lovely mermaids in incredible adventures, admire his
The adventure begins! hop around Australia? Find out how Together they go to the magic Land Mermaids’ Lagoon. But watch out courage and find out how he finally
a clever young sailor tricked a of Sweets! But on Christmas for cruel Captain Hook and his becomes a real boy...
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Sandokan The Secret Garden The Secret of the The Tempest
Stones
Emilio Salgari Frances Hodgson Burnett William Shakespeare
Victoria Heward
Adapted by Sally M. Stockton Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore Adapted by Victoria Heward
Activities by Eleanor Donaldson Mystery & horror – Original
Human interest – Classic Human interest – Classic
Adventure – Classic Twins Max and Laura spend an
Life with her uncle is uneventful for exciting summer in a small village Prospero, Duke of Milan, lives on a
Sandokan and his pirates rule the bad-tempered Mary Lennox until near Stonehenge. A mysterious lonely island with his daughter
Malaysian Sea in the 1840s, and the one day she finds a secret garden. symbol, their uncle’s old book of Miranda, Caliban (a monster) and
British want to capture him. One Then Mary meets her cousin Colin, codes and secrets, strange people Ariel (a magic spirit). He learns to
day he meets Marianna, Lord an invalid, who is confined to bed. looking for a secret and much more. do magic and he wants to punish
James’s young niece, and they are With Mary and Dickon’s help Colin The two young and brave his bad brother, Antonio. He creates
immediately attracted to each goes out into the secret garden and ‘detectives’ will be involved in many a magic storm – a tempest. All the
other. discovers the meaning of true exciting adventures. people on Antonio’s ship land on
Their love is impossible, but friendship and happiness. Dossiers: Prospero’s island and many strange
Sandokan and his friend Yanez Dossier: things happen to them.
make a daring plan to take Welcome to Stonehenge; Symbols
Marianna away from her uncle. English Gardens Dossiers:
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The Wind The Wonderful Zorro!
in the Willows Wizard of Oz
Johnston McCulley
Kenneth Grahame L. Frank Baum
Adapted by Sally M. Stockton
Adapted by Rebecca Raynes Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Adventure – Classic
Adventure – Classic Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic
Read about the daring adventures
This classic story, set in the English The incredible adventures of of Zorro, the legendary masked
countryside, features the lovable Dorothy, her dog Toto, the Tin hero of Spanish California. He is a
characters Rat, Mole, Toad and Woodman, the Scarecrow and the champion of justice and an expert
Badger. When Mole decides to Cowardly Lion. Join Dorothy and her with the sword. He is invincible as
leave his underground home and friends as they travel down the he defies corrupt politicians and
meets Rat, he discovers a yellow brick road to the Emerald defends the oppressed.
completely new world on the river City to meet the wonderful Wizard
bank and the Wild Wood. And of Oz. Dossiers:
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The Adventures Akron House American Folk Tales The Black Arrow The Bottle Imp
of Tom Sawyer Mystery
Retold by George Gibson Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson
Mark Twain Gina D. B. Clemen
Legend – Classic Adapted by George Gibson Adapted by Patrizia Caruzzo
Adapted by Sally M. Stockton Mystery & horror – Original Activities by Stuart Cochrane
Enjoy three of America’s most- Mystery & horror – Classic
Adventure – Classic Carol and Steve Taylor move into loved folk tales of the 1800s! Meet Adventure – Classic
an old, mysterious house which Johnny Appleseed, who planted Keawe, a young Hawaiian sailor, is
Join Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn hides many secrets. Carol hears apple seeds across America. Find Set in 15th-century England, this is offered the opportunity to buy a
and their friends as they go on a footsteps at night, Steve finds an out how Pecos Bill became King of the exciting story of Richard bottle containing an imp which will
series of exciting adventures on the old love letter from the American the Cowboys of Texas. Visit a Shelton and the band of the Black grant all his wishes. However, the
Mississippi River. Read about how Civil War and the people in town Southern plantation and laugh with Arrow. bottle must, from then on, be resold
they witness a murder while looking hear a woman crying in the night. cunning Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox. Sir Daniel is like a father to Richard, for a price lower than what he paid
for ghosts in a graveyard, and how Who is trying to give them a but one day Richard discovers a for it, or he will be condemned to
they run away to an island. message and why? Carol, Steve and Dossiers: terrible truth from the past. Now he live out the rest of his days in
their friend Halim solve an must fight against Sir Daniel and his excruciating torment.
Dossiers: incredibly difficult and touching Young America and its Settlers; Life men.
The One-room School; Missouri mystery. on a Ranch; Fox Hunting; Brer Tales Can Richard and the band of the Dossiers:
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Dossiers: England? Captain Cook; Hawaii
The American Civil War; The Lewis Dossier:
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STEP ONE | A2
British and American The Canterville Ghost The Great Adventure Great Expectations I Want To Be You
Festivities at Yellowstone
Oscar Wilde Charles Dickens Andrea M. Hutchinson
Gina D. B. Clemen Gina D. B. Clemen
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adapted by Derek Sellen Human interest – Original
Festivals – Original Adventure – Original Additional activities
Mystery and Horror – Classic by Joanna Burgess Holly and Rosie are cousins but
Why do we celebrate Halloween? Karen, Sally and Alex are three they are very different. When the
What do people do to celebrate the A rich American family decides to teenagers who take a camping trip Human interest – Classic school basketball team fails to win
New Year? Why is the egg a symbol buy a haunted house in England. at Yellowstone National Park. Two the championship because Holly
of Easter? Who invented the They certainly don’t believe in of the park’s wolves are missing and Pip, a poor young boy, receives misses a penalty, Holly discovers
Christmas card? ghosts until they meet Sir Simon – the three teens decide to look for amazing news. Someone has given just how cruel her cousin can be.
This unique book explores the the 300-year old ghost with a them. Their trip becomes an him a vast amount of money and Holly always thought that Rosie
origins of our festivities, their frightening reputation, who takes exciting, yet dangerous adventure wants to make him a gentleman. had everything; lots of friends and
historical significance, and how we his job very seriously. All kinds of when they meet a hungry grizzly Who is his mysterious benefactor? lots of money to buy lots of
celebrate them today. bizarre things happen at Canterville bear, an angry mountain lion and a Is it Miss Havisham, the strange designer clothes. But then she
Chase, until young Virginia meets herd of bison. Will they ever find the lady who lives in an old house with meets a old lady at a fair and soon
Sir Simon… missing wolves? the beautiful Estella? Life is full of finds out that things aren’t always
surprises... what they seem…
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animals at Yellowstone to Australia
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STEP ONE | A2
Jason and the The Last Unicorn Legends from Little Women The Lost Treasure
Argonauts the British Isles of Bodega Bay
Jane Elizabeth Cammack Louisa May Alcott
Retold by Jennifer Gascoigne Retold by Deborah Meyers Gina D. B. Clemen
Fairy tale & fantasy – Original Activities by Eleanor Donaldson Adapted by Kelly Reinhart
Legend – Classic Mystery & horror – Original
It is the summer holidays and Legend – Classic Human interest – Classic
When he was very young, Jason’s Megan’s mother is very ill. She has Kate, Mike and Carlos go on
uncle took the kingdom of Iolkos to stay with her uncle on the Isle of Enjoy four popular legends from Growing up in New England during another trip to Bodega Bay near
from his father, but now Jason Skye in Scotland, but she doesn’t England, Ireland, Scotland and the American Civil War isn’t easy San Francisco, where more than a
wants it back. First he must find want to go. Wales that tell us about a girl who for the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth year ago they found a pirate’s old
and bring back the Golden Fleece. It It is quiet, too quiet, until Megan makes friends with a unicorn, a and Amy. With their father away, treasure map. An incredibly exciting
is a dangerous mission: the meets Ben, her uncle’s neighbour, wizard who casts terrible spells, a they must learn to make sacrifices and dangerous adventure awaits
Argonauts must battle against and sees a silvery unicorn. The king who hides a strange secret and and accept disappointments. them as they follow a mysterious
giants, huge birds and sea unicorn has woken from its long a prince’s loyal dog… all Discover how the four sisters’ clue and go on a treasure hunt to
monsters. sleep and it is Megan who has unforgettable! dreams finally come true in this find a lost treasure from centuries
woken him… timeless classic about love, ago.
Dossiers: Dossiers: kindness, and generosity.
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STEP ONE | A2
A Midsummer Mystery in San The Prince Project Vampire The Railway Children
Night’s Dream Francisco and the Pauper
Victoria Heward E. Nesbit
William Shakespeare Gina D. B. Clemen Mark Twain
Mystery & horror – Original Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore
Adapted by Janet Cameron Mystery & horror – Original Adapted by Kelly Reinhart
Max and Laura are involved in Adventure – Classic
Human interest – Classic An abandoned mansion, a ghostly Adventure – Classic another mysterious case. This time
face at the window and a phantom thief seems to be able to After their father is mysteriously
Hermia and Lysander are in love, mysterious happenings at one of Edward and Tom look alike; in fact, get in and out of important forced to leave home, the three
but Hermia’s father wants the city’s favourite landmarks all they’re identical! They both live in museums in London stealing children and their mother go to live
Demetrius to marry his daughter, mark the start of a thrilling 15th-century London, but there is valuable paintings. Max and Laura in a cottage in the country near a
so Hermia and Lysander decide to adventure for Jim Reilly and his one difference: Edward is a prince decide to explore the area around railway track. The children make
run away to get married. But in teenage friends. and Tom is a pauper. one of the museums. Something friends with the station master, the
the wood some fairies perform Set in San Francisco, California, One day they meet and decide to very spooky is going to happen… porter and a friendly old gentleman.
some magic and some strange this is a mystery story full of play a game. Edward becomes a Peter, Bobbie and Phyllis enjoy
things start to happen... suspense with an unexpected pauper and Tom becomes a prince. Dossiers: several exciting adventures and
twist, solved by three young But something goes wrong. Will even become the heroes of the
Dossiers: detectives. Edward ever return to his palace London museums, Travelling around village. But the mystery of their
and become King of England? London, Top five things to do in father remains unsolved, until one
Fairies, Acting and Theatres in Dossiers: London day…
Shakespeare’s Time Dossier:
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Early Railways
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Robinson EDNIETWION Sherlock Holmes The Treasure The True Story
Crusoe and the Red Circle of Franchard of Pocahontas
Daniel Defoe Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Robert Louis Stevenson Retold by Kelly Reinhart
Adapted by Janet Cameron Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adapted by Deborah Meyers History – Classic
Adventure – Classic Mystery & horror – Classic Human interest – Classic Pocahontas is the touching story of a
Native American princess whose
Young Robinson Crusoe wants to A mysterious lodger has just rented Jean-Marie is an orphan who is courage saved a white man’s life.
see the world, but a storm brings rooms at Mrs Warren’s lodging happily adopted by Doctor Desprez No one could have imagined that
him to an island where he is alone house. She is frightened by this and his wife Anastasie. When the Pocahontas would be the first
and danger is everywhere. Years strange individual, so she asks doctor finds the precious Treasure Native American to marry a white
pass before he meets a friend who Sherlock Holmes to help. He and Dr of Franchard he plans to take his man!
will help him to find his home again. Watson discover cryptic messages, family away from their lovely, old
Written in 1719, Robinson Crusoe is a sinister secret society and a country home go to Paris and live a Dossiers:
one of the most famous and best- terrible murder… rich life. Jean-Marie does not want
loved adventure stories ever told. to go to Paris and during the The Origins of Virginia; Indian Life;
Dossiers: night the treasure mysteriously Virginia Today
Dossiers: disappears…
Victorian Writers; Police and
Robinson Crusoe through the years; Detectives of the 19th Century Dossier:
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Paris in the Nineteenth Century
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Adventures The Call of the Wild David Copperfield Great English Monarchs King Arthur
of Huckleberry Finn and their Times and his Knights
Jack London Charles Dickens
Mark Twain Gina D. B. Clemen Retold by George Gibson
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen History – Original Legend – Classic
Adventure – Classic Human interest – Classic
Adventure – Classic Do you know that Henry VIII was Learn about how Arthur became
Buck, a big happy dog, is David’s life changes for the worse happily married for almost 20 years King and where he found his great
When Huckleberry Finn meets Jim, a kidnapped from his comfortable when his mother dies and he is left to the same queen before meeting sword Excalibur, about his love for
runaway slave, they decide to travel home in California and is sold as a with a cruel stepfather who sends his other wives? Do you know Guinevere, and all about the
North on the mighty Mississippi sled dog in the cold Yukon Territory him to work in London. But he Queen Elizabeth refused to marry in courageous Knights of the Round
River. They have all sorts of during the Klondike Gold Rush of doesn’t want to work in a factory spite of all the men who loved her? Table.
incredible adventures, meet all kinds 1896. His new life in the Northland all his life, so he runs away and And do you know what particular
of people and get into a lot of is difficult, challenging, finds a kind relative who is willing events during Queen Victoria’s long Dossiers:
trouble, until one day... Mark Twain’s adventurous… and full of surprises! to help him. As David grows up, he reign contributed to making the
masterpiece is one of the greatest Dossiers: learns that life is full of trouble, British Empire the biggest ever? Knights; Castles; The Round Table;
novels in American literature. hardship and cruelty. But he also Old Castles of Great Interest and
The Klondike Gold Rush; Wolves finds friendship, kindness and… English monarchs have fascinated others
Dossiers: love. the world for centuries.
America’s Great River: The Dossiers: Dossier:
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Million Dollar Theft Oliver Twist Oscar Wilde’s Robin Hood Treasure Island
in San Francisco Short Stories
Charles Dickens Retold by Gina D. B. Clemen Robert Louis Stevenson
Gina D. B. Clemen Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Legend – Classic Adapted by Derek Sellen
Mystery and Horror – Original Adapted by Victoria Heward
Adventure – Classic Robin Hood, the legendary hero of Adventure – Classic
Two years have passed since Susan, Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic Sherwood Forest, has captured the
Brian and Jim solved a baffling Set in the dark streets of imagination of generations of Read about the thrilling adventures
mystery in San Francisco. This time 19th-century London, this ‘The Young King’ tells how a readers. Why did Robin Hood of young Jim Hawkins and his
they have to solve a million dollar unforgettable classic tells the story shepherd boy becomes a king and become an outlaw? How did Marian friends, who set sail for Treasure
mystery: Mark Twain’s secret diary of Oliver Twist, a penniless orphan realises that money is not worth find Robin in Sherwood Forest? Island in search of treasure.
has just been discovered and who lives through all kinds of human suffering. How was the wicked Sheriff of But will the cruel Long John Silver
publishers all over the world want to hardship for many years. Find out In ‘The Star Child’ a baby is found in Nottingham punished? get to the treasure first?
get their hands on it… but it how, in spite of adverse the forest and discovers his true Dossiers:
suddenly disappears without a clue! circumstances, he finds happiness identity after many adventures. Dossiers: A Pirate Ship; Famous Pirates
Susan, Brian and Jim are determined in the end. ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ is a
to find it. tale of a nightingale who sacrifices Medieval Times in England; Medieval
Dossiers: her life to create the perfect red Life in a Castle Town, Archery; King
Dossiers: rose for a student in love. Richard’s Crusade; The Magna Carta
Child Labour; Crime in Victorian
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and mystery! Treasure Island GREEN APPLE
Jim Hawkins is a boy who lives at the time of the great sailing ships and pirates.
When Jim finds a treasure map, his life changes. He begins an exciting and
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What is the black spot? Who is the crazy sailor who lives alone on the island?
Where is Captain Flint’s treasure?
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GREEN APPLE DRAMA Macbeth Romeo and Juliet
The GREEN APPLE DRAMA titles are William Shakespeare William Shakespeare
versions of Shakespeare’s plays in
comic-strip form and include music Adapted by Victoria Heward Adapted by Victoria Heward
and mime activities. They contain Additional activities by Mary Additional activities by Robert Hill
tips and explanations to help Johnson
students and teachers prepare for a Love – Classic
complete production of these Adventure – Classic
famous plays. They are at Step 2 Nobody can remember why the
level. ‘Hail, Macbeth, who will be king one Capulet family and the Montague
day.’ family hate each other so, when
Special features: On a cold Scottish heath, three Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague
• comic-strip form witches make a prophecy. Inspired meet and fall in love the result is
• information about the author by their words and encouraged by tragic, and peace between the two
• preparatory activities for his evil wife, Macbeth begins his families is possible only after the
trail of destruction to gain and keep death of many people.
diction and mime the Scottish throne.
• tips and explanations on how Dossiers:
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• glossary of dramatic terms Shakespeare the Franciscan Friars; Shakespeare’s
• analysis of the main Theatre
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LEVELS: A2 - C1
STEP ONE | A2
Alaska NEW Alien Alert Home for Christmas A Message from a Ghost Miami Police File:
Adventure! in Seattle the O’Nell Case
Andrea M. Hutchinson Andrea M. Hutchinson
Gina D. B. Clemen Gina D. B. Clemen Gina D. B. Clemen
Activities by Laura Clyde Mystery & horror – Original
Adventure – Original Mystery & horror – Original and Robert Hill Crime – Original
Bella and her friends, Elise and Peter O’Nell, Montego High
Karen and Justin want to celebrate There has been a UFO sighting in Adventure – Original Gracie, are going on a school trip. School’s favourite teacher, goes
Thanksgiving with their family, but the Cascade mountains near But then they get lost. They set out missing in the Bermuda Triangle,
their plans change when an Seattle, Washington, and everyone Three young women need to get to to find their school friends and the and the police can’t solve the case.
earthquake hits Alaska. Their dad, is excited. But no one believes there London from Ireland in time for youth hostel where they should be His students decide to investigate,
who's a petroleum engineer, must could possibly be an alien in town, Christmas. When all flights are staying but before they can find with the help of O’Nell’s dog, Rover.
fly to Alaska to prevent a disaster until Karen, Barbara and Walter cancelled, they are forced to share them, strange and spooky things But the truth behind O’Nell’s
on the pipeline. Karen and Justin notice that one of the teachers at a car and make the journey by road. start to happen. First Bella sees a disappearance is very macabre…
join him in Alaska. When their dad their high school is behaving very They have to decide together what mysterious girl in the woods, then Dossiers:
is stranded at the Arctic Circle strangely. Karen and her friends to do when they find a briefcase full Elise witnesses a discussion Halloween; American High School
during a blizzard, who can possibly start investigating on their own and of money. Then they realise that a between two men which will reveal Sports; The Bermuda Triangle
rescue him? are very surprised by what they car is following them… some dangerous secrets. Their
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STEP ONE | A2
Missing in Sydney Recipe for Success Sherlock Holmes Stories for the Curious Tales from
Stories The Thousand and
Andrea M. Hutchinson Andrea M. Hutchinson M.R. James One Nights
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Activities by Laura Clyde Human Interest – Original Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson Retold by Jennifer Gascoigne
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Adventure – Original Seren wants to go on a school trip Mystery and Horror – Classic Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic
to Paris more than anything. But Crime – Classic
Three best friends are travelling when her Dad won’t even let her What happens when a professor A selection from the famous
around Australia in search of walk home from school by herself, The world’s most famous detective finds an object on the beach? Why collection of Oriental stories: The
adventure before they start how is she going to convince him? solves the case of the horrible does an antiques dealer go to Thousand and One Nights.
university back home in the UK. But Determined not to give up on her murder of a young woman in The Germany to look for hidden Luxurious palaces in India, desert
after celebrating Christmas Day one dream, Seren comes up with a plan. Speckled Band. treasure? Who is the man in the islands in the China seas. But also
of them goes missing. Lisa is just an But she quickly learns that even the Smile with him and Watson as they library? kings, sultans, princesses,
ordinary 18-year-old, so why would best plans can go wrong, and even listen to the puzzling story of one In this collection of ghost stories merchants, sailors and thieves.
anyone want to kidnap her? Amy the biggest dreams can end up of their odd clients, who is not so you can find the answers to these
and Claire are determined to find broken. She needs another plan odd after all, in The Red-Headed and other questions. But will the Dossiers:
her, but they do not know that Lisa fast. But will it be good enough to League. answers terrify or surprise you?
and her kidnapper share a convince her Dad? The Origins of ‘The Arabian Nights’
connection… Dossiers: Dossiers: Baghdad, the city of ‘The Arabian
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Alice’s Adventures Animal Tales Around the World The Boscombe Valley A Dream Come True
in Wonderland in Eighty Days Mystery
R. Kipling, E. Parker Butler, Andrea M. Hutchinson
Lewis Carroll Saki, M. Twain, J. K. Jerome Jules Verne Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Fairy tale & fantasy – Classic Adventure – Classic Crime – Classic
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Join Alice as she follows the white In 1872 a rich English gentleman, A beautiful young woman wants dreams of becoming a singer and
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Wonderland, where anything can discover why elephants have can go around the world in 80 days. terrible murder. All the evidence Glastonbury Festival, where her
happen! Watch Alice change size, trunks, how it’s best to work out So along with his French points to the man she loves, but she favourite singer, Murphy, will be
meet the Mad Hatter and his friend, the correct price for pigs straight manservant, Passepartout, he sets knows that he is not the murderer. playing. But with an overprotective
the March Hare, talk to the smiling away, and what happened when an off on an incredible race against the Here is another baffling case for the dad and important exams to take, it
Cheshire cat, play a game of English lady went hunting for a clock, over land and sea. world’s most popular detective! seems that Ellie’s dreams will have
croquet with the Queen of Hearts, tiger! You will also find a stolen to remain just that, dreams. But one
witness the strangest trial ever and elephant, go boating with three Dossiers: Dossiers: day she sees a competition in a
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The Eighth Sister The Fisherman Hamlet Journey to the Centre
and his Soul Prince of Denmark of the Earth
Victoria Heward
Oscar Wilde William Shakespeare Jules Verne
Human Interest – Original
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there’s something strange going on. A story of love and friendship about The famous mineralogist, Professor
With her cousin Will, she discovers a fisherman who catches a When the ghost of Hamlet’s father Lidenbrock, finds a piece of
a terrifying secret which is mermaid. He lets her go because reveals the terrible secret of parchment in an old book. A
hundreds of years old and a curse she promises to help him fish. Each Elsinore, the result is tragedy. Does message written in code describes a
which has almost destroyed her day the mermaid appears and sings Hamlet really go mad? Does he love secret entrance to another world.
family. It’s a race against time to her song, so he falls in love with Ophelia? Will his plan succeed? The Professor’s nephew, Axel,
solve the mystery and stop the her. However, she cannot marry breaks the code and he and his
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The Jumping Frog Kidnapped The Lost World The Luckiest Girl Murder at
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Andrea M. Hutchinson Gina D. B. Clemen
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Adventure – Classic Lola is fed up with being invisible. The Chumash are American Indians
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Calaveras County depicts one of When his father dies, David Balfour whole world has been explored: rugby star Matt to ask her to the property developer starts building
American history’s most exciting discovers he has inherited the there is nothing left to discover. But prom, but he doesn’t even know homes on the site of their ancient
periods: the California Gold Rush of family home near Edinburgh. But maybe this is not totally true. The she exists. She has a plan that will cemetery, the Chumash become
the 1850s. Come to Angel’s Mining his Uncle Ebenezer also wants the eccentric Professor Challenger says make her the most popular girl in angry.
Camp in California and meet Smiley, house and puts David on a ship to there is a place where dinosaurs school, but is being popular what During the night of the Fourth of
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until one day… adventures across land and sea. expedition to this prehistoric world the world? American Indian warrior appears
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Mystery in The Rajah’s Diamond The Ransom of Red Chief Rob Roy The Secret Garden
New Orleans and Other Stories
Robert Louis Stevenson Sir Walter Scott Frances Hodgson Burnett
Gina D. B. Clemen O. Henry
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Orleans, where Andy and Brian have precious diamond in the world, poetry and he does not want to little girl who goes to live with her
summer jobs, and plan to build a seems to bring bad luck to everyone The Ransom of Red Chief is a enter the family business. The uncle in Yorkshire after the death of
huge shopping center. Mysterious who comes into contact with it. Sir wonderfully funny and ironic story young man is then sent by his her parents in India. She explores
and terrible deaths, and an Thomas Vandeleur’s wife tries to about two inexperienced father to the north of England. the grounds of the house and finds
ecological disaster shock the people sell it to pay her debts. But the kidnappers and their unusual Frank meets a charismatic the secret garden which has been
of New Orleans. Andy, Brian and diamond is stolen and falls into the ‘victim’, with a great surprise Scotsman and an official of the locked up for ten years…
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Stories of Ghosts Time Games The Willing Ghost
and Mystery
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corners of the occult. Sinister suddenly hearing voices? Why can’t thinks there is a noisy ghost in her
ghosts of the past have never left anyone else see the strange boy stately home. Richard investigates,
Barwyke Hall, a man disappears outside the school gates? And why looking into Selena’s life and
mysteriously, the Puritan Reverend does the boy look so like Adam? He discovers that the noise she hears is
Hooper is plagued by a terrible finds the answers he’s looking for not a ghost, but something much
secret sin that forces him to wear a and a lot more besides hundreds of more real and dangerous…
black veil. years in the past.
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The £1,000,000 The Canterville Ghost Classic Detective The Final Problem Great Mysteries
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When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides to Sherlock Holmes battles against a
Have you ever made a bet – a big buy Canterville Chase, everyone criminal organisation in Conan Sherlock Holmes is the world’s only Was Nostradamus really a prophet
bet? tells him that the house is haunted Doyle’s The Five Orange Pips; in consulting detective. He helps or were his predictions a mere
In the 1850s, a young American by a ghost. Strange things begin to Dickens’s Hunted Down a Scotland Yard to solve mysteries coincidence? What mystery lies
finds himself in London by chance. happen: a bloodstain that changes murderer is brought to justice; in they can’t solve. Surely no-one can behind the curse of the tomb of the
He is penniless, and yet he leads colour, mysterious noises in the The Stir Outside the Café Royal by defeat Sherlock Holmes... or can Egyptian pharaoh King Tut? Does
the luxurious life of a millionaire. night, a journey to the Garden of Rook a woman tracks down her they? In this collection of short evil really exist and what forms can
How can he do this? Death… fiancé’s killer; and in Chesterton’s stories, Holmes comes face to face it take?
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STEP THREE | B1.2
Gulliver’s Travels The Hound of The Importance Jane Eyre
the Baskervilles of Being Earnest
Jonathan Swift Charlotte Brontë
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Jeremy Fitzgerald Adapted by Jenny Pereira
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of Lilliput, where the people are Dr Watson is sent to Devonshire to women want to marry a man called unattractive orphan, becomes a
tiny, and their self-importance investigate the death of Sir Earnest. But who is Earnest? Is he a governess at Thornfield Hall and
laughable; in Brobdingnag, where Baskerville, who has been mutilated badly behaved brother, the ideal falls in love with Edward Rochester,
the people are giants and Gulliver is by a large dog according to the fiancé or Lady Bracknell’s nephew the guardian of her ward. But she
made to feel his own insignificance; tradition of the curse of the house and fun-loving bachelor, Algernon soon discovers that he is hiding a
in Laputa, the land of futile science; of the Baskervilles. The new heir to Moncrieff? Follow the incredible terrible secret…
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Julius Caesar Kim Lord Arthur Savile’s Love in Shakespeare: The Master of
Crime and Other Five Stories Ballantrae
William Shakespeare Rudyard Kipling Stories
Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by James Butler Adapted by Kenneth Brodey Oscar Wilde
Activities by Adeline Richards Love – Classic Adapted by Kenneth Brodey
Human Interest – Classic Adapted by Justin Rainey Activities by Nora Nagy
Tragedy – Classic In The Taming of the Shrew,
Kim, a young Irish boy, lives alone Human interest – Classic Katharina learns to love Petruchio Human interest – Classic
There is discontent in Rome. The on the streets of the Indian city of only after she has learnt to be an
aristocrats are worried that Julius Lahore. He meets an old Tibetan At Lady Windermere’s party a obedient wife. Romeo and Juliet’s Stevenson investigates into the
Caesar will seek to become king. A lama who is looking for a sacred famous palm reader predicts that love is destined to end in tragedy. nature of good and evil in this novel
group of conspirators led by Brutus river. The boy and the old man Lord Arthur Savile will commit a In Twelfth Night, love is romantic set in 1745, the year many in
decides to assassinate Caesar. At become great friends and travel murder… but also painful, while in Othello Scotland fought to put a Scottish
first everything seems to go well for across British India. This is Rudyard Read about Lady Alroy’s mysterious love turns into jealousy. And in the king on the British throne. Two
them, but soon the conspirators Kipling’s greatest book – a story ways in ‘The Sphinx without a final story, Antony and Cleopatra’s brothers become involved in this
find themselves pursued by the about the British empire, spies, Secret’ and how it pays to be nice passionate love has tragic historical event.
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Les Misérables Moonfleet The Phantom The Pickwick Papers
of the Opera
Victor Hugo John Meade Falkner Charles Dickens
Gaston Leroux
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After spending nineteen years in Mystery & horror – Classic
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last. But what does the future hold Moonfleet, an English village with A mysterious ghost is haunting the Pickwick and three other members
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