Pearson English Graded Readers 2019
For the joy of reading Welcome to the 2019 Contents
Pearson English Graded Pearson English Kids Readers 8 - 34 Readers Catalogue Marvel 12 - 13 Disney 14 - 21 Poptropica English 22 - 23 Classic, Contemporary & Original 24 - 26 Inspiring stories, incredible choice, improved learning Roald Dahl 28 - 29 CLIL 30 - 34 App 35 The pages of our 2019 Pearson English Graded Readers catalogue present over 480 superb titles to inspire and motivate learners of every age. Pearson English Story Readers 36 - 43
From children’s fairytales and Marvel kids and cinematic tiles, to best-selling thrillers and Story Readers 40 - 43 non-fiction, these titles present an unbeatable selection of books for students to enjoy. Pearson English Active Readers 44 - 59 They are all built around carefully graded English, a comprehensive language syllabus and activities to develop learners’ abilities and confidence in English. Active Readers 48 - 59
Here you will find well-loved favourites, as well as many brand new titles to explore. Pearson English Readers 60 - 116
Marvel 65 Happy reading! Doctor Who 69 English Readers 72 - 116
2 3 For the Pearson English Kids Readers Joy of Delight young learners with colourful illustrations, unforgettable characters and engaging stories – all presented in accessible English. From classic tales to exciting original adventures, favourite Disney movies and fantastic stories Reading from Marvel, , our Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) allows learners to discover the world around them.
Reading is one of the most powerful and effective ways for students to learn a language and express themselves. Carefully written and graded into distinct ability levels, Pearson Pearson English Story Readers English Graded Readers bring the joy of reading and opportunities for learning into the hands of every student, whatever their age or ability. Use timeless children’s tales to create a wonderful, shared reading experience perfect for use with young learners in the classroom or at home. From classic children’s stories, to blockbuster film titles, bestselling novels and fresh original stories, our huge range of over 480 Graded Readers feature some of the world’s best-loved authors and some of the greatest stories ever told. Pearson English Active Readers
Provide a more structured and intensive learning experience with regular comprehension exercises throughout each book. Ideal for classroom use, the extra educational content helps build vocabulary, prepares students for English tests, and encourages collaborative learning.
Pearson English Readers
Great for use in the classroom, they are also perfect for learners who enjoy reading for pleasure, on their own terms, at home or on the move. They offer an incredible range of popular titles and best-selling authors across a range of genres written for teenage and adult learners.
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4 5 Intensive and Extensive Reading Making reading accessible to all
Programmes With different ability levels, Pearson English Graded Readers are perfect for all English language students. From beginners and young learners taking their first steps into Pearson English Graded Readers are often used in one of two ways: for reading English, to more advanced learners looking to expand their vocabulary and improve reading fluency. intensive reading or extensive reading. These two approaches serve different purposes, and can be used together in a complementary way to aid in At each level, the texts are expertly written and edited to ensure the language, vocabulary and grammar is carefully graded so that they are accessible to the language development. student. Learners can experience the satisfaction of reading stories in English themselves, but meet the right level of challenge to reinforce and expand their English ability. What is extensive reading? What is intensive reading? Students read for enjoyment, without Students read books in detail, focus on having to stop and focus on unknown challenging text, and complete tasks to aid Pearson English Graded Readers vocabulary; they read a large number of comprehension and further develop their stories to increase their overall reading language skills. fluency. For Kids For Teens and Adults
Pearson English Readers Pearson English Active Readers Created for extensive reading. They Designed to be used for intensive reading. Pearson Pearson Pearson Pearson They provide: provide: English English English English • a large choice of titles covering • the right level of challenge for intensive different genres so that students reading, to ensure progress in language Kids Story Active Readers choose books they will enjoy and are acquisition Readers Readers Readers motivated to read more • vocabulary and grammar tasks that • optional activities that allow students develop and assess language acquisition to check their understanding and check comprehension 6 levels 4 levels 5 levels 7 levels • texts in a variety of formats to suit • activities to enhance and build on different learning styles developing language skills
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6 7 Pearson English Kids Readers Inspiring young learners with the joy of reading
With their colourful illustrations, Marvel titles – young readers will love the Pearson English Kids Readers are graded across 6 levels. unforgettable characters and engaging full-colour illustrations that highlight the stories, young learners will love exploring action throughout every story The complexity, scope and volume of written English within each book is carefully graded our wide range of Kids Readers. Disney titles – feature some of the most at each level according to a rigorous system unique to Pearson English Kids Readers. From Disney favourites and timeless fairy popular and well-loved characters in The grading system considers the language which a learner is likely to have studied in class, tales, to epic adventures and discovering engaging and exciting tales from Disney or be able to understand from the context and illustrations. science and the natural world, the Poptropica English titles – 6 books The clear language guidelines mean levels can be accurately matched to the internationally accessible English and lively content in to accompany our popular Primary ELT recognised standards of the Cambridge Young Learners English Tests (CYLET). every Person English Kids Reader will keep course or just great to read on their own young readers engaged and motivated to learn. Roald Dahl’s titles – much-loved stories The Global Scale of English and the Common European Framework of Reference from one of the most imaginative writers of Pearson English Kids Readers are aligned to the Global Scale of English and Common European our time Framework of Reference. Components Classic, Contemporary & Original – The Global Scale of English (GSE) is the first truly global English language standard, allowing Printed Reader children can enjoy tales and characters teachers to more accurately and easily measure learner progress. Downloadable audio they know and love, as well as discover new Based on research involving over 6000 teachers from more than 50 countries, it extends the Downloadable Teachers’ Support adventures Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) by pinpointing on a scale from 10 to 90 Materials CLIL (Content and Language what needs to be mastered for the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing within a Integrated Learning) titles – help CEFR level, using a more granular approach. children explore the world around them Downloadable Teachers Resources Levels CEFR GSE* CYLET PTE YL include: teaching notes and guidance, photocopiable worksheets, classroom Level 1 Level 4 A1/A2+ 27-38 Movers Springboard/ Quickmarch Level 5 A2/A2+ 30-40 Movers/Flyers Quickmarch/ Breakthrough Level 6 A2+/B1 36-48 Flyers Breakthrough *Find out more about the Global Scale of English (GSE) at english.com/GSE See more at: readers.english.com 8 9 Activities What’s in a Pearson English Kids Readers ? before and after Answer keys are reading. availableAnswer in the keys are downloadableavailable in the teacherdownloadable Develops resources.teacher resources. vocabulary Activity page 1 Before You Read Encourages discussion 1 Match the animal words and pictures. hyena Simba lived with TimonGraded and language Pumbaa for many years. Bring the You can use a dictionary. lion provides the story to life Simba became a big lion.right level a lioness b c of challenge 2 Provides elephant with enjoyment Activity page interest and meerkat Aid motivation comprehension in the story warthog After You Read wildebeest Makes reading 1 Write in your exercise book about the animalsd in the story.e f g accessible Provide to all a stimulus for discussion Appealing and NAME: ______colourful images NAME: Pumbaa NAME: Timon ANIMAL: ______from the film feature NAME: Nala ANIMAL: 2 Look ______at the pictures and answer the questions. ANIMAL: ______SIMBA’S ______on every page. ANIMAL: lioness SIMBA’S ______SIMBA’S ______What do you think? One day, the three friends were in a new part of the SIMBA’S friend a b c jungle. Suddenly, a lioness jumped out at Pumbaa. 2 Read and write True (T) or False (F). “Help!” cried the warthog. a Simba is the king at the start of the story. Mufasa tells Simba about a secret place with animal bones. “She’s going to eat me!” b c There is a wildebeest stampede in the desert. Simba heard his d Scar kills his brother. 1 Who is the king? friend and jumped e Simba is afraid of Nala. 2 Who wants to be the king? between the lioness f Simba tells Scar to run away. 3 Who is the king’s son? and the warthog. 3 Choose one of these parts of the story and draw a picture of it. a The hyenas run after Simba and Nala. 23 Downloadableb Timon and Pumbaa Teacher find SimbaM01_LION_REA_04GLB_6975.indd Resources in the desert. 23 to support lessons include: c Simba fights Scar. 10/11/2011 16:18 4 Write about your picture in Activity 3. Teachera What notes is happening? include a story summary, While-reading and after-reading background information, an exploration Photocopiable Activity Worksheets to b Where is it happening? 14 of book themes, character overview, complete key cwords What and happens notes next?on photocopiable activities M01_LION_REA_04GLB_6975.indd 14 24 Answer keys for all activities 10/11/2011 16:18 10/11/2011 16:16 Class activities for after reading MP3 Audio brings stories to life, models It was the start of a new time. M01_LION_REA_04GLB_6975.indd 24 Carefully graded that practice vocabulary, help with correct pronunciation, familiarises users language across 6 Simba was the Lion King now, and he was kind and comprehension, practice communication with different accents. levels makes reading skills and are motivating and fun! accessible to all strong. children. With his friends next to him, he stood on the high Key words presented in context with page reference Visit rock and looked down at the lands below him. readers.english.com He remembered his father’s words. There was a circle to download your resources of life, and now Simba was a part of that circle. 10 11 22 10/11/2011 16:17 M01_LION_REA_04GLB_6975.indd 22 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS MARVEL LEVEL 2 Pearson English Kids Readers MARVEL Bringing thrilling Super Hero action to the English classroom! 2 Levels 2 Levels Exciting Marvel stories re-told for young learners of English. Marvel’s Avengers Freaky Marvel’s Spider-Man The Thor Day Story of Spider-Man Stunning graphics enhance the action on the page Re-told by Coleen Degnan-Veness Re-told by Coleen Degnan-Veness Kendra is a schoolgirl. She likes Thor. He is Peter Parker is a clever high school student. Full audio available to download from readers.english.com her favorite Avenger! Thor has a hammer and A dangerous spider is on Peter’s hand – OW! Kendra has a backpack. Now he is Spider-Man! He sees a robber – Comprehensive teachers’ notes and photocopiable resources available for POP! Kendra’s backpack is very heavy. what does he do? Is he a super hero? each title American English American English 16 pages 16 pages 342 words 297 words ISBN 9781292206226 ISBN 9781292206004 LEVEL 3 Marvel’s Spider-Man The Marvel’s Avengers Call for Swashbuckling Spider Backup Re-told by Marie Crook Re-told by Marie Crook Nick Fury asks Spider-Man to help because The Thanos wants to find the leaders of Earth. Iron Avengers are away. Spider-man falls through Man knows he has to get help from his super a portal onto a pirate ship and there are many hero friends and fight Thanos. Can they stop pirates to fight. Can Spider-Man and his new Thanos and his dangerous army? friend win the fight? American English American English 24 pages 24 pages 749 words 711 words ISBN 9781292205786 ISBN 9781292205960 © 2019 MARVEL © 2019 MARVEL 12 13 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS DISNEY LEVEL 1 Pearson English Kids Readers DISNEY Disney classics re-told for young learners! 2 Levels 6 Levels From the hilarious Toy Story to the timeless charm of Pinocchio, these classic Disney tales are adored by children all around the world. Young learners will love reading their Disney Peter Pan Disney Princess Sleeping Disney Winnie the Pooh and favourites. Comes to London Beauty the Money Tree Nicola Schofield Caroline Laidlaw Melanie Williams Classic movies faithfully re-told with graded language Wendy, John, and Michael live in a house in Princess Aurora lives in a big castle. Prince Winnie the Pooh is hungry. He looks in the London. Peter Pan and Tinker Bell go to London Phillip is her friend. The Princess puts one hand house. Oh, no! There is no honey here. The Beautifully illustrated with scenes from Disney movies and fly in to the house. Who is Peter Pan? Who on a spindle and she sleeps and sleeps. Does bees have honey. Winnie the Pooh wants the is Tinker Bell? And what is Neverland? Princess Aurora see Prince Phillip again? honey. Activity pages engage learners and aid comprehension American English American English American English 16 pages 16 pages 16 pages Comprehensive teachers’ notes and photocopiable resources available for 117 words 104 words 128 words each title ISBN 9781408288528 ISBN 9781408288511 ISBN 9781408288542 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 Disney Princess Cinderella Disney Dumbo Disney Pixar Finding Nemo: Disney Bambi Disney The Jungle Book: Disney Princess Kathryn Harper Kathryn Harper Nemo in School Dr Barbara Ingham Mowgli Meets Baloo The Little Mermaid: Cinderella is sad. Her sisters are at the dance at Dumbo is a baby elephant with big ears. Big, Melanie Williams Bambi, Thumper and Flower play and learn Nicola Schofield Ariel and the Prince the Big House. POOF! It is the Fairy Godmother. BIG, BIG EARS! Dumbo Nemo is a fish. Nemo and his Dad live in the about the forest. One day, all the deer are in the Mowgli is a boy. He lives in the jungle. The Kathryn Harper Does Cinderella go to the dance? Does she see is sad. A bird gives Dumbo a magic feather. forest. Suddenly, there is a loud noise. BANG! ocean. It is the first day of school today. Who dangerous tiger does not like Mowgli. Mowgli Ariel is a mermaid. One day she sees a Prince the Prince? Dumbo flies! Bambi runs quickly. Where is his mother now? does Nemo see? meets Baloo the bear. Can Baloo help Mowgli? on a boat. Suddenly there is a storm. Can Ariel American English American English American English American English American English help the Prince? 16 pages 16 pages 24 pages 16 pages 16 pages 132 words 122 words American English 726 words 264 words 189 words 16 pages 250 words ISBN 9781408288191 ISBN 9781408286999 ISBN 9781292205786 ISBN 9781408288573 ISBN 9781408288566 ISBN 9781408288177 14 15 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS DISNEY LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Disney Pixar Monsters, Inc Disney Princess Snow White Disney Pixar Toy Story 1 Disney Lady and the Tramp Disney Pinocchio Disney Pixar Toy Story 2 Dr Barbara Ingham and the Seven Dwarfs Caroline Laidlaw Rachel Wilson Melanie Williams Paul Shipton Mike and Sulley are friends. They are monsters! Kathryn Harper Andy is a boy with toys. Woody, the sheriff, is Tramp is very different than Lady, she lives in a Pinocchio is a puppet, but he can move, he can Buzz and the other toys want to save Woody, Every night the monsters scare children in their Seven little dwarfs live in the house and love his favorite toy. It’s Andy’s birthday. He gets a house, and he is a street dog. One day a baby walk and he can talk. Pinocchio goes to school but Jessie shows him he is a famous toy. beds. One day, Sulley opens a door. He meets Snow White. The Queen is angry. She makes new toy, a space ranger. But can Woody and arrives in Lady’s house and she has to leave. but Honest John and Giddy see him. ‘We can Woody has new friends now and it’s nice to be Boo! Can Sulley, Mike, and Boo be friends? a poisoned apple for Snow White. Does Snow the space ranger be friends? Can Tramp and Lady be friends? make a lot of money!’ they say. Can Pinocchio famous. Does he want to go home? find his way home? Can he find his father? Will American English White eat the apple? American English British English American English he ever be a real boy? 16 pages American English 16 pages 24 pages 24 pages 266 words 16 pages 225 words 784 words British English 736 words 229 words 24 pages 760 words ISBN 9781408288580 ISBN 9781408288559 ISBN 9781408288597 ISBN 9781408288603 ISBN 9781408288610 ISBN 9781408288634 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 Disney 101 Dalmations Disney Princess Beauty and Disney Pixar A Bug’s Life Disney The Aristocats Disney Chicken Little Disney Pixar The Incredibles Marie Crook the Beast Marie Crook Paul Shipton Marie Crook Helen Parker Pongo and Perdita are Dalmatian dogs and have Caroline Laidlaw Every day the ants have to find food but the Duchess and her kittens live in a fine house. When the sky fell, the people listened to Chicken The Incredibles are a family of superheroes, 15 puppies. Cruella De Vil wants to make a new Belle rides her horse through the forest. The grasshoppers come and take it. Flik has an O’Malley is a cat with no home. Edgar the butler Little. But when aliens came, the people did but people do not want superheroes anymore. fur coat and steals the puppies! All the animals horse is scared. Suddenly, they see the Beast’s idea. Can he find some friends to help? Can has an evil plan. Can O’Malley and his friends not listen! Will his father listen to the truth? Can Mr. Incredible gets a normal boring job. are looking for the puppies. Can they save them enchanted castle. Who is the Beast? What is she they work together to fight the grasshoppers? stop him and save Duchess and the kittens? Chicken Little save the town from the aliens? One day he gets a message. He must stop in time? going to find in the castle? Syndrome the Omnidroid! British English American English American English British English American English American English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 678 words 1,142 words 1,126 words 745 words 1,144 words 756 words ISBN 9781408287316 ISBN 9781408288627 ISBN 9781408287330 ISBN 9781408288658 ISBN 9781408288665 ISBN 9781408288689 16 17 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS DISNEY LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 Disney The Lion King Disney Robin Hood Disney Pixar Toy Story 3 Disney The Hunchback of Disney Pixar Ratatouille Disney Pixar WALL-E Paul Shipton Jocelyn Potter Paul Shipton Notre Dame Paul Shipton Helen Parker Mufasa was the king of the Pride Lands. He was Prince John wanted to be king, and he wanted Andy is older now and doesn’t need his toys. Jocelyn Potter Remy the rat loves to cook. He goes to Paris and People have escaped a dirty and dangerous also Simba’s father. ‘You are going to be king of money. In Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood and his Woody and his friends arrive at their new Quasimodo’s master Frollo keeps him trapped finds the restaurant of a famous chef. There, he planet Earth, where a little robot, WALL-E, all this,’ Mufasa told his son. But Simba’s uncle, friends hated Prince John. They robbed him and home, a place where children don’t know how inside the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral. Why helps a boy who works in the kitchen to make moves through mountains of trash. When Scar, had a different plan. Who will be The Lion gave the money to the poor. to play with toys. Woody must help his friends does Frollo hate the gypsies? Can Quasimodo delicious food. WALL-E finds a small, green thing and sees a King? escape. strange red light, his life changes. American English find out the truth and can he find true love? American English American English American English 24 pages British English 32 pages American English 24 pages 24 pages 1,188 words 32 pages 2,166 words 32 pages 1,146 words 1,165 words 2,211 words 2,093 words ISBN 9781408286975 ISBN 9781408288641 ISBN 9781408288672 ISBN 9781408288702 ISBN 9781408288726 ISBN 9781408288733 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 6 Disney Aladdin Disney Alice in Wonderland Disney Hercules Disney Atlantis: The Lost Disney Pixar Cars Disney Lilo & Stitch Jocelyn Potter Paul Shipton Jocelyn Potter Empire Marie Crook Paul Shipton ‘One day we’ll be rich and we’ll always have ‘I’m late for a very important date!’ said the white Hercules is born to Hera and Zeus, the Marie Crook Lightning McQueen wanted to be the most A lonely little girl called Lilo lives on a beautiful enough to eat,’ said Aladdin. Follow him to the rabbit nervously. He wore clothes and he held a greatest of the gods. Hades, the god of the famous race car in the world. Join him on his long island. Something strange happens; a spaceship Thousands of years ago, a great storm came and Cave of Wonders and see if a Genie and a Magic big watch in one paw. Let’s follow Alice and the dead, wants to take control of the world from drive to California. Who does he meet? What does falls from the sky and there is a little blue creature. the whole of Atlantis disappeared. Milo studied Carpet can help his dreams come true. rabbit to Wonderland! Zeus, and only Hercules can stop him. he learn? Does he win the Piston Cup? What does he want, and can it help Lilo? Atlantis and taught his students everything he American English American English American English knew. Many did not believe him. Was it a real place? American English American English 32 pages 32 pages 32 pages 40 pages 40 pages 2,200 words 2,132 words 2,221 words American English 3,304 words 3,392 words 40 pages 3,229 words ISBN 9781408287354 ISBN 9781408287378 ISBN 9781408288719 ISBN 9781408288184 ISBN 9781408288788 ISBN 9781408288771 18 19 LEVEL 6 Pearson English Kids Readers DISNEY Disney classics re-told for young learners! 6 Levels Disney classics re-told for young learners Disney Princess Mulan Disney Princess Pocahontas Disney Pixar Up Paul Shipton Andrew Hopkins Coleen Degnan-Veness Centuries ago in China, a young woman called In 1607, John Smith and his sailors were excited Read about Carl’s amazing adventure. He is an Classic movies re-told with graded language Mulan wanted to bring honour to her family. Join about traveling to the new land for adventures old man, and thousands of balloons on ropes her on her adventure as she tries to save her and finding gold. What will John and his friends are coming out of his chimney, pulling his house Beautifully illustrated with scenes from Disney movies family, her friends, and her country. find in the new land? Will they meet Indians? UP into the air! American English American English American English Activities encourage learning and aid comprehension 40 pages 40 pages 40 pages 3,536 words 3,419 words 3,533 words ISBN 9781408288757 ISBN 9781408288740 ISBN 9781408288764 20 Find out more at readers.english.com 21 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS POPTROPICA ENGLISH LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 6 Pearson English Kids Readers POPTROPICA ENGLISH Discover a world of adventure! 2 Levels 6 Levels Original adventure stories will delight children with thrilling tales featuring exciting Poptropica English Poptropica English Poptropica English characters, aliens, pirates and robots! Movie Studio Island Adventure Ice Island Adventure Future Island Adventure Hawys Morgan Coleen Degnan-Veness Hawys Morgan Fast-moving stories keep young learners engaged Max and Clara meet Zack, who is making a Jason Strong, the explorer, and his cousins On the island of Verdana, there are no trees Appealing colourful illustrations throughout pirate movie on the beach. But Zach can’t find Megan and Greg, are looking for yetis on Ice or animals. Streets are dirty and polluted, and Captain Crab’s pirate costume! ‘Can we help you Island. But something strange is happening - it horrible robots chase the children! Can Popp find it?’ ask the children. is getting warmer. Can Jason save the town and and his young friends clean up the island and Activity pages engage learners and aid comprehension the polar bears? stop the robots? American English 24 pages American English American English 1,123 words 32 pages 40 pages 2,159 words 3,484 words ISBN 9781447971382 ISBN 9781408288443 ISBN 9781408288498 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Poptropica English Poptropica English Poptropica English Family Island Adventure Tropical Island Adventure Space Island Adventure Catherine Prentice Nicola Schofield Nicola Schofield It’s the fair! Hooray! Bobby, Tabitha, Josh, and Tara, Tessa, and Tim are going to Parrot Island. Peter, Pepper, and Captain Cloud stop at Waldo are excited. Tabitha has a bag. Oh no! Suddenly, their boat stops! They can see their Space Island. They meet some friendly green Where is her book? Where is her orange juice? home, but they cannot get there! Can the aliens, but the aliens need their help. A big Where is her chocolate? Waldo is hungry! children make a new boat? Can the parrots help meteor is coming! Can they rescue Space them? Island? British English 16 pages American English American English 120 words 16 pages 24 pages 272 words 718 words ISBN 9781447979951 ISBN 9781447979975 ISBN 9781408288351 22 23 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS CLASSIC, CONTEMPORARY AND ORIGINAL STORIES LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 Pearson English Kids Readers CLASSIC, CONTEMPORARY & ORIGINAL STORIES 2 Levels 6 Levels Winston the Wizard Pirate Patch and Thumbelina Melanie Williams the Treasure Map Hans Christian Andersen / Nicola Featuring stories and characters children know and love, as well as new adventures Winston is a magic wizard. He does a magic Helen Parker Schofield to discover and enjoy spell. ‘Oh no! My black cat is a dog now! Where Pirate Patch and his friends read a map and Thumbelina is a very small girl. One night, an is my wand? Where is my magic? I want my cat!’ look for treasure – but bad Captain Blackbeard ugly toad takes her. She is scared, she wants Activity pages engage learners and aid comprehension American English is following them, and sharks are near their to go home! She meets fish, insects, and a 16 pages boat! Can they find the treasure? bird. Can she find a prince? 144 words MP3 audio and teachers’ support material available American English American English 16 pages 16 pages 263 words 252 words ISBN 9781447931270 ISBN 9781408288290 ISBN 9781408288306 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 Magic Toys go on Holiday Rainbow Bird Rory Wants a Pet Shaun the Sheep: The Wizard of Oz Pollyanna Caroline Laidlaw Caroline Laidlaw Melanie Williams Save the Tree L. Frank Baum / Helen Parker Eleanor H. Porter/ Sam and Amy go on holiday to Thailand. Sam Lorikeet is sad. ‘I’m a grey bird. I like colours – Rory is a dinosaur. He wants a pet. He wants a Kathryn Harper A great storm takes Dorothy, and her dog, to Colleen Degnan-Veness has a toy spider. Amy has a toy cat and a tablet. red, blue, green and yellow!’ He sees a rainbow cat, a bird or an elephant. What is the big ball Shaun the Sheep and his friends are having Oz. Dorothy meets new friends: a scarecrow, a Orphan Pollyanna Whittier is helping people What is that magic picture on her tablet? in the sky! Now, his head is blue and his tail is in the kitchen? a party in their favourite tree. But the farmer tin man, and a lion. Can they help her find the in the town play the glad game, and they feel green. He is a beautiful rainbow bird! British English It moves! Is it a pet? wants to cut down the tree! Can Shaun and his Wizard and go home to her family? happier. Then, one day, a terrible accident 16 pages British English British English friends stop the farmer and save it? American English happens! Can it stop Pollyanna’s smile? 129 words 16 pages 16 pages 24 pages British English British English 131 words 124 words 782 words 24 pages 24 pages 727 words 1,191 words ISBN 9781408288245 ISBN 9781408288252 ISBN 9781447931287 ISBN 9781447931348 ISBN 9781408288344 ISBN 9781408288405 24 25 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 Grading of language – Headwords/vocabulary Pearson English Kids Readers are written using a cumulative list of Headwords, with 200 new words per level, reaching 1,200 words by Level 6. This list is based on what a learner at each level is likely to have studied in class or is able to understand from the context and illustrations. The list of Headwords covers 25 Topics or Word Groups, as listed in the example below. These topics are refined into more than Sherlock Holmes Stories The Wind in the Willows Mole Gulliver’s Travels Lilliput 170 Subtopics. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rat become Friends Jonathan Swift / Melanie Williams Enjoy two great stories about the famous Kenneth Grahame / Melanie Williams When his ship hits a rock, Gulliver swims to an detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Rat shows his friend, Mole, many things and island called Lilliput and meets a group of tiny Dr Watson. What is the strange “League of Pearson English Kids Readers - Topics and Subtopics they make new friends: Otter, Toad, Badger and people. Will Gulliver help the Lilliputians win Redheads”? Why was an important exam paper the Hedgehogs. But one day Mole starts to cry... their war? Will they help him get home again? on the floor in “The Three Students”? can Rat help Mole find his way home? British English British English British English 32 pages 24 pages 24 pages 2,105 words Actions Activities and free time Animals 1,167 words 1,166 words Breaking or damaging Art and media Animal homes ISBN 9781447931294 ISBN 9781408288399 ISBN 9781408288450 Closing and opening Competitions Animal noises and behaviour LEVEL 6 Doing a task or job Daily routine Animal parts Falling or not falling Games Insects and small Hiding, losing and finding Hobbies and activities animals Moving in a particular Internet and computer Pets and farm animals direction Music Wild and garden animals Moving or holding Musical instruments someone or something Sports Moving your body Sports equipment Showing your feelings Teams and clubs Touching, hitting or throwing Toys The Secret Garden Wallace and Gromit, A Matter Using your senses TV, theatre and cinema Frances Hodgsen Burnett / Caroline of Loaf and Death Laidlaw Caroline Laidlaw Mary is not happy in her new home, but soon Wallace and his dog Gromit have a new business – discovers the key to a secret garden and meets a bakery. When Wallace meets Piella Bakewell, he new friends. Can they make the secret garden falls in love. But Gromit discovers a terrible, dark beautiful again? And can they help Colin walk again? secret, and has to work fast to save his friend. British English British English 40 pages 40 pages 3,558 words 3,457 words ISBN 9781408288504 ISBN 9781447931386 26 27 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS ROALD DAHL LEVEL 5 Pearson English Kids Readers ROALD DAHL 2 Levels Levels 2-6 Fantastically funny and bursting with imagination, children across the globe adore these timeless tales from one of the best-loved authors of all time. George’s Marvellous Medicine Charming colourful illustrations from Quentin Blake throughout Roald Dahl Activity pages engage learners and aid comprehension George’s grandmother was a nasty old woman. George has a marvellous idea: he makes a MP3 audio and teachers’ support material available magic medicine from all the runny, powdery and gooey things in the house. Open your mouth wide Grandma! British English 32 pages 2,175 words ISBN 9781408288368 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 The Enormous Crocodile The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me The Twits Roald Dahl Roald Dahl Roald Dahl The Enormous Crocodile is horrible. He eats Billy and his three friends - a giraffe, a pelican Mr and Mrs Twit are bad. They hit animals and boys and girls, and he is hungry! Now the and a monkey - clean the windows of a rich children, glue birds’ feet to trees, and make a crocodile is hiding and the children cannot see Duke’s house. But there is a jewel thief in the poor monkey do tricks. But the Roly-Poly bird him. Can Humpy-Rumpy, Trunky, Muggle-Wump house! Can they stop him? wants to help the monkeys and turn the Twits and the Roly-Poly bird help the children? upside-down! British English British English 16 pages British English 16 pages 806 words 24 pages 243 words 1,167 words ISBN 9781447931324 ISBN 9781447931331 ISBN 9781447931300 28 29 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS CLIL LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 Pearson English Kids Readers CLIL 2 Levels 6 Levels Children improve their English while exploring and learning about other cultures, science, nature and different places, and people across the world. Where I Live Awake at Night Clothes at Work Activities at the end of the book further explore the topic and aid comprehension Linnette Erocak Laura Miller Linnette Erocak Emma loves her neighbourhood. In the dark, Amy points. ‘Look’, she says. What Uniforms are clothes at work. Mechanics have MP3 audio and teachers’ support material available There is a park. There are stores are they? Bats, birds, butterflies, moths ... ? overalls, chefs have tall hats, some vets wear and a market. Where does she go every day? Learn about animals of the night! white coats, and dentists wear masks. British English British English British English 16 pages 16 pages 16 pages 121 words 271 words 262 words ISBN 9781408288207 ISBN 9781408288283 ISBN 9781408288139 American English American English American English 16 pages 16 pages 16 pages 121 words 271 words 263 words ISBN 9781447944386 ISBN 9781447944232 ISBN 9781447944249 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Katie Grows a Bean Plant Making Music Wheels Go Round Let’s Draw Shapes Tom at the Harbour Butterflies and Frogs Marie Crook Nicole Taylor Rachel Wilson Kay Bentley Dr Barbara Ingham Rachel Wilson Katie likes beans. They are her favourite Music has got a tune. A tune has got a beat. The town is busy today. Swish-swash! Beep! Can you draw shapes? Ovals, circles, a square? What can Tom show you at the harbour? There Hannah the scientist shows you two amazing vegetable. She gets a small jar, some kitchen roll Some tunes are good. Some tunes are loud. Do Beep! Wooo! Wooo! Ring! Ring! Two wheels, four Can you draw straight and curved lines? Now are big boats, small boats and strong boats. What animals: the peacock butterfly and the and a bean seed. Does the seed grow? you like music? wheels, six or eight? Is it a car, a bicycle or a bus? you can draw a bird, a boat, and a beautiful are the names of the boats? What do they do? redeyed tree frog. Which one hibernates? British English British English British English butterfly! Which one is nocturnal? 16 pages 16 pages 16 pages British English British English British English 122 words 112 words 141 words 16 pages 16 pages 24 pages 275 words 267 words 753 words ISBN 9781408288238 ISBN 9781408288214 ISBN 9781408288221 ISBN 9781408288269 ISBN 9781408288276 ISBN 9781408288337 American English American English American English 16 pages 16 pages 16 pages American English American English American English 124 words 115 words 143 words 16 pages 16 pages 24 pages 275 words 267 words 753 words ISBN 9781447944218 ISBN 9781447944225 ISBN 9781447944379 ISBN 9781447944393 ISBN 9781447944348 ISBN 9781447944355 30 31 PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READERS CLIL LEVEL 3 LEVEL 5 Festival Fun Sport with Trainer Tim Up in the Air Harry’s Clothes Project Into I.T. Island Hopping Dr Barbara Ingham Maria Luisa Iturain Marie Crook Marie Crook Caroline Laidlaw Caroline Laidlaw A festival is a celebration on a special day. 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British English British English British English British English British English British English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 32 pages 32 pages 32 pages 712 words 767 words 703 words 1,982 words 1.995 words 2,040 words ISBN 9781408288146 ISBN 9781408288313 ISBN 9781408288320 ISBN 9781408288412 ISBN 9781408288429 ISBN 9781408288436 American English American English American English American English American English American English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 32 pages 32 pages 32 pages 714 words 770 words 707 words 1,982 words 1.995 words 2,040 words ISBN 9781447944362 ISBN 9781447944256 ISBN 9781447944263 ISBN 9781447944294 ISBN 9781447944423 ISBN 9781447944317 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 5 Animal Athletes Brain Gym Storm! A Land of New Hope Animal Camouflage Astronauts in Space Caroline Laidlaw Laura Miller Marie Crook Jocelyn Potter Caroline Laidlaw Caroline Laidlaw Read about the animal athletes of land, sea and You use your brain all the time. 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British English British English British English British English British English British English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 32 pages 40 pages 40 pages 1,1096 words 958 words 1,066 words 2,122 words 3,288 words 2,980 words ISBN 9781408288382 ISBN 9781408288153 ISBN 9781408288375 ISBN 9781408286982 ISBN 9781408288481 ISBN 9781408288474 American English American English American English American English American English American English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 32 pages 40 pages 40 pages 1,117 words 964 words 1,066 words 2,122 words 3,288 words 2,980 words ISBN 9781447944270 ISBN 9781447944287 ISBN 9781447944416 ISBN 9781447944430 ISBN 9781447944300 ISBN 9781447944409 32 33 LEVEL 5 Pearson English Kids Readers App Fun, efficient & flexible Fun learning learning with • Stunning animated photos and a tap and swipe! illustrations really bring English stories to life as children read Six learning levels, 18 of our most popular • Fun interactive exercises CLIL titles and 6 exciting Poptropica English improve reading comprehension Our Changing Planet A World of Homes titles can be experienced through our and vocabulary Coleen Degnan-Veness Nicole Taylor Pearson English Kids Readers App. More than 1.2 million plant and animal species What is a home? There are old homes, live on Earth. But the climate is changing. How new homes, mobile homes, green homes, Colourful, educational, and above all, fun, the Efficient learning can YOU help protect our planet? intelligent homes and strange homes, too! app presents a dynamic, interactive reading British English British English • The interactive exercises and 40 pages 40 pages and learning experience – helping children 3,362 words 3,152 words learn English activities give children feedback ISBN 9781408288467 ISBN 9781408288160 and discover the world around them. and results instantly so they American English American English always know how well they are 40 pages 40 pages 3,362 words 3,152 words The Pearson English Kids Reader app is doing. The app even provides ISBN 9781447944324 ISBN 9781447944331 currently available to download for free. praise and congratulations to The CLIL digital content is compatible with keep kids motivated tablets with iOS 7.0 or later. • Children enjoy using the voice The Poptropica English content can recording function. 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With this in mind, Pearson English Younger children will benefit from larger- Story Readers present timeless stories sized books with fewer words on each in different book formats to best suit page. Older children will use a smaller Goldilocks and the Three Bears The Three Billy Goats Gruff Aladdin and the Lamp different age groups. This way, you can format more suited to their age • • • find the ideal book for your classroom - • Sleeping Beauty • Town Mouse and Country Mouse • The Selfish Giant matched perfectly to your students’ age • The Velveteen Rabbit • Little Red Riding Hood • Beauty and the Beast and level of English. • Jack and the Beanstalk • The Jungle Book • A Christmas Carol • Peter Pan • Hansel and Gretel • The Emperor and the Nightingale • The Princess and the Frog • Peter and the Wolf The Snow Queen • Pinocchio • The New Adventures of Tom • Thumb • The Swiss Family Robinson Rapunzel Levels CEFR GSE* - original CYLET PTE YL • • The Pied Piper of Hamelin Level 1 Level 2 A1 - A2+ 26-40 Movers Springboard The Pearson English Story Readers grading system considers: Level 3 A1 - B1 32-47 Flyers Quickmarch The age of the student Sentence length Number of hours of English completed by the reader Level 4 A2 - B1+ 37-53 PET Breakthrough Structure (grammar) Sentence complexity Aligned to the Global Scale of English Number of headwords Number of words on a page *Find out more about the Global Scale of English (GSE) at english.com/GSE (indicating the range / extent of vocabulary used) Number of pages in a book Vocabulary Complexity of activities See more at: readers.english.com 36 37 What’s in a ? Pearson English Story Readers After-reading Activities photocopiable before activities for Aids and after students to comprehension reading. complete Teacher’s Notes individually ACTIVITIES Stories and Develops adventures Beforevocabulary You Read children know Peter Pan and love. 1. Look at the pictures in Peter Pan. Put a Graded language Name ...... next to provides the Encourages right level the thingsdiscussion you can find in the book. Activity 1 of challenge Here are pictures of five people from the story. Match with enjoymentOnce upon a time, in London, Bring the some mermaids a castle them to the right description by drawing a line between story to life a book the picture and the right box. One has been done for you. there was a little girl, Wendy. a crocodileProvides a fairy 1 interest and an ambulance a forestmotivation a mean pirate She loved reading stories to her a picnic 4 Makes in the story a shipWendy’s brother reading Aid brothers, John and Michael. some little boys a pirate 3 accessible comprehension some catshas lots of teeth to all Peter Pan’s fairy friend Their favourite stories were 2 about Peter Pan. 2. Look at the picture of Neverland. Describehalf it. fish, half girl 5 Provide Beautiful a stimulus Activity 2 illustrations for discussion on every page. Label the picture of the ship with these words: Sail mast flag rope But Peter Pan could fly. One night he flew to London with his friend Tinkerbell. When they flew past an open window, they heard Wendy telling the story about Neverland. When you have finished, colour in the picture. PETER PAN LEVEL 3 Text copyright © Pearson Education. Downloadable Teacher Resources3 PHOTOCOPIABLE to support lessons include: Teacher notes include a story summary, Answer keys for all activities background information, an exploration of book topics and themes, guidance on 29MP3 Audio brings stories to life, models M01_ 9781292240107.indd 29 using accompanying audio material, correct pronunciation, helps familiarise key grammar points and ideas 11/17/17users 10:07 PM with different accents and provides for extension activities listening practice M01_ 9781292240107.indd 1 1 Before-reading and after-reading 11/17/17 10:07 PM activities practice vocabulary and communication skills, aid comprehension, and are motivating and fun! Spread across Visit 4 levels of readers.english.com difficulty, catering After-reading photocopiable to download your resources for different activities practice vocabulary and aid language ability. comprehension 38 39 3 11/17/17 10:07 PM M01_ 9781292240107.indd 3 PEARSON ENGLISH STORY READERS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 Goldilocks and the Three Sleeping Beauty The Three Billy Goats Gruff The Jungle Book The Selfish Giant The Velveteen Rabbit Bears Retold by Nicole Taylor Retold by Melanie Williams Retold by Rod Smith Retold by Marie Smith Retold by Audrey McIlvain Retold by Annie Hughes Who hurts Sleeping Beauty and makes her The three Billy Goats Gruff like to eat. One day A little boy Mowgli grows up with a wolf family in A giant builds a big wall around his garden Tim loves his toy rabbit. Then he gets sick The three Billy Goats Gruff see some tall, green sleep and sleep? Who can go to the castle and they see some tall, green grass but there is a the jungle. Most of the animals like him, but one to stop the children getting in. After that, it is and his mom puts all his toys in the garden. grass but there is a hungry troll. Do the goats wake her? troll. The troll is hungry, too. Do the goats eat animal does not. What happens to Mowgli as he always winter in the garden. Can the children Poor toy rabbit! Poor Tim! Does he find his toy eat the grass? Does the troll eat the goats? British English the grass? Does the troll eat the goats? gets older? find a way to make it summer again? rabbit again? 5-7 years British English British English British English British English British English 69 words 5-7 years 7-9 years 7-9 years 9-11 years 5-7 years 71 words 204 words 402 words 672 words 205 words ISBN 9781292239958 ISBN 9781292239965 ISBN 9781292239972 ISBN 9781292240008 ISBN 9781292240022 ISBN 9781292240039 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Town Mouse and Country Aladdin and the Lamp Little Red Riding Hood Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Beauty and the Beast Hansel and Gretel Mouse Retold by Marie Crook Retold by Audrey McIlvain Retold by Fiona Kalinowski Retold by Fiona Kalinowski Retold by Cameron Fox Retold by Arlene Wong Aladdin is very poor, but he has a magic ring Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit her Granny Ali Baba sees some thieves going into a cave. He Beauty’s father meets a monster who is half Hansel and Gretel are lost in the forest. They Town Mouse and Country Mouse are good and a magic lamp. Now he can have everything and meets a stranger in the woods. Who is goes inside and finds it full of gold and silver. He man and half beast. He promises the Beast that find a pretty house made of cookies and friends. Town Mouse visits the country and he wants. But another person wants to be rich he? And what happens when she arrives at is rich at last! But the thieves want their treasure Beauty will live at the Beast’s house. Is the Beast candy. But who lives there? What does she Country Mouse visits the town. Do they like it too and takes Aladdin’s lamp from him. Granny’s house? back! horrible or friendly? want to do with them? there? Do they want to come home? British English British English British English British English British English 9-11 years 9-11 years 9-11 years British English 7-9 years 7-9 years 1345 words 1686 words 1328 words 7-9 years 684 words 372 words 184 words ISBN 9781292240053 ISBN 9781292240060 ISBN 9781292240077 ISBN 9781292239989 ISBN 9781292239996 ISBN 9781292240015 40 41 PEARSON ENGLISH STORY READERS LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 Jack and the Beanstalk The New Adventures of Tom Peter and the Wolf Pinocchio Rapunzel The Emperor and the Retold by Caralyn Bradshaw Thumb Retold by Lynne Doherty Herndon Retold by Nicole Taylor Retold by Georgina Swinburne Nightingale Jack’s magic beans grow into a tall beanstalk and Retold by Lynne Doherty Herndon Grandfather tells Peter never to play near the Geppetto makes a wooden puppet boy and calls Rapunzel is a prisoner at the top of a tall tower. Retold by Marie Crook Jack climbs up it. ‘Fee. Fi, Fo, Foy’, says the giant Tom is as small as a thumb, so small, he can ride forest because a hungry wolf lives there. What him Pinocchio. Pinocchio has many adventures, The witch climbs up Rapunzel’s long hair to The Emperor has everything he wants. One at the top. ‘I can smell a boy’. Does Jack get away on a butterfly. It takes him to a palace where does Peter do? Does he see the wolf? but can he get what he really wishes for? come inside. How can Rapunzel get out? Who is day he learns that there is a nightingale in from the giant? going to help her? he meets a princess. How does Tom help her? British English British English his garden and he wants that too. Will the Does he come home? British English 7-9 years 5-7 years British English nightingale want to stay? 1371 words 1264 words 5-7 years British English 7-9 years British English 788 words 7-9 years 1148 words 9-11 years 1321 words 2715 words ISBN 9781292240084 ISBN 9781292240114 ISBN 9781292240091 ISBN 9781292240176 ISBN 9781292240183 ISBN 9781292240152 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 Peter Pan The Princess and the Frog A Christmas Carol The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Snow Queen The Swiss Family Robinson Retold by Marie Crook Retold by Marie Crook Retold by David A. Hill Retold by Marie Crook Retold by Audrey McIlvain Retold by Marie Crook Wendy, John and Michael, fly off with Peter Pan A princess loses her golden ball in a pond. A Scrooge is an old man who loves work and Rats are everywhere in Hamelin! Luckily, the Pied Gerda and Kay, live with their grandmother. But A ship is caught in a storm. One family are and Tinkerbell to Neverland. Do Wendy and her frog finds it for her and she promises to give money but hates Christmas. He does not want Piper comes to town and says he will kill all the one snowy day, Kay is taken away by the Snow able to get to an island. They find food, build brothers like it there? Do they decide to stay? him anything he wants. Does she keep her to share Christmas with anyone. But then, on rats – for money. But why does he come back to Queen! Where does she take him? Can Gerda a treehouse and start to enjoy their new life promise? What happens to the frog? Christmas Eve, he is visited by four ghosts! the town angry? bring him home? there. But will a ship ever come and rescue British English them? 5-7 years British English British English British English British English 837 words 5-7 years 9-11 years 7-9 years 9-11 years British English 804 words 2666 words 1706 words 2520 words 9-11 years 2628 words ISBN 9781292240107 ISBN 9781292240121 ISBN 9781292240145 ISBN 9781292240169 ISBN 9781292240190 ISBN 9781292240206 42 43 Pearson English Active Readers Activating language learning through reading This wide range of classic, original and • An excellent selection of stories, classic Pearson English Active Readers is perfect for classrooms and group reading, the additional non-fiction titles feature additional novels, plays, modern popular fiction exercises and mini-projects encourage a more structured, in-depth reading experience. exercises and mini-projects to create a and non-fiction titles • All titles are supported by an interactive MP3 with extra activities, resources and more structured and in-depth reading • Every Pearson English Active Reader complete audio recordings experience for teenage and adult comes with an interactive CD-ROM that learners. includes extra activities and complete An ideal choice for classroom use and audio recordings. It helps teachers and group reading activities, the integrated learners seize every opportunity for Levels are benchmarked against the CEFR and the Global Scale of English. skills approach found in Pearson developing language English Active Readers is effective in • Downloadable resources for every consolidating vocabulary and developing title help teachers to plan lessons, keep Levels CEFR GSE* Cambridge PTE YL a broader range of language skills. students engaged and use the text effectively to develop language Easystarts A1 - A2 23-33 Movers Firstwords Level 1 A1 - A2+ 29-38 Movers/Flyers Springboard Level 2 A2 - A2+ 32-42 Flyers/ Key for Schools Quickmarch Level 3 A2+ - B1 37-50 Preliminary for Schools Breakthrough Level 4 B1 - B2 46-60 Level 2 *Find out more about the Global Scale of English (GSE) at english.com/GSE The Pearson English Readers and Active Readers grading system considers: The age of the student Sentence length Number of hours of English completed by the reader Structure (grammar) Sentence complexity Aligned to the Global Scale of English Number of headwords Number of words on a page (indicating the range / extent of vocabulary used) Number of pages in a book Vocabulary Complexity of activities See more at: readers.english.com 44 45 Talk About It, Write What’s in a Pearson English Active Readers ? Talk about it About It and Project Sections offer 1 Work with three friends. Look at the pictures. These people are thinking Useful for students’ about Meg and John. controlled and freer understanding a What are they thinking? What do you think? language practice in of the story various activity types. You are Mr. Laurence. Write a letter to Mrs. March about Beth.Write Put about these it Chapter 2 – Christmas Day words in the right places. daughters every house stayed scarlet fever dead They went to the Hummels with a big bag of food. Great family problems sick quickly Later in the morning, the girls said, “Here are your presents, reference tool Mother!” Bring the story to life Mrs. March, November 25 “Oh! Thank you. You’re good children,” Mrs. March said. She b Put these words in the right places in the sentences. I am very sorry, but there are looked at her presents and smiled. too important money friend home happy Key vocabulary is See words used ...... ” ...... highlighted in bold Beth visited the Hummel at home. in context AND Aunt March: “I don’t like John Brooke. He has. no John can make a good ◆ text with a glossary Aid ...... In the evening, the girls’ friends came, and the girls acted for definitions Mrs. March: “Money is not was very sick. She had and one child and phonetic spelling comprehension ...... for Meg.” ...... them. They loved acting and their friends had a good time. below each page...... about John Brooke. I want Beth ...... Jo: “I am not with her and Mrs. Hummel went to . Then Hannah said, “Come and eat, children!” Meg to stay with us.” ...... the doctor’s house. He came, but the child was On the table there was a lot of food and some fruit and candy. Laurie: “Jo loves Meg. But John loves...... Meg, .” ...... The girls looked at it with open eyes. Where did it come from? Provide I can always be Jo’s . a stimulus Interactive CD-Rom availableNow with Beth is very “It’s from Santa Claus!” Beth said...... for discussion c You are Aunt March, Mrs. March, Jo, and Laurie. Talksome about titlesMeg and containing:John , too. Meg and Jo are “No, Mother did it,” Meg said. Brooke. What do you think? with her, but she doesn’t know them. Amy is • Wordlist with audio at Aunt March’s Jo said, “It’s from Aunt March! Maybe she likes us on Christmas ...... pronunciation . Dr. Bangs Day. She doesn’t usually like us.” 2 Talk about these people. Who are they? Are they good people? Why are comes ...... • Full book audio Activity they important in the story? day. Your ...... e John Brooke very much. Please come home • Interactive activities with want you sections a Mr. Laurence f Mr. March ...... throughout b the Hummel family g Dr. Bangs instant ‘check answers’ and . the book. Little Women c Mr. Davis ‘show answers’ functionality d Laurie Yours, 40 • Tests 17/10/06 11:35:09 She was very beautiful. • Option to print interactive 2.3 Language in use 14LittleWomen.indd 40 They talked about activities Read the sentences in the box. Then finish Christmas. these sentences with past tense verbs. sisters. (be) 41 ...... 14LittleWomen.indd 41 1 Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy big eyes and beautiful brown hair. (have) 2 Meg ...... 17/10/06 11:35:14 3 Jo ...... fifteen. (be) with a letter. (arrive) 4 Mrs. March ...... at her daughters. (smile) 5 She ...... about their father. (think) act /kt/ (v) He wants to act in movies. 6 The girls ...... candy /kndi/ (n) The children want candy, but I only have fruit...... (say) aunt /{nt, Ant/ (n) She visits her aunt every month. 7 “Don’t be unhappy, girls!” Mrs. March ...... the piano. (play) 7 8 Beth Downloadable Teacher Resources to support lessons include: 14LittleWomen.indd 7 17/10/062 . 11:32:394 What’s next? Look at the pictures on pages 6, 7, and 8. What do you think? Circle the Teacher notes include a book summary, Answer keys right answer. chapter summaries, background information and an exploration of book Audio brings stories to life, models correct Graded language themes, providing essential knowledge pronunciation, gets users used to different provides the Appealing illustrations prior to teaching accents and provides listening practice right level feature throughout. of challenge The number of with enjoyment illustrations Discussion activities organized by decreases as the chapter to stimulate debate and levels get higher. conversation and to aid comprehension Makes Photocopiable Activity Worksheets reading Visit accessible 1 Amy gets pens / a book / a dress for Christmas. and Progress Tests that check to all readers.english.com 2 Her present is under her chair / table / bed. comprehension, measure progress and to download your resources reinforce the application of knowledge 3 It is from Jo / Mr. March / Mrs. March. 4 There is a lot of food / drink / candy on the table. 5 The food is from Santa Claus / Mrs. March / a family friend. 46 / eat / try the food. 47 6 The girls want to give away 5 17/10/06 11:32:32 14LittleWomen.indd 5 PEARSON ENGLISH ACTIVE READERS EASYSTARTS EASYSTARTS LEVEL 1 The Blue Cat Club The Cup in the Forest Good Day, Bad Day Newspaper Chase The Slave Boy of Pompeii African Safari Bernard Smith Anne Collins Paul Shipton John Escott Bernard Smith Izabella Hearn James and Chantal are enjoying an evening of Per and Nina are on holiday in the country. They Kerry is visiting her brother, Mike. She sees a Harry Black steals a million dollar picture and Young Mico is a slave in Pompeii. His only Adam and Lily are on holiday in Africa. They magic at the Blue Cat Club. Merlin the magician find a strange Viking cup in a dark forest. The sign for a fortune teller. Mike doesn’t believe hides it in a newspaper in his room. But Janey is friend is a dog, Fortunatus. One day, Fortunatus want to see the animals. But one person in the is clever and his tricks are exciting – but are they cup is very old and interesting. But now there is in fortune tellers, but he goes, too. What does keen on recycling old papers ... suddenly runs away. What is the dog afraid of? group is not very happy, or very friendly. Who dangerous too? a strange man at the hotel and Per is afraid. Rosie say to him? And is she right? American English Is it the mountain behind the town? is she? What is her problem? British English British English American English 24 pages British English British English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 806 words 24 pages 24 pages 884 words 979 words 1,031 words 1,131 words 1,980 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196060 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196077 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196084 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292108520 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261248 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408264041 EASYSTARTS LEVEL 1 The Hat Kim’s Choice The Long Road Amazon Rally The Barcelona Game The Crown John Escott Brigit Viney Rod Smith Eduardo Arnos and Elisabeth Stephen Rabley M.R. James Bernardo likes hats. One day he buys a new hat Kim loves running – and she’s very fast. She Terry Fox has cancer and he has an artificial Prescher Holly and her brothers go to Barcelona to see a What is the crown, and why is it important for at a street market and people laugh at it. ‘Why works hard and wins many prizes. But Kim has leg. He runs across Canada for sick children Riding in a motorcycle rally across the Brazilian football match. But Holly’s bag disappears – and England? Who is William Agers? In this gripping do you want another hat, Bernardo?’ his wife to make a difficult choice – and she knows that and he raises $10,000,000. Read this true jungle is hard and exciting. But when they agree she gets to see more of Barcelona than she mystery, the answers are all in Seaburgh. says to him, ‘You have twenty’. What can she do? it will hurt the people who love her most. story of a heroic athlete and his Marathon of expected ... to help their Indian friends, Brian and David find British English Hope. American English British English themselves racing to save lives. British English 48 pages 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages American English British English 24,937 words 1,727 words 765 words 891 words 24 pages 24 pages 1,123 words 1376 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292178660 ISBN Book + MP3 9781405851978 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196107 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292195988 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292110332 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292119854 48 49 PEARSON ENGLISH ACTIVE READERS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 The Galapagos The Golden Seal Island for Sale The Rainbow Serpent Theseus & the Minotaur The Tomorrow Mirror Izabella Hearn James Vance Marshall Anne Collins and Other Stories Ken Beatty Nicola Prentis The Galapagos Islands are full of interesting One night, Eric finds a golden seal. People want Duncan McTavish lives in a castle on a Scottish James Vance Marshall Every year, the Minotaur eats people from Jason looks in the mirror and sees a bruise animals and birds. Two young Americans, to shoot golden seals for their beautiful fur. Eric island. He doesn’t have any money, and he In an old Australian story, the Rainbow Serpent Athens. Theseus is strong and angry, but he is under his eye. Why can’t his school friends see Sophie and David, are making a movie there. loves the seal. He wants her to live. But what can’t pay a large bill. There is only one thing he looked at the young Earth. There were no only a young man. Can he kill the Minotaur? it? Later, a ball hits him in the same eye and What do they find? can he do? can do, sell his island. then people can see the bruise. Jason doesn’t animals, rivers or trees. The Serpent teaches a British English understand ... American English American English British English man and a woman, but did they listen? 24 pages 24 pages 48 pages 24 pages British English 1,558 words British English 2,110 words 4,691 words 1,664 words 48 pages 24 pages 2,874 words 2,512 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781405891523 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261187 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292162560 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292162577 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292121451 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292178653 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 Little Women The Olympic Promise The Outsiders Under the Bridge The Wrong Man Anne of Green Gables Louisa May Alcott Lynda Edwards Lynda Edwards Lynda Edwards Kris Anderson Lucy Maud Montgomery The four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy There are two important things in young Rose lives alone, has no friends and never Bea lives under a bridge. She doesn’t like A man wants to kill the Police Commissioner. The Cuthberts ask the orphanage for a boy to – have happy times, but have problems too. Nelson’s life, running and his Granny Sarah. Can goes out. One day, a boy comes into her talking and she doesn’t remember much. But But who is he? Can Steve Malone find the killer? help at their farm, but a little girl steps off the Read this story of family love in a difficult year Nelson run at the Olympic Games? And does he home. He has problems too. Can she help a policeman is looking for a little girl, and there He only has two days. An Australian thriller told train. Anne causes chaos at Green Gables, but for the sisters. remember his promise to his grandmother? him? Or will they always be frightened of the was a child in Bea’s old life. Can she remember in cartoon form. her good nature wins everyone’s heart. world? now? American English British English British English American English 48 pages 24 pages British English British English 16 pages 64 pages 3,552 words 2,750 words 24 pages 24 pages 1,482 words 7,856 words 2,650 words 2,343 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292121444 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261330 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408264058 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292138275 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292140513 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292121468 50 51 PEARSON ENGLISH ACTIVE READERS LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 The Call of the Wild Don Quixote The Earthquake Mr Bean Nelson Mandela The Nightmare before Jack London Miguel de Cervantes Elizabeth Laird Richard Curtis, Robin Driscoll Coleen Degnan-Veness Christmas Buck is a strong, intelligent dog who moves from Don Quixote wants a different life, he wants to Gabriel loves Silvia, but Silvia loves Marco. A famous painting is going to Los Angeles, and Nelson Mandela’s life is the story of a country Tim Burton an easy life in California to the Klondike. Life is be a knight from an earlier age. So he leaves Marco is more exciting than Gabriel, he wears The National Gallery in London send Mr Bean boy and his fight for the people of South Africa. EEverybody in Halloweentown loves tough in the cold north of Canada and Buck has his village with Sancho Panza. Will they find expensive clothes and drives a fast car. Then, to talk about the artist. But Mr. Bean is very The extraordinary story of a great man, a Halloween, but not Jack Skellington. Then, one to learn many hard lessons to survive. adventure? Will they change the world? something terrible happens, and changes the strange. After he arrives, accidents start to freedom fighter and one of the world’s most day, he visits Christmastown. Why can’t the lives of everybody. happen. important leaders. American English British English vampires, witches, and skeletons celebrate 64 pages 64 pages British English British English British English Christmas too, their way? 9,280 words 11,223 words 48 pages 64 pages 48 pages American English 5,191 words 6,742 words 5,416 words 64 pages 8,038 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292162584 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967446 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292121475 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292121482 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292110356 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967460 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 The First Emperor of China Journey Through Arabia The Last Juror The Presidents of Mount Round the World in Eighty Days The Secret Garden Jane Rollason Andy Hopkins John Grisham Rushmore Jules Verne Frances Hodgson Burnett Ying Zheng was the first emperor of China. He Over two thousand years ago, traders brought There aren’t many interesting stories for Fiona Beddall Can Phileas Fogg go round the world in eighty Mary Lennox goes to live with her uncle in a had new ideas, made new laws, built big palaces, spices and incense from Arabia to the Willie Traynor’s newspaper. But then there’s a From the top of Mount Rushmore, the heads days? He doesn’t know that somebody wants big, old house in the country. One day, Mary and a great wall. But life was difficult, so he took Mediterranean Sea. This is the story of that murder. When the killer goes to jail, the story of four U.S. presidents look down on the world to stop him. Then Fogg will lose his bet, twenty finds a garden that has high walls and no an army with him into the next world. journey, and of the rich and beautiful cities on does not end. Everybody is afraid. Will there below. Who were these great men? And what thousand pounds! doors. What is the secret of the garden? the way. be more killings? British English changes did they bring to America? British English British English 48 pages British English American English 64 pages 64 pages 4,923 words British English 8,579 words 9,944 words 48 pages 64 pages 48 pages 5,166 words 9,098 words 5,850 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292110349 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196008 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261194 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196015 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967477 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967484 52 53 PEARSON ENGLISH ACTIVE READERS LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Sharks Stories of Other Worlds Water for Life Carmilla Charles Dickens The Curious Case of Benjamin Izabella Hearn H. G. Wells Bernard Smith Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Paul Shipton Button and Other Stories Freddy lives on a Pacific Island. There, the A mountain climber falls into a strange valley. Water. We drink it, cook with it and wash with Laura and her father’s lives change when Charles Dickens is one of Britain’s greatest F. Scott Fitzgerald fishermen can only make good money from A man in London is looking for a green door. it. We can’t live without it. But our world is beautiful, strange Carmilla becomes their guest. writers; remembered for his wonderful stories Benjamin Button is a very strange baby: with a shark finning. Can Freddy and his friends bring Another man tries to help an unhappy ghost. changing fast. We have to think very carefully People start dying, and Laura also becomes ill. and unforgettable characters. His novels have white beard, he looks like his grandfather! As money to the island and protect the sharks? Each story shows us two very different worlds. about water, and about our use of it. Will she die too? Or can the deaths be stopped? been popular around the world for more than years pass, he seems to get younger. In these 150 years. three stories, people are not always as they seem. American English British English British English British English 48 pages 64 pages 48 pages 80 pages British English American English 4,731 words 8,780 words 6,844 words 16,603 words 64 pages 80 pages 13,439 words 17,733 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196022 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967491 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292121499 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261224 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967521 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292121505 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 Wonders of the World The Adventures And Then There Were None Frankenstein The Horse Whisperer The Incredible Journey Vicky Shipton of Huckleberry Finn Agatha Christie Mary Shelley Nicholas Evans Sheila Burnford The Great Wall, Machu Picchu, the Grand Mark Twain Ten strangers are invited to an island off the In this famous horror story, young scientist After an accident, Grace and her horse, Pilgrim, The country is wild and dangerous. But three Canyon, the Taj Mahal ... around the world Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi river. Devon coast. Most are happy to be there. But Victor Frankenstein creates a monster from are badly hurt. Grace’s mother believes her family pets– two dogs and a cat, begin a long, there are many beautiful places. Which are your Jim is a runaway slave so they have to be careful. then, very soon, one of them is dead. What is parts of dead bodies. Frankenstein has learnt daughter will only recover if her horse can be long walk as they try to get home. They miss favourite Wonders of the World? They have a lot of adventures on the river. They happening? Is it murder? how to create life. But will this life destroy him? saved. Can the Horse Whisperer work his magic? their family, but will anyone see them again? American English even meet a king! But is he real? British English British English British English American English 48 pages American English 80 pages 80 pages 96 pages 80 pages 4,995 words 80 pages 18,683 words 14,215 words 19,775 words 14,895 words 13,826 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292121512 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967538 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196039 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292110363 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967507 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408231838 54 55 PEARSON ENGLISH ACTIVE READERS LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 Japanese Ghost Stories Mysteries of the Unexplained The Olympics Titanic! The Young King About a Boy Lafcadio Hearn Kathy Burke Paul Shipton Paul Shipton and Other Stories Nick Hornby A blind musician plays to the spirits of the dead. Read about the strangest things in the Universe This book looks at the history of the Olympic On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit Oscar Wilde Will Freeman wants an easy life with no A priest is attacked by heads. An old man meets – other worlds, strange objects and peculiar Games, including interesting facts about an iceberg and sank. This is the full story. Why Enter a world of kings and queens, mermaids responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus, a woman with no face. Read these strange, happenings. How much do you believe? Olympic events, relevant political issues, and did the Titanic sink so quickly? Why did so many and witches, giants and dwarfs, and talking an unusual twelve-year-old boy with serious ghostly stories and many more! Encounter the evidence and make up your own some of the less fortunate incidents in the people die? What are their stories? animals. Strange and wonderful things happen problems. A very funny story about a very mind. Games’ history. serious subject: love. British English British English in these seven short stories for people of all ages. 80 pages British English British English 80 pages British English British English 16,006 words 44 pages 80 pages 5,676 words 72 pages 96 pages 7,441 words 15,350 words 14,738 words 21,322 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292110370 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292110387 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408264072 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967620 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967644 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967668 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 The Pearl Stories of Courage Sweeney Todd Bleak House The Confession Crime Story Collection John Steinbeck Clare Gray Anonymous Charles Dickens John Grisham Sarah Paretsky and Margery Kino finds a large pearl, which he thinks will save Eight inspiring true stories of people showing Sweeney Todd runs a successful barber shop The legal case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce Donte Drumm is four days away from execution Allingham his family from poverty. But the misfortune it brings courage in the face of incredible difficulty. Read in London, but his neighbours worry about his continues and different people involved marry for a murder that he didn’t commit, when the real The murder of a stranger or a relative, in a changes the life of the family, forever. about the real Erin Brockovich, an incredible strange behaviour. Then people searching for and die. But will the lives of Ada and Richard be murderer decides to confess to the crime. Is it too quiet English town or a crowded American city. escape from death in Africa, Cuba’s bravest missing friends become interested in his shop. ruined? Will their friend Esther be affected by late now to save the innocent man? Short stories by some of the finest modern British English runner and more! past secrets? crime writers. 80 pages American English British English 13,824 words American English 96 pages 80 pages British English British English 48 pages 27,379 words 22,385 words 96 pages 96 pages 9,451 words 28,795 words 17,833 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967552 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967606 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967613 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408231180 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292196046 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967682 56 57 PEARSON ENGLISH ACTIVE READERS LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 Leonardo da Vinci The Maltese Falcon Nicholas Nickleby Three Great Plays of Georgia Clarke Dashiell Hammett Charles Dickens Shakespeare Successfully bringing his scientific and artistic Joel Cairo, Casper Gutman and Brigid Nicholas is a kind man who works at a cruel William Shakespeare abilities together, Da Vinci is known world-wide O’Shaughnessy all want to find the Maltese school full of poor, hungry children. Can he be Romeo and Juliet are in love, but their families as the painter of the Mona Lisa, for designs Falcon. And at the heart of this classic detective happy in a world where stupid, greedy people are enemies. Macbeth is to be King of of flying machines and for his studies of the novel is private eye Sam Spade, a man with own have power and brave, honest people have Scotland – but at what cost? King Lear divides human body. code of ethics. nothing? his kingdom between his daughters with British English British English British English unexpected consequences. 80 pages 96 pages 80 pages British English 23,203 words 26,700 words 18,766 words 80 pages 15,147 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967712 ISBN Book 9781408231913 ISBN Book 9781405850834 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408264089 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967729 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967620 LEVEL 4 The Odyssey Oliver Twist The Street Lawyer Homer Charles Dickens John Grisham Odysseus is finding his way back home after Orphan Oliver is brought up in a workhouse and Michael is a successful lawyer with Drake and being away from his family for twenty years. runs away to London. But he meets Fagin and Sweeney. Then a homeless man attacks him. But the journey will not be easy, facing storms, the terrifying Bill Sykes who try to turn Oliver into As Michael tries to discover who the man was, monsters and the terrible anger of the sea god a criminal. Will he escape to find a better life? he uncovers a dangerous secret. Poseidon. British English American English British English 96 pages 80 pages 96 pages 16,791 words 16,407 words 31,397 words ISBN Book + MP3 9781292140520 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292098661 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447967767 58 59 Pearson English Readers Bringing the joy of reading to every learner Pearson English Readers engage and • An extensive collection of classic literature, Pearson English Readers are graded across all levels. The clear language guidelines mean motivate students as they enjoy reading modern best-selling authors, film titles, non- Pearson English Readers and Active Readers levels can be matched to internationally recognised books in language they can understand. fiction and original stories. 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Great reference tool Graded Inlanguage the past (nobody knew exactly when) Goldstein had been Bring the providesalmost asthe important in the Party as Big Brother himself, but then story to life Activities righthe had level worked against the Party. Before he could be punished of challenge See definitions with death, he had escaped – nobody knew how, exactly. with enjoyment AND words used Wordlists at in context chapters 1–2 Somewhere he was still alive, and all crimes against the Party the back of the Aid could came from his teaching. book present future governments comprehension Before you read warns us how key vocabulary. George Orwell governments Behind Goldstein’s face on the 1 In 1984, How might future for ordinary people. EurasianMakes soldiers. Oceania was alwaystelescreen at war werewith eitherthousands Eurasia of make life worse orreading Eastasia. That changed, but the hate for Goldstein never did. word list use these to make life worse? accessible The Thought Police found his spies every day. They were called Provide computers schools cameras information to all a stimulus article List at the back of the book. Find words for: (n) a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine 2 Look at the Word ‘the Brotherhood’, people said, although Winston sometimes for discussion betray (v) to harm a person, group or country by telling their secrets a groups or organizations of people asked himself if the Brotherhood really existed. Goldstein had brotherhood (n) an organization of people with the same aims or b people also written a book, a terrible book, a book against the Party. It beliefs c places where people spend time had no title; it was just known as the book. Appealing illustrations canteen (n) a place in an office, factory or school where people go to d actions through which other people could harm you As Goldstein’s face filled the telescreen and Eurasian soldiers feature throughout. eat and drink cell (n) a small room where prisoners are kept e things that you can buy in a shop marched behind him, the Hate grew. People jumped up and The number of comrade down, shouting and screaming so they could not hear Goldstein’s illustrations decreases (n) a word used to talk to or about a person in some socialist While you read 3) or false (7)? groups or countries ..... as the levels get higher. 3 Are these sentences about Winston true ( voice. Winston was shouting too; it was impossible not to. A girl dial (n) the part of a machine that has numbers which show you ..... a He is a big man with dark hair. behind him, with thick, dark hair was screaming ‘Pig! Pig!’ at measurements telescreen...... b He turns off the Goldstein, and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak edition (n) the copies of a book, newspaper or magazine that are all the ..... same c He works in the Ministry of Truth. dictionary and threw it at the Minutes Hate...... telescreen. It hit Goldstein on the freedom (n) the state of being free to live your life as you want to d He joins the Two nose and fell to the floor. telescreen...... gin (n) a clear, strong alcoholic drink e He throws a dictionary at the Winston had often seen this girl at the Ministry but he had ..... hang (v) to kill someone by tying something around their neck and f He breaks the law. never spoken to her. He did not know her name, but he knew ..... taking the support away from under their feet g He organizes evening activities for the Party. she worked in the Fiction Department. He had seen her with ignorance (n) the state of having no knowledge or information about h He is hurt by a bomb. tools so he guessed she was a mechanic on the story-writing something individual (n) one person in a group or society After you read they important to Big Brother? machines. She was a confident-looking girl of about twenty- these? How are seven, and she walked quickly. She wore the narrow red belt of league (n) a group of people with similar aims or beliefs 4 Who or what are the Young People’s League tied tightly round her overalls. lever (n) a handle on a machine that you push to make the machine telescreens work Miniluv Winston had disliked her from the first moment he saw her. mansions (n pl) a word used in the name for a building in which there Emmanuel Goldstein He disliked nearly all women, especially young and pretty ones. are a lot of flats the Thought Police ministryDownloadable Teacher Resources to support lessons include: The young women were always most loyal to the Party and were (n) a government department Newspeak happiest to spy on others. But this girl was especially dangerous, overalls (n pl) a piece of clothing that you wear over your shirt and trousers to protect them party (n) an organization of people with the same political aims poster (n) a largeTeacher notice or notes picture include a book summary, Answer keys prole (n) a working-classchapter summaries,person (often an offensivebackground word when used 69 now) information and an exploration of book razor blade (n) the small, sharp, flat piece of metal inside a razor that is MP3 Audio brings stories to life, models Units01_12_pp1_68.indd 4 Carefully graded used for shavingthemes, providing essential knowledge correct pronunciation, acquaints users language across 7 2/12/07 11:23:33 AM 2/13/07 12:21:44 PM levels makes reading prior to teaching with different accents and provides accessible to all Activities_pp69_77.inddlistening 69 practice abilities, yet keeps the natural character, flow Discussion activities organised by chapter and pace of the story. WordList_pp78_79.indd 78 to stimulate debate and conversation and to aid comprehension 2/12/07 11:24:19 AM Photocopiable Activity Worksheets and Visit Progress Tests that check comprehension, pearsonenglishreaders.com measure progress and reinforce the to download your resources application of knowledge A girl behind him, with thick, dark hair was screaming ‘Pig! Pig!’ at Goldstein. 62 63 2/12/07 11:23:34 AM Units01_12_pp1_68.indd 5 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS MARVEL LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Pearson English Readers MARVEL Bringing thrilling Super Hero action to the English classroom! From Iron Man and Captain America, to Guardians of the Galaxy, these Readers feature Marvel’s The Avengers Marvel’s Avengers: Marvel’s Captain America: the world’s best-loved and most iconic super heroes. 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Readers are available for purchase as: Teacher resources Print Book are available to download from: Print Book with Audio CD readers.english.com © 2019 MARVEL 66 67 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS DOCTOR WHO LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Pearson English Readers DOCTOR WHO Out of this world adventures from the popular TV series Doctor Who has been entertaining and thrilling TV viewers around the world for over 50 Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Doctor Who: years. These exciting new Pearson Doctor Who Readers invite English learners to join The Girl Who Died Robot of Sherwood Mummy on the Orient Express Retold by Jane Rollason Retold by Nancy Taylor Retold by Jane Rollason the Doctor and his assistant Clara, as they travel through time and space in the iconic The Doctor and Clara have to save a Viking In beautiful Sherwood Forest, the Doctor learns The Doctor and his companion, Clara, are on TARDIS. 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British English British English British English including worksheets, answer keys, teachers’ notes and progress tests 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 801 words 967 words 974 words ISBN Book 9781405869454 ISBN Book 9781405869577 ISBN Book 9781405869461 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880565 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880572 ISBN Book + CD 978140588058 EASYSTARTS EASYSTARTS Between Two Worlds The Big Bag Mistake Billy and the Queen Hannah and the Hurricane The Last Photo The Leopard and the Stephen Rabley John Escott Stephen Rabley John Escott Bernard Smith Lighthouse Joanna Jimbuku is a nurse in Australia. One Ricardo and Gisela are going home to Rio. Billy and his sister want new bicycles, but they Hannah works on Mr Duval’s boat, taking Pam takes a photo, but a man walks in front of Anne Collins day a baby is very ill. Joanna takes the baby to Gisela likes reading and quiet people. Ricardo need money. There’s a competition and the people to the coral reef. But when a rich man her. Later, Martin sees a picture of the man in a A hungry leopard swims across the sea to Sydney. It’s her first visit to a big city, and she likes noise and he likes Gisela. In Rio, a thief first prize is £500. ‘What do you think?’ Billy arrives with a big new boat, there suddenly newspaper. The police want this man but where Sindi. He runs into an old lighthouse. The loves it. Does she stay in the city or go home? takes Gisela’s bag. What can Ricardo do? asks his sister. ‘We can buy two new bicycles isn’t any work for Hannah and Mr Duval. Then a is he now? Does Pam’s photo have the answers? people of Sindi do not want the leopard in their British English American English for £500,’ she says. hurricane comes ... British English lighthouse. But what can they do? 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages British English British English British English 806 words 800 words 933 words 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 1,065 words 973 words 1,003 words ISBN Book 9781405869430 ISBN Book 9781405876704 ISBN Book 9781405869447 ISBN Book 9781405869478 ISBN Book 9781405869591 ISBN Book 9781405869669 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880534 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880541 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880558 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880596 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880602 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880619 72 73 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS EASYSTARTS EASYSTARTS Lucky Break Maisie and the Dolphin Marcel and the Mona Lisa Pete and The Pirates San Francisco Story Simon and the Spy John Escott Stephen Rabley Stephen Rabley Stephen Rabley John Escott Elizabeth Laird Tom breaks his leg in a football game. A week Maisie King’s mother and father work at an Marcel is a mouse detective. He sees a man steal Pirate Pete and his parrot love gold. When they Ben has a job in Mr. Tyson’s store. Then Mr. Simon Simple is going on holiday and the police later, he sees his favourite movie star. But Animal Hospital. Maisie has a new friend: Ben the the famous Mona Lisa painting from the Louvre hear the Queen has a treasure map, they must Tyson finds money in Ben’s bag. ’Get out of my are looking for a spy. On the train, Simon meets Tom falls again and suddenly the movie star is dolphin. Ben is very ill. Maisie helps him. Then museum. Marcel follows the thief to Venice and have it! store!’ Mr. Tyson says. But is Ben the thief? Then a beautiful girl. He likes her and she likes him. falling too! Is this his lucky break? Maisie has a big problem. Can Ben help her? risks his life to get the painting back again. British English there is an earthquake – and Mr. Tyson gets his But the spy is there too! American English British English British English 24 pages answer. 1,397 words British English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages American English 24 pages 726 words 973 words 999 words 24 pages 978 words 842 words ISBN Book 9781405876711 ISBN Book 9781405869546 ISBN Book 9781405869553 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880626 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880633 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880640 ISBN Book 9781408221167 ISBN Book 9781408231746 ISBN Book 9781405869614 ISBN Book + CD 9781408232156 ISBN Book + CD 9781408261323 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880671 EASYSTARTS EASYSTARTS Marcel and the White Star A New Zealand Adventure The Pearl Girl Tinker’s Farm Tinker’s Island The Troy Stone Stephen Rabley Jan Thorburn Stephen Rabley Stephen Rabley Stephen Rabley Stephen Rabley Marcel is a famous mouse detective. One Sarah and Jessica arrive in New Zealand for a Kate Grant is visiting Europe. One evening she It is 1800. Jenny Tinker arrives in New York with One day a thief puts a watch in Sam Tinker’s Mark Jackson visits the old city of Troy and finds evening, two thieves steal a very expensive holiday. They find Michael’s mobile phone in the sees two men in a museum. They are taking a her father. The Tinkers are English. They’re starting hand. ‘Take this,’ he says, and runs away. Two a yellow stone. ‘I know this stone,’ he thinks. ‘It diamond ring, the White Star. Marcel follows taxi from the airport, but they can’t find him. He very famous picture– Girl with a Pearl Earring. a new life in America. They want a farm, but they policemen see the watch and take Sam away. comes from ... ‘ Suddenly, he goes back in time. them across Paris. Can he get the White Star has messages from home, are they important? What can Kate do? haven’t got any money. What can they do? Can Sam’s daughter Jenny help him? He can see a beautiful city and a big wooden and bring it back? horse. British English British English British English British English British English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages British English 24 pages 803 words 949 words 957 words 1,021 words 24 pages 962 words 996 words ISBN Book 9781405869560 ISBN Book 9781405882774 ISBN Book 9781405867832 ISBN Book 9781405869676 ISBN Book 9781405869683 ISBN Book 9781405869584 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880657 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880664 ISBN Book + CD 9781405885539 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880688 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880695 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880718 74 75 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS EASYSTARTS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 The White Oryx Who Wants to be a Star? Twenty Thousand Leagues Daniel Radcliffe David Beckham The Gift of the Magi and Other Bernard Smith Margaret Iggulden Under the Sea Vicky Shipton Bernard Smith Stories There are poachers in the desert, and a Tina Daniels is a thirteen year old star. She sings Jules Verne We know Daniel Radcliffe’s face from the Harry He was captain of the England football team O. Henry mother oryx is dead. Can Mandy and Abdullah beautifully and everyone loves her, but Tina is Captain Nemo finds three men in the sea and Potter films. But how did he get the job? Did and famous for his playing at Manchester O. Henry’s writes about places like New York, catch the poachers? And can they find the not happy. One day she goes away. Who does they live on his submarine, the Nautilus. After he always want to be an actor? What did he United and Los Angeles Galaxy. But when did he Texas, and Oklahoma, and problems with dead oryx’s baby? she meet? What does she see? Read about her many months, they want to go home. Can they do before Harry Potter? This is the story of his start to play football? And why is he now world money and love. But how is a story going new life. young life. famous? British English escape from Nemo’s submarine? to finish? You never know. Readers always British English remember his stories. 24 pages British English British English British English 24 pages 910 words 32 pages 24 pages 24 pages American English 911 words 4,402 words 2,028 words 2,092 words 32 pages 4,349 words ISBN Book 9781405842761 ISBN Book 9781405876728 ISBN Book 9781405869607 ISBN Book 9781405867658 ISBN Book 9781405881494 ISBN Book 9781405842785 ISBN Book + CD 9781405877992 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880725 ISBN Book + CD 9781405880732 ISBN Book + CD 9781405885447 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878036 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878043 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Ali and His Camera The Battle of Newton Road Girl Meets Boy The House of the Seven Karen and the Artist Mark Twain Raymond Pizante Leslie Dunkling Derek Strange Gables Elizabeth Laird Tom Sawyer loves adventures with his friends Ali wants to take photos of people and places in People are happy living in Newton Road. Then A girl sees a quiet, good-looking boy on the boat Nathaniel Hawthorne Karen’s job takes her to many places. She Huck Finn, Joe Harper, and Becky Thatcher. He Istanbul, but he has a big problem. He hasn’t got an engineer wants to knock down the houses to Spain. She loves his shy smile and she wants The House of the Seven Gables is the home of loves art, and in Rome she sees some beautiful has adventures in a graveyard, an old house a camera. How can he get one? and build a new road. The people of Newton to see him again. The boy wants to be with her an important family: the Pyncheons. They have pictures. But the artist can’t sell them and he and in a cave. Who does he see there? Why is Road are angry, but can they win the battle? too. But can they get together and meet again? has no money. Can Karen sell his pictures for British English the house and a lot of land, but no money and he afraid? many problems. Is there a curse on the family? him? 24 pages British English British English American English 1,881 words 24 pages 32 pages American English British English 32 pages 1,649 words 1,810 words 32 pages 24 pages 4,003 words 4,134 words 1,733 words ISBN Book 9781405842778 ISBN Book 9781405876667 ISBN Book 9781405876940 ISBN Book 9781405869713 ISBN Book 9781405842792 ISBN Book 9781405876674 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878005 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878012 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878029 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878050 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878067 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878081 76 77 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 Lisa in London Marcel and the Shakespeare Marcel goes to Hollywood Mother Teresa Muhammad Ali Pele Paul Victor Letters Stephen Rabley D’Arcy Adrian-Vallance Bernard Smith Rod Smith It is Lisa’s first visit to London. She is going Stephen Rabley Marcel and his friend Céline are on holiday in Mother Teresa was a small, quiet nun. She lived In 1974, two American boxers fought in Zaire. Pele is the number one player in the story of to learn English. Then she meets Michael. A professor has some interesting letters by William Los Angeles. They are staying in the home of for God and helped poor people on the streets One was Muhammad Ali. After the fight, he was soccer. He won the World Cup three times with Suddenly her English lessons are very exciting. Shakespeare. Marcel and his friend Henry want to Arnold Waldman, a famous film director. But of India. She was very famous for her work and the boxing champion of the world. But why did Brazil!. In 1950, he was a young boy with no British English see them, but they are not in the professor’s flat. some kidnappers take Arnold’s daughter! people in many countries love her. a young boy from Kentucky start to box? shoes; today, Pele is famous around the world. 24 pages Marcel is a detective. Can he find them? British English British English American English American English 1,257 words British English 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 24 pages 947 words 2,133 words 2,451 words 1,969 words 2,031 words ISBN Book 9781405881524 ISBN Book 9781405881531 ISBN Book 9781405876926 ISBN Book 9781405876964 ISBN Book 9781405876735 ISBN Book 9781405876742 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878159 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878166 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878173 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878081 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878111 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878104 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 Michael Jordan Mike’s Lucky Day The Missing Coins Rip Van Winkle and The Run For Your Life Sadie’s Big Day at the Office Nancy Taylor Leslie Dunkling John Escott Legend of Sleepy Hollow Stephen Waller Tonya Trappe Michael Jordan is maybe the best basketball Van driver Mike meets Jennifer in her father’s Pete and Carla look at some old coins and stamps Washington Irving Kim is running through the streets of Barcelona. The team arrives for another day at the office. player of all time. But where did he come from? shop, and he likes her very much. Jennifer is in a shop, but they are very expensive. Later, Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains, meets A man with dark eyes and a knife is looking for The workers are happy, but their bosses have How did he start? Read about his life and about going to go to the cinema with him. But he is some coins are missing from the shop, and the some strange men and comes home twenty years her. She is frightened, her holiday is suddenly a surprise for them. Is it going to be a nice his love of basketball. very late, and Jennifer is angry. Is it really Mike’s shopkeeper wants to find Pete! later. Ichabod Crane sees a man with no head on a very dangerous. What can she do? surprise, or not? lucky day? American English British English horse. Are there ghosts in these stories? British English British English 24 pages British English 24 pages American English 32 pages 24 pages 1,960 words 24 pages 1,711 words 32 pages 1,635 words 1,748 words 1,496 words 2,133 words ISBN Book 9781405881517 ISBN Book 9781405876957 ISBN Book 9781405876681 ISBN Book 9781405842808 ISBN Book 9781405869706 ISBN Book 9781408291313 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878128 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878135 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878142 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878180 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878197 ISBN Book + CD 9781447961574 78 79 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 Six Sketches Speed Queens Surfer! American Life Audrey Hepburn Barack Obama Leslie Dunkling Rod Smith Paul Harvey Vicky Shipton Chris Rice Coleen Degnan-Veness Norma is always right. But has she got the Racing was a men’s sport – and then came the There is a surfing competition near Nick’s home. Most people around the world today know Audrey Hepburn was a great and beautiful In January 2009, Barack Obama moved into the right train tickets? What happens when women. Danica Patrick is American. Mika Duno Nick is a very good surfer and he wants to win something about American life. The United actress. When there were unhappy times, she White House. But what do we know about his Mrs Roberts has coffee with Mrs Price? The is Venezuelan. Laleh Seddigh is from Iran. They the prize and go to Australia. But Nick’s father is States is a big country. Not all Americans are the always showed a warm, friendly face to the family and his early life? Why did he want to be a answers are in these six sketches. race with men and are all winners. not happy. Can Nick win and go to Australia? same! In this book you will see the many faces world. The world loved her, and people still love politician? And how did he get the top job? of American life. her now! British English American English British English American English 24 pages 16 pages 32 pages American English American English 32 pages 1,748 words 3,222 words 1,524 words 40 pages 32 pages 6,875 words 3,082 words 3,888 words ISBN Book 9781405876698 ISBN Book 9781408221020 ISBN Book 9781405869690 ISBN Book 9781405881555 ISBN Book 9781405876988 ISBN Book 9781408231654 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878203 ISBN Book + CD 9781408232088 ISBN Book + CD 9781405878210 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408284902 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408284926 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261262 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 William Tell Alice in Wonderland The Amazon Rainforest Black Beauty A Christmas Carol Extreme Sports Friedrich Von Schiller Lewis Carroll Bernard Smith Anna Sewell Charles Dickens Michael Dean William Tell is a good man, but his country is a Alice sees a white rabbit and follows it down a The Amazon rain forest is 10,000,000 years old ‘Always be good, so people will love you’ said Scrooge loves money and doesn’t like people Extreme sports are new, exciting, and dangerous place. Can he help the Swiss people rabbit-hole. She arrives in Wonderland where and many different kinds of plants and animals Black Beauty’s mother when the two horses lived or Christmas. But when some ghosts visit him, dangerous! From aerial ballet to zorbing, learn in their fight with the Austrians? Or is he a man caterpillars can talk and rabbits have watches. live there. The forest is important for the world’s with Farmer Grey. But when Black Beauty got they show him his past life, his life now, and a about extreme sports and the crazy people of peace? And the Queen wants to cut off everybody’s weather and wildlife, but it is disappearing fast. older, not everybody was as kind as Farmer Grey. possible future. Will Scrooge learn and change? who love them. Are extreme sports for you? head! British English American English British English British English American English 32 pages British English 32 pages 48 pages 48 pages 40 pages 3,730 words 56 pages 4,964 words 9,390 words 8,882 words 4,128 words 7,693 words ISBN Book 9781405842815 ISBN Book 9781405842822 ISBN Book 9781405881593 ISBN Book 9781408231555 ISBN Book 9781405855358 ISBN Book 9781405881548 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278000 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278017 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408284988 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261255 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408277997 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408284896 80 81 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 Five Famous Fairy Tales Five Plays for Today Gandhi The Importance of Being Earnest The Jungle Book Kidnapped Hans Christian Andersen Tonya Trappe Jane Rollason Oscar Wilde Rudyard Kipling Robert Louis Stevenson When a fisherman opens an old jar, a giant Five short plays tell stories of young people with Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948. He fought for Gwendolen thinks that she loves Ernest; Cecily A family of wolves take a little boy into their home in After his parents die, young David Balfour goes comes out. When a donkey opens its mouth, problems. Paul is shy and Judy has no friends. change and protested without violence but thinks that she loves him too. But who is Ernest the jungle. But can the child really live in the jungle? to the house of his uncle Ebenezer. But his gold falls out. There is magic in these tales, Oliver is afraid of other boys. Jane and Leo can’t lived a simple life. People followed him and they really? What kind of man is he? A wonderful funny Will the other wolves want him to stay? And will the uncle is a dangerous man. When he puts David where good people are often unhappy, but talk about their feelings, and Sue lies to her loved him, and many follow his ideas today. play by one of the greatest writers of his time. dangerous tiger Shere Khan catch him? on a ship to America, a difficult and dangerous can have happy lives. boyfriends. time begins. American English British English British English British English British English 32 pages 48 pages 48 pages British English 48 pages 40 pages 4,749 words 8,602 words 8,298 words 48 pages 9,927 words 6,063 words 9,104 words ISBN Book 9781405842839 ISBN Book 9781408221044 ISBN Book 9781405876933 ISBN Book 9781405892032 ISBN Book 9781405842860 ISBN Book 9781405855372 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278024 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408284995 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285022 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278048 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278062 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278079 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 The Ghost of Genny Castle Gulliver’s Travels Heidi King Arthur and the Knights of The Lady in the Lake The Last of the Mohicans John Escott Jonathan Swift Johanna Spyri the Round Table Raymond Chandler James Fenimore Cooper An old castle with a black tower has a dangerous Gulliver has an accident at sea. He arrives in a Heidi lives with her grandfather in the Deborah Tempest Detective Philip Marlowe is looking for a man’s Uncas, the last of the Mohican Indians, travels secret – accidents happen there, animals and country of very, very small people. What will they mountains of Switzerland. One day, Heidi’s aunt Only the next king can pull the sword out of the missing wife. He finds more than one dead with his father, Hawkeye and Heyward who people die. One day, Claire goes to the castle. She do with him? How will he talk to them? And why takes her to Clara’s home in Frankfurt. Heidi stone. Many try, but cannot move the sword, until body and learns about drugs, men in love, and a is taking the daughters of a British colonel to wants to know its secret. are the Big-enders fighting the Little-enders? likes her new friend, but can she go back home young Arthur tries, and it comes out easily. But will police cover-up. Who killed the lady in the lake, their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the to the mountains? and why? British is near! British English British English Arthur be a good king? Will his life be happy? 40 pages 48 pages British English British English American English American English 4,514 words 9,681 words 48 pages 56 pages 56 pages 48 pages 8,601 words 10,369 words 7,669 words 6,506 words ISBN Book 9781405869539 ISBN Book 9781405842846 ISBN Book 9781405842853 ISBN Book 9781405855327 ISBN Book 9781405869751 ISBN Book 9781405842877 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285039 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278031 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278048 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408291795 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285077 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278086 82 83 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 London Lost In New York Lost Love and Other Stories Mr. Bean in Town The Mysterious Island Of Mice and Men Vicky Shipton John Escott Jan Carew Rowan Atkinson Jules Verne John Steinbeck Read about its history from Roman times He is going to stay with his aunt in New York, Strange things can happen to people. In these There are problems for Mr. Bean everywhere. In Three men, a boy and a dog are in a balloon over George and Lennie are friends but Lennie is not and learn about its famous people, shops, but some older boys play a dangerous game exciting stories we meet many interesting the restaurant, he doesn’t like his food. He tries to the Pacific, but only two men and the boy arrive on very smart. One night, when Lennie is alone, museums and palaces. with him. Soon the police are looking for Nicky. people: a young man in love, a lonely customer hide it in very strange places. Then Bean goes to a strange island. Mysterious things happen to them something happens. What can George do now? Can he find his aunt before the police find him? in a shop, a shy soldier. the launderette and loses his trousers! there. Where is the other man and his dog? Can he help, or is it too late? British English 32 pages British English British English British English British English American English 4,876 words 32 pages 32 pages 32 pages 48 pages 48 pages 4,875 words 5,424 words 4,347 words 6,370 words 6,512 words ISBN Book 9781405881647 ISBN Book 9781405876971 ISBN Book 9781405881654 ISBN Book 9781405881678 ISBN Book 9781405842891 ISBN Book 9781405855365 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285084 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285107 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285091 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285121 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278116 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285152 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 Marley & Me Moby Dick Moonfleet Persuasion Pirates of the Caribbean: The The Prince and the Pauper John Grogan Herman Melville J. Meade Falkner Jane Austen Curse of the Black Pearl Mark Twain Marley the puppy grows bigger and bigger; he Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the Moonfleet is a village with secrets. A dead man When they were very young, Anne Elliot and Irene Trimble Two babies are born on the same day. One eats everything, breaks things and doesn’t listen. ocean. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. walks the streets, and smugglers do their work. Captain Wentworth were in love. Years later, Read about the adventures of Elizabeth Swann, boy is a prince; the other boy is from a poor But he loves John and Jenny and they love him. Is Now he wants to kill Moby Dick. Young sailor, When young John Trenchard learns about this they meet again. Does Wentworth feel anything Will Turner, and Jack Sparrow – characters of family. Years later, they change places for a this really the story of the world’s worst dog? Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous world, his life suddenly changes. for Anne, or is he only interested in her pretty this blockbuster Hollywood movie. game. But then the old king dies and they dangerous trip. young friends? cannot change back! American English British English American English British English 48 pages 32 pages British English 48 pages British English 48 pages 10,666 words 5,390 words 56 pages 7,438 words 48 pages 9,362 words 6,575 words 9,137 words ISBN Book 9781408263761 ISBN Book 9781405881661 ISBN Book 9781405842884 ISBN Book 9781405869492 ISBN Book 9781405881708 ISBN Book 9781405842907 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408263914 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278093 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278109 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278123 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289471 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278130 84 85 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 Project Omega The Railway Children Robin Hood Simply Suspense Stranger Than Fiction: Urban Tales from the Arabian Nights Elaine O’Reilly E. Nesbit Liz Austin Frank Stockton, Stacy Aumonier, Myths Anne Collins When wealthy Charles Hatfield Baker III When, suddenly, their father goes away, Robin Hood robbed rich people and gave the Alfred Burrage Phil Healey, Rick Glanvill Sheherezade’s husband wants to kill her. But suddenly disappears, his daughter, Julia, wants Roberta, Peter and Phyllis move near to a money to the poor. The Sheriff of Nottingham There are three exciting short stories in this A man fell from a tall building. Why didn’t he die? she is beautiful and clever, and tells him many to find him. Do the directors of his company railway line. Exciting things happen and they hated Robin, but Lady Marian loved him. Read book. They are all about fear! Three people are Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken wonderful stories. What happens next? Her know where he is? And what is Project Omega? make new friends. But where is their father? Is about his most famous adventures. in dangerous places. What can they do? Will under her hat? And how did a cow fly? Find the husband wants to know. He listens, and she lives. he coming home? British English British English anybody help them? answers in these strange stories. British English 32 pages British English 48 pages British English British English 56 pages 4,325 words 40 pages 8,760 words 48 pages 48 pages 9,041 words 4,890 words 7,177 words 7,125 words ISBN Book 9781405881715 ISBN Book 9781405869645 ISBN Book 9781405842914 ISBN Book 9781405869485 ISBN Book 9781405869775 ISBN Book 9781405855396 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285169 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278147 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289488 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285183 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285190 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278178 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 Robinson Crusoe The Room in the Tower and The Scarlet Letter Tales from Hans Andersen The Three Musketeers Three Short Stories of Daniel Defoe Other Ghost Stories Nathaniel Hawthorne Hans Christian Andersen Alexandre Dumas Sherlock Holmes In a storm, Robinson Crusoe’s ship goes down, Rudyard Kipling A crowd waits for Hester Prynne outside the In these classic stories, we meet a very, very small D’Artagnan wants to be a musketeer and fight Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the sea throws him onto a beach on an A man’s first wife is dead. Or is she? Why does prison. She carries a baby in her arms and the child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid for his king and his country. D’Artagnan and his Where is Mr Hosmer Angel? Which student island. But which island? Are there other people a dead man walk through his house? Why does scarlet letter A is on her dress - A for adulteress. with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends and an new friends have to help the Queen. She has saw the exam paper before the exam? Why is on it? Are they friendly? What will Crusoe do now? an old woman visit a young man in his dreams? Who is the father of her baby? Hester will not say. emperor with some strange new clothes. a problem with the Cardinal, a very dangerous somebody following Miss Smith? Can you find Three stories with three ghosts. man. the answers before Sherlock Holmes does? British English American English British English 48 pages British English 48 pages 40 pages British English British English 9,711 words 40 pages 7,411 words 8,094 words 48 pages 56 pages 7,225 words 8,557 words 9,179 words ISBN Book 9781405855334 ISBN Book 9781405869621 ISBN Book 9781405855341 ISBN Book 9781405855402 ISBN Book 9781405855310 ISBN Book 9781405855433 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278154 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285176 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278161 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278185 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285206 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408277980 86 87 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Treasure Island The Voyages Walkabout Amistad The Beatles Becoming Jane Robert Louis Stevenson of Sinbad the Sailor James Vance Marshall David Franzoni Paul Shipton Kevin Hood Jim Hawkins and his parents have a quiet Pauline Francis Mary and Peter meet an Aboriginal boy in the It is 1839. There is a bloody fight on the slave This book tells the story of the greatest band in Read the story of how 20-year-old Jane Austen’s inn by the sea. Then one day, an old sailor Sinbad went to sea seven times and visited Australian desert. They follow him to food and ship, Amistad, and the African slaves are free. the world - from their early days in Liverpool, to romance with Tom Lefroy inspired her to write arrives at the inn. What is he afraid of? Jim’s different countries and strange islands. His voyages water. But they are lost. Can they finish their But soon they are in prison in the U.S. Must they Beatlemania and how they changed modern the great novels Pride and Prejudice and Sense life changes, and he goes by ship to Treasure were always dangerous. He met giant men, snakes journey and find their way home? return to their owners, or are they free people? music forever. and Sensibility. Island. and birds, and the Old Man of the Sea. British English British English British English British English British English British English 56 pages 48 pages 48 pages 56 pages 42 pages 48 pages 8,436 words 7,995 words 8,721 words 11,795 words 5,723 words 10,093 words ISBN Book 9781405881746 ISBN Book 9781405881753 ISBN Book 9781405867672 ISBN Book 9781405855426 ISBN Book 9781405869638 ISBN Book 9781405881722 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447958369 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925354 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925361 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285213 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289495 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285220 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 The Wave White Fang The Wind in the Willows Billy Elliot The Black Cat and Other Braveheart Morton Rhue Jack London Kenneth Grahame Melvyn Burgess Stories Randall Wallace Mr Ross wants to teach his history class about White Fang is a wolf from the mountains of Canada. Eleven-year old Billy Elliot finally finds something Edgar Allan Poe ‘Sons of Scotland! You have come here to fight Hitler and the Nazis. He starts a class team When he is taken to the world of men, he learns to Mole’s new friend, Water Rat, shows him many that he can do well: ballet dancing. But will Are you brave enough to read four of Poe’s as free men...’ Braveheart is the story of William called ‘The Wave.’ Some students love it, others fight and to kill. White Fang knows nothing about exciting things. But one day, Mole starts to cry, Billy continue to dance? Or have his father and famous horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe wrote Wallace, who gave hope to the Scottish people in don’t like it. Then it starts to feel dangerous! love. But one day he meets Scott. ‘Rat! We’re near my old home. I want to go brother got other plans for him? strange stories about terrible people and evil their fight to be free. there!’ Can Rat help Mole find his way home? crimes. Don’t read this book late at night! British English American English British English British English 56 pages 48 pages British English 64 pages British English 56 pages 6,591 words 7,746 words 56 pages 12,931 words 56 pages 7,523 words 8,004 words 7,423 words ISBN Book 9781405855389 ISBN Book 9781405855419 ISBN Book 9781405881760 ISBN Book 9781405876629 ISBN Book 9781405881777 ISBN Book 9781405869652 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408285244 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408278192 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925378 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925385 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292099347 88 89 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 The Canterbury Tales The Cellist of Sarajevo The Climb Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Dracula The Fall of the House of Usher Geoffrey Chaucer Steven Galloway John Escott Robert Louis Stevenson Bram Stoker and Other Stories A group of pilgrims travel together from Sarajevo is under siege. There is little food Why has a mysterious stranger come to the Why does the frightening Mr Hyde seem to have When Count Dracula comes to England from Edgar Allan Poe London to Canterbury. On the way, each has or water and every day the city is attacked. island? Why is he looking at Eagle’s Rock? power over the nice Dr Jekyll? After a terrible Transylvania, strange things happen. People change There are five stories in this book. Some are to tell a story. Some stories are happy, some Ordinary people are losing hope. Then, one day, Costas wants to be the first person to climb the murder, everyone is looking for Hyde, but he has and become ill. Professor Van Helsing knows about stories of madness. Another describes fear are sad, all have a message. some decide to wait in a line for bread... dangerous rock. But will the stranger climb it first? disappeared. Or has he? vampires, but can he stop Count Dracula? of death during a storm at sea. Other stories British English British English British English British English British English introduce Poe’s famous Parisian detective: C. 64 pages 64 pages 48 pages 64 pages 72 pages Auguste Dupin. 15,973 words 14,017 words 8,624 words 13,232 words 12,755 words American English 64 pages 11,432 words ISBN Book 9781405862325 ISBN Book 9781408291375 ISBN Book 9781405881791 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925408 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447938071 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925415 ISBN Book 9781405855457 ISBN Book 9781405855440 ISBN Book 9781405862356 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925460 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925477 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925491 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 The Count of Monte Cristo Dangerous Game David Copperfield Five One-Act Plays Food for Thought Forrest Gump Alexandre Dumas William Harris Charles Dickens Donn Byrne Pauline Francis Winston Groom When people tell lies about him, Edmond Dantes For a number of years, William plays a game David Copperfield’s happy life suddenly changes Has Mrs Brown killed Granny on the beach? When Joe finds himself in the middle of Everybody tells Forrest Gump that he’s an is thrown into prison. There, a man tells him with a poltergeist before he goes to sleep. At when his mother marries a cruel man. When Why does Mrs Hill want to leave her husband? a disagreement about GM crop trials, life idiot. But the story of his journey through life is about some treasure. Will Edmond escape and first, the games are friendly, but then the game she dies, he is sent to work in London but runs Who wants to steal the Professor’s invention? becomes interesting, and he meets two very sometimes sad and sometimes very funny. But find the treasure? Will he see Mercedes again? begins to change and becomes dangerous. Who away - it is the beginning of his life of adventure. And what is little Johnny trying to say? different girls. But what do they really want from can he ever marry the girl he loves? will win? him? British English British English British English British English 56 pages British English 112 pages 48 pages British English 56 pages 12,014 words 80 pages 23,699 words 7,598 words 48 pages 9,119 words 1,7761 words 8,795 words ISBN Book 9781405881807 ISBN Book 9781405881814 ISBN Book 9781405862400 ISBN Book 9781405881821 ISBN Book 9781405881838 ISBN Book 9781405876759 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925422 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925439 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925453 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925507 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925514 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292113487 90 91 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 The Fugitive Ghost in the Guitar Grey Owl The Hunchback of Notre-Dame An Ideal Husband The Island of Dr Moreau J. M. Dillard Paul Shipton Vicky Shipton Victor Hugo Oscar Wilde H.G. Wells When police think Dr Richard Kimble When Tom gets a new guitar, he can suddenly The true story of a famous North American Ugly and unwanted, Quasimodo the hunchback In this play, Sir Robert Chiltern is an ideal Why does Montgomery live on a strange murdered his wife, he is put in prison. But he play very well. But he seems to be a different Indian. Grey Owl wanted to save his land, and its lives in Notre-Dame Cathedral. But a priest has husband for Lady Chiltern, but somebody Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? escapes to find the real killer. Detective Gerard person. When his girlfriend Katy discovers the forests and animals. He wanted to change the evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. He needs knows a dangerous secret about him. Can his And should Prendick fear the dark secrets of is searching for Kimble and is very close secret, she is very afraid. Can she save his life? world. He also had a very strange secret. Quasimodo’s help, but the hunchback has other friends save his job and his marriage? Montgomery’s master - the mysterious Doctor behind. ideas. Moreau? British English American English British English American English 48 pages 48 pages American English 64 pages American English 48 pages 9,935 words 6,909 words 72 pages 13,844 words 56 pages 7,212 words 13,710 words 13,663 words ISBN Book 9781405876919 ISBN Book 9781405881845 ISBN Book 9781405881852 ISB Book 9781405855501 ISBN Book 9781405862363 ISBN Book 9781405881906 ISBN Book + MP3 9781405879040 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925521 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925538 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925576 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925347 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925590 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 Hamlet A History of Britain How to be an Alien Jane Eyre Jim Smiley and his Jumping King Lear William Shakespeare Fiona Beddall George Mikes Charlotte Bronte Frog and Other Stories William Shakespeare Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is filled with sadness Britain is a small country with a long history. This is the funniest book that you will read about Poor girl Jane Eyre becomes a teacher and Mark Twain King Lear is old but not wise. He loves the two and pain. The new king, Claudius, murdered his Read about the men and women who shaped English people! Why are the English different works for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him Mark Twain’ stories are usually amusing, but daughters who secretly hate him. He hates the father and married his mother. Will Hamlet be the British nation, and discover how wars, from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes and wants to marry him. He loves her too, but with a serious message too. You will read only daughter who really loves him. In time, strong and brave enough to take revenge? revolutions and religion changed its history. the strange things the English do and say. he has a dark secret! about people’s hopes and fears, happiness and he discovers his mistake. Has he learnt his terrible sadness, and wonderful practical jokes! lesson? British English British English British English British English 64 pages 48 pages 48 pages 56 pages American English British English 11,552 words 8,800 words 7,845 words 8,327 words 72 pages 48 pages 11,365 words 14,605 words ISBN Book 9781405881869 ISBN Book 9781405881876 ISBN Book 9781405881883 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925545 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925552 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925569 ISBN Book 9781405876636 ISBN Book 9781405862394 ISBN Book 9781405892087 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925606 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925613 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925620 92 93 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 K’s First Case The Last King of Scotland Leaving Microsoft My Fair Lady New York The No.1 Ladies’ Detective L.G. Alexander Giles Foden to Change the World Alan Jay Learner Vicky Shipton Agency Katrina Kirby is a detective. People call her In Uganda, a Scottish doctor becomes John Wood A professor who doesn’t like women decides to Every year, millions of tourists visit New York, Alexander McCall-Smith ‘K’. There has been a murder in a big country irreversibly entangled with one of the world’s John Wood had a successful career at Microsoft. teach a poor young flower-seller to speak better the most exciting city in the world. Read about Precious Ramotswe is the only female private house. But who did it? How? Why? This is a most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Dr. Garrigan But a visit to a school in Nepal changed his life. English. He wants to change her from street-girl its history, its sights, and its people. What makes detective in Botswana and her agency is the best in detective story with a difference. K needs your becomes Amin’s personal physician and closest He helped the school and decided to change to lady. But what will he learn from her? New York the city that never sleeps? the country. With her secretary and best friend, she help with her case. confidante. the world! He started the charity ‘Room to Read’. American English American English solves mysteries in her own way. British English British English American English 56 pages 56 pages American English 64 pages 56 pages 56 pages 8,116 words 8,469 words 64 pages 7,824 words 14,017 words 14,017 words 15,600 words ISBN Book 9781405881913 ISBN Book 9781408263792 ISBN Book 9781408231715 ISBN Book 9781405881951 ISBN Book 9781405881975 ISBN Book 9781405881982 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925637 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408263921 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261286 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925682 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925699 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925705 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 Madame Doubtfire Martin Luther King A Midsummer Night’s Dream Notting Hill Noughts and Crosses Othello Anne Fine Coleen Degnan-Veness William Shakespeare Richard Curtis Malorie Blackman William Shakespeare Daniel wants to see his children more often, but Martin Luther King had a dream. He led In a wood outside Athens, four young people Anna Scott is a rich and famous American film Sephy is a Cross, Callum is a Nought. In Othello is in love with his beautiful new wife he does not live with them. One day, Madame peaceful protests and wanted blacks and whites are following their dreams, while fairies play star. Shy William Thacker has a small bookshop in their world, Crosses and Noughts cannot be Desdemona. But when his good friend Iago Doubtfire comes help with the children. But she in America to be equal and live together happily. strange games with them. Their world seems London. Their lives are different in every way, but friends, but they are in love. Must they become tells him terrible stories about his wife, who seems strange, more like a man than a woman! But has King’s dream really come true today? unreal, but is it really very different from our they are both looking for someone special. enemies? Or is there hope for them, and for should Othello believe? Will jealousy destroy own? their unhappy country? all their lives? British English American English British English 56 pages 56 pages British English 64 pages British English British English 6,917 words 9,272 words 64 pages 13,451 words 64 pages 64 pages 12,290 words 14,101 words 11,678 words ISBN Book 9781405881944 ISBN Book 9781405862387 ISBN Book 9781405881999 ISBN Book 9781408231623 ISBN Book 9781405867719 ISBN Book 9781405881920 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925651 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925675 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925712 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261293 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925729 94 95 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Pirates of the Caribbean: Princess Diana Romeo and Juliet A Scandal in Bohemia Sense and Sensibility Dead Man’s Chest World’s End Cherry Gilchrist William Shakespeare Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Jane Austen Retold by Irene Trimble Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio Read about Princess Diana’s short life, her Shakespeare’s beautiful tale is more than a In these six stories, all kinds of people, from Marianne Dashwood loves excitement and shows Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Lord Cutler Beckett thinks that pirates are bad marriage to Prince Charles, her war with the famous love story, it is also about life and death, shopkeepers to kings, want the help of the her feelings. Her sister, Elinor, is quiet and more and Commodore Norrington are all looking for business and wants to take command of the Royal Family and her love and hard work for sick happiness and sadness, and the terrible hate famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. Can he sensible. They both fall in love and suffer broken for a chest that belongs to the terrible Captain oceans. The Pirate Lords have other ideas. Can and poor people all over the world. between two great families. solve these mysteries? hearts. Will they ever find the right man to love? Davy Jones. But Davy Jones has other plans for they fight him and win together? British English British English British English British English Sparrow! American English 48 pages 72 pages 104 pages 56 pages American English 56 pages 8,961 words 13,684 words 20,654 words 7,924 words 56 pages 13,144 words 11,736 words ISBN Book 9781405855464 ISBN Book 9781405862332 ISBN Book 9781405882033 ISBN Book 9781405867733 ISBN Book 9781405892056 ISBN Book 9781405882019 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925798 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925804 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925811 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925736 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925743 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925750 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 Psycho The Return of Sherlock The Ring Sherlock Holmes and the Stories from Shakespeare Stories of Survival Robert Bloch Holmes Bernard Smith Mystery of Boscombe Pool William Shakespeare Fiona Beddall Marion’s dreams are coming true. Driving Sir Arthur Conan Doyle One day Rafael was well, the next day he was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, In the Antarctic cold or the Sahara Desert heat, through the night, she is lost and tired. Then she When the great detective Sherlock Holmes completely mad. What happened to him? The Who killed Charles McCarthy at Boscombe we meet a greedy money-lender, a fairy king in the wide Atlantic Ocean or a small Rwandan sees the Bates Motel. She thinks she is lucky. But disappeared, everyone thought he was dead. story of Rafael and his gold ring is a strange Pool, and why? Detective Lestrade thinks it was and queen, some Roman politicians and a bathroom, these true stories show people who there, something terrible is waiting for her. But three years later, he returned, and with his story of murder, mystery and love. McCarthy’s son, James. But the famous detective, young prince who meets the ghost of his have known terrible suffering, and lived. friend, Dr Watson, had many more adventures Sherlock Holmes, sees things differently. murdered father. British English British English British English together. 56 pages 64 pages British English British English 48 pages 9,718 words British English 14,754 words 56 pages 56 pages 9,778 words 72 pages 8,714 words 13,148 words 12,921 words ISBN Book 9781405876896 ISBN Book 9781405855471 ISBN Book 9781405882026 ISBN Book 9781405876889 ISBN Book 9781405855495 ISBN Book 9781408221068 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925767 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925774 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925781 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925828 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925835 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408232101 96 97 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 The Swiss Family Robinson The Thirty-nine Steps The Turn of the Screw The Bourne Identity The Canterville Ghost and Checkmate Johann Wyss John Buchan Henry James Robert Ludlum Other Stories Malorie Blackman After a storm at sea, the Robinson family find Before a man is killed, he tells Richard Hannay A young woman comes to a big house to teach The man has been shot and can’t remember Oscar Wilde Callie Rose is mixed race in a country where their way to a small island. What can they do a dangerous secret. Now Hannay’s life is in two young children. But she begins to see anything. As he begins to learn about his past, he A ghost in an old house is unhappy with the people are judged by their colour. Her Uncle now? Where will they live? What will they eat? danger. Who are his enemies? And how will he strange things – the ghosts of dead people. Do becomes even more confused. Will he be killed new owners. Lord Arthur Savile has to murder Jude seems to offer her friendship and comfort, Luckily, the father and mother have useful skills. solve the mystery of the thirty-nine steps? the ghosts want the children? before he knows who, or what, he really is? someone before he can get married. And what but wants to use his niece in his war against is the secret life of beautiful Lady Alroy? society. British English British English British English American English 72 pages 96 pages 56 pages 88 pages British English British English 13,480 words 20,752 words 6,851 words 23,743 words 80 pages 80 pages 18,245 words 16,022 words ISBN Book 9781405855488 ISBN Book 9781405862349 ISBN Book 9781405882057 ISBN Book 9781408221082 ISBN Book 9781405865128 ISBN Book 9781447930600 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925842 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925859 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925866 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289501 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289518 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447961581 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 Vanity Fair 1984 Alexander the Great The Client Detective Work The Diary of a Young Girl William Thackeray George Orwell Fiona Beddall John Grisham John Escott Anne Frank Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no Winston Smith lives in a society where the By the age of thirty, Alexander the Great ruled Mark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible A diamond necklace is stolen from a museum. It is 1942 in Holland and the Germans have family or money, becomes a governess. But this government controls people’s lives every second the biggest Empire the world had ever known. secret. He knows where a body is hidden. Some Anyone who works at the museum could be invaded. All Jewish people are frightened for type of life is not enough for her. She has big of the day. Winston dreams of a better life. Is This remarkable leader conquered millions and secrets are so dangerous that it’s better not to guilty. The police suspect Paul, a young student. their lives, so the Frank family hide. Life is plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find freedom from this life of suffering possible? shaped our world. tell. But it’s just as dangerous if you don’t! So Paul must find the real thief. dangerous but they hope for the best. success? British English British English British English British English British English British English 88 pages 64 pages 72 pages 72 pages 72 pages 64 pages 19,465 words 14,688 words 12,661 words 10,933 words 12,701 words 23,556 words ISBN Book 9781405882095 ISBN Book 9781405882118 ISBN Book 9781405882125 ISBN Book 9781405862370 ISBN Book 9781405862417 ISBN Book 9781405882064 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294253 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294260 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294277 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447925873 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294222 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294239 98 99 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 Doctor Faustus The Doll’s House and Other Emma Gladiator The Go-Between Gone with the Wind Part One Christopher Marlowe Stories Jane Austen Dewey Gram L. P. Hartley Margaret Mitchell After Doctor Faustus signs an agreement with Katherine Mansfield Emma Woodhouse likes to arrange marriages The Emperor Commodus hates Maximus, and Leo becomes a secret messenger for his friend A story of love and war follows the popular the Devil, his new skills are admired around Katherine Mansfield is one of the most famous between her friends and neighbours. But Emma kills his family. Soon Maximus is a prisoner, then Marcus’ beautiful older sister and a local farmer. but selfish Scarlett O’Hara, gentlemanly the world. But there are two sides to an short story writers in the English language. makes a lot of mistakes and causes problems. a slave, and finally a gladiator. When Commodus But then he realises what their messages are Ashley Wilkes, and dangerous but charming agreement with the Devil. There is always a These four stories are sometimes funny, Then she almost loses her own chance of love. joins Maximus in the arena, they fight for their about, and his whole life begins to change. Rhett Butler as their world is destroyed in the price to pay ... sometimes sad and often cruel. lives. American Civil War. British English British English British English British English 64 pages American English 168 pages American English 64 pages 72 pages 15,218 words 80 pages 17,893 words 72 pages 11,223 words 10,600 words 21,055 words 15,804 words ISBN Book 9781405882187 ISBN Book 9781405862448 ISBN Book 9781405867757 ISBN Book 9781405882132 ISBN Book 9781408289532 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447934912 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294321 ISBN Book 9781405882200 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294291 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294284 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294284 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 Evening Class Falling Leaves Famous Women in Business Gone with the Wind Part Two The House of Stairs Inventions that Changed the World Maeve Binchy Adeline Yen Mah David Evans Margaret Mitchell Barbara Vine David Maule Connie needs to escape from an unhappy home Adeline was born in China at a time of great This book tells the business success stories In Part 2 of one of the best-selling books of Twenty years ago a group of people lived in a Inventors are special people. They solve old life. Lou has criminal intentions. Thirty different change and trouble. At the same time, she of five very different women: Coco Chanel, all time, the American Civil War has destroyed house in London. One of them was murdered, problems with new ideas. Their inventions can help people join an Italian evening class for different suffered terrible unkindness from the members Hanae Mori, Anita Roddick, Oprah Winfrey and Scarlett O’Hara’s comfortable world. Can she but who was it? We slowly find out the truth, as people or destroy them, but only the greatest ideas reasons. All their lives are changed forever. of her own family. A true story of pain, fear and Madonna. save her home and rebuild her life? the past, present and future join together. will change the world. hope. British English British English American English British English American English British English 88 pages 64 pages 72 pages 64 pages 72 pages 80 pages 18,626 words 13,558 words 15,809 words 14,374 words 15,423 words 21,992 words ISBN Book 9781405882156 ISBN Book 9781405882163 ISBN Book 9781405882354 ISBN Book 9781405882224 ISBN Book 9781405882231 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289549 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294307 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289587 ISBN Book 9781405882217 ISBN Book + MP3 9781405879620 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289600 100 101 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 King Solomon’s Mines Knife Edge The Locked Room and Other The Merchant of Venice The Mirror Crack’d from Side On the Beach Sir H. Rider Haggard Malorie Blackman Stories William Shakespeare to Side Nevil Shute Sir Henry Curtis wants to find his missing Sephy is a dark-skinned Cross in a society where M.R. James If Antonio cannot repay the loan to a money-lender Agatha Christie After a nuclear war, Peter and Mary Holmes are brother. Is his brother still alive? Allan people are judged by their colour and Crosses A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing in three months, the money-lender will cut a pound Miss Marple complains of feeling old and trying to live their lives as normally as possible Quatermain wants to find King Solomon’s have the power. But Sephy is alone with her with no face, a picture that comes alive and of flesh from his body. Will Antonio be able to repay helpless. Then there is a death in the village. as deadly radiation comes closer and closer. secret treasure. Does the treasure even exist? mixed-race baby. Can she protect herself and a boy with no heart. These are some of the the loan? Or will he die? Is it murder? Suddenly, Jane Marple has a new What can they do? Is this the end of life on Earth? her child? frightening things in these great horror stories. interest in life. And then there are more deaths British English British English British English ... 80 pages British English British English 88 pages 136 pages 17,950 words 88 pages 72 pages 16,776 words British English 32,655 words 19,543 words 13,489 words 80 pages 20,135 words ISBN Book 9781405865135 ISBN Book 9781408291382 ISBN Book 9781405882248 ISBN Book 9781405882279 ISBN Book 9781408231685 ISBN Book 9781405882286 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294338 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447938088 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447927839 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289563 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261309 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294406 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 Lorna Doone Love Actually Macbeth The Picture of Dorian Gray Seven Shakespeare – His Life and Plays R. D. Blackmore Richard Curtis William Shakespeare Oscar Wilde Anthony Bruno Will Fowler John Ridd falls in love with Lorna Doone. But Christmas is coming and people have love on A strange meeting with three witches makes When Dorian Gray sees a painting of himself, Across seven days and seven shocking murders, Shakespeare’s plays are famous all over the the Doone family are robbers and murderers. their minds. Some have found love, some have Macbeth greedy for power. He and his evil wife his life changes. As he grows older, his face a serial killer has one thing on his mind – seven world. What do we know about the man and his Carver Doone, killed John’s father and wants lost it. Some accept their loneliness, others live in make murderous plans. But how many people stays young, but the picture changes. Why can’t deadly sins. Can Detective Somerset and life? Why do we still laugh and suffer with his to marry Lorna. Can John save Lorna from her hope, because love, actually, is all around us. will have to die? This play is written for acting. Dorian show it to anybody? What is its terrible Detective Mills stop him? characters 400 years after his death? worst fears? secret? British English British English American English British English British English 72 pages 64 pages British English 64 pages 64 pages 72 pages 13,673 words 11,379 words 88 pages 20,135 words 14,766 words 11,305 words 16,326 words ISBN Book 9781405865142 ISBN Book 9781405882262 ISBN Book 9781405862431 ISBN Book 9781405882293 ISBN Book 9781405882309 ISBN Book 9781405882316 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294352 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294376 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289556 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289570 ISBN Book + MP3 9781405879743 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294413 102 103 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 Strangers on a Train Teacher Man Tears of the Giraffe 2001: A Space Odyssey The Body The Bourne Supremacy Patricia Highsmith Franck McCourt Alexander McCall-Smith Arthur C. Clarke Stephen King Robert Ludlum Guy Haines is travelling on a train when a When Frank McCourt becomes a teacher, Precious Ramotswe is Botswana’s first and only lady An object is found on the Moon. Who made it? Gordie Lanchance and his friends are always A Chinese politician is assassinated in Hong stranger invites him to share a meal. But the he finds himself standing in front of bored, detective. She’s looking for a young American who Men travel into space, 750 million miles to the ready for adventure. When they hear about a Kong and Jason Bourne’s name is found at the stranger has a terrible plan. So begins Guy’s confused, angry students. Will he fail as a disappeared ten years ago. Will she find him? Will rings of Saturn, to find out. But something is dead body in the forest they go to look for it, scene. The killer has returned! Who will he kill journey into a world of madness, lies, and teacher? Or can he use his miserable childhood she finally marry Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni? waiting for them. and discover how cruel the world can be. next? And how can he be stopped? death. to help his students? British English American English American English American English American English American English 80 pages 96 pages 80 pages 96 pages 72 pages 80 pages 14,792 words 24,861 words 20,291 words 27,914 words 11,810 words 21,772 words ISBN Book 9781405882361 ISBN Book 9781405882378 ISBN Book 9781408231708 ISBN Book 9781405882323 ISBN Book 9781405882330 ISBN Book 9781405867771 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276563 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292292335 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408261316 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294420 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294437 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294444 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 Three Adventures of Sherlock The Time Machine Unbowed The Brethren British and American Short The Citadel Holmes H. G. Wells Wangari Maathai John Grisham Stories A.J. Cronin Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Time Traveller has travelled to the year 802,701. In 1940, food, fresh water and fuel were Calling themselves the Brethren, three former D.H. Lawrence When Andrew Manson starts work as a doctor In these three stories we meet a young woman He finds that people have become weak, child-like plentiful in Kenya. But European crops and judges are in prison. They organize a pen-pal Meet some unusual people in these colourful he discovers unpleasant facts about the medical terrified of a mysterious ‘speckled band’, a family creatures. They seem happy, but why are they so farming methods disrupted the environment. scam to make money. But then the Brethren short stories. There’s the dreamy boy with a bird profession. He fights a powerful system that who think that five orange pips are a sign of frightened of the dark? This book describes Maathai’s struggle to save contact the wrong pen-pal: a powerful man with making a nest in his hair! And there’s the man seems to value money more than curing illness - death; and a banker who believes that his son the trees. dangerous friends. who tries to catch a ghost. Will he win? British English is a thief. American English 88 pages American English American English British English 80 pages 96 pages 80 pages British English 21,527 words 136 pages 20,669 words 26,444 words 21,886 words 80 pages 36,725 words 15,431 words ISBN Book 9781405882385 ISBN Book 9781405882392 ISBN Book 9781405882408 ISBN Book 9781405862424 ISBN Book 9781405882347 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276266 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276273 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276280 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294468 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408294475 ISBN Book 9781408263822 104 105 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 5 LEVEL 5 Cold Mountain Dr Zhivago The Firm The Great Gatsby Heart of Darkness The Hound of the Baskervilles Charles Frazier Boris Pasternak John Grisham F. Scott Fitzgerald Joseph Conrad Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Inman leaves the horrors of the American Four young people, Yury, Tonya, Lara and Pasha, When Mitch McDeere gets a job with a law firm it During one hot summer on Long Island, Jay Charlie Marlow tells his friends about his Have members of the Baskerville family really Civil War and begins a long, dangerous find and lose love during the Russian Revolution seems to be the path to money and power. But Gatsby throws an amazing party every weekend. experiences as a steamboat captain on the been killed by a gigantic devil-like creature, the journey home to Ada, the woman he loves. He Their heart-breaking stories make Dr Zhivago soon, the firm is listening to his phone calls, and the But this mysterious millionaire has a purpose: he River Congo. His search for the extraordinary Hound of the Baskervilles? Can Sherlock Holmes witnesses great poverty, cruelty, and violence. one of the greatest romantic books, and films, FBI want to speak to him. is following a dream of love. Will his dream come Mr. Kurtz caused him to question his own, and save the new owner of Baskerville Hall from a But will he ever see Ada again? of the 20th century. British English true? society’s, nature and values. terrible death? American English British English 88 pages British English British English British English 104 pages 80 pages 19,180 words 104 pages 96 pages 88 pages 29,693 words 24,861 words 23,783 words 29,207 words 21,107 words ISBN Book 9781405882415 ISBN Book 9781405882422 ISBN Book 9781405882439 ISBN Book 9781405865173 ISBN Book 9781405882453 ISBN Book 9781405862486 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276297 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276310 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276327 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276358 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276365 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276372 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 5 The Five People You Meet in Four Weddings and a Funeral The Grapes of Wrath The Invisible Man Jamaica Inn Jane Eyre Heaven Richard Curtis John Steinbeck H.G. Wells Daphne du Maurier Charlotte Bronte Mitch Albom Charles is late, he should be on his way to Angus and After losing their farm, the Joad family is faced A stranger arrives in a small village with his head Mary Yellan lives with her aunt and uncle at Jane Eyre becomes the governess for Mr When amusement park worker Eddie dies and Laura’s wedding! He is worried that he will never find with a journey of more than one thousand is covered in bandages and dark glasses hiding Jamaica Inn, where strange things happen at Rochester, and falls in love. But mysterious goes to heaven, he meets five people who were the right woman to marry. Then he meets Carrie … miles in search of a better life. Can hope defeat his eyes. When the villagers discover his terrible night. Mary discovers they are in terrible danger. events take place at night, and Mr Rochester poverty, illness, hunger and even death? secret, they realise that they are in great danger. Can she save herself and her aunt before it is appears to be hiding a terrible secret. Can Jane instrumental in his life. Eddie learns more about British English too late? even hope for happiness? his time on Earth, and what his true purpose was. 80 pages British English British English 17,678 words American English 96 pages 80 pages British English British English 104 pages 23,822 words 21,389 words 128 pages 176 pages 26,662 words 40,084 words 48,180 words ISBN Book 9781408263877 ISBN Book 9781405882446 ISBN Book 9781405862516 ISBN Book 9781405862509 ISBN Book 9781405862578 ISBN Book 9781405865166 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408263945 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276334 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276341 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276389 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276396 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276402 106 107 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 5 LEVEL 5 The Mayor Of Casterbridge Middlemarch More Tales from Shakespeare The Partner The Pelican Brief The Phantom of the Opera Thomas Hardy George Eliot Charles and Mary Lamb John Grisham John Grisham Gaston Leroux Michael Henchard is a wealthy respected man Dorothea wants to change the world and Six short stories, based on Shakespeare’s plays, Patrick Lanigan, a lawyer, dies in a car crash. In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are At the Paris Opera, people are dying and with a terrible secret. Twenty years ago he sold Dr Lydgate hopes to make great scientific includes Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Hamlet, Later, the partners in his law firm discover that murdered and only the young and beautiful a beautiful, talented young singer has his wife to a sailor and now she is looking for discoveries. But after disastrous marriages, they and many more. This collection is the perfect he is not really dead. He is living in Brazil, with 90 law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has disappeared. Is this the work of the Phantom of him again. What will happen when she finds both lose control of their lives. Can they ever introduction to one of the world’s greatest writers. million dollars of his partners’ money. uncovered a deadly secret, but will anyone the Opera? And what else will he do to get what him? achieve their dreams? believe her? he wants? British English American English British English British English 96 pages 96 pages American English American English 104 pages 96 pages 26,111 words 24,133 words 80 pages 104 pages 26,110 words 26,443 words 17,577 words 26,075 words ISBN Book 9781405862493 ISBN Book 9781408291405 ISBN Book 9781405862530 ISBN Book 9781405882477 ISBN Book 9781405882484 ISBN Book 9781405865159 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276419 ISBN Book + MP3 9781447938095 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276426 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276457 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276464 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276471 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 5 A Murder is Announced On the Road Outstanding Short Stories Pride and Prejudice The Prisoner of Zenda The Rainmaker Agatha Christie Jack Kerouac Edgar Allan Poe Jane Austen Anthony Hope John Grisham A strange notice appears in a local newspaper; Filled with love, jazz, and excitement, join A superb collection of short stories. Some Jane and Elizabeth Bennet need husbands, but Rudolf Rassendyll arrives in Ruritania for the Dot and Bud Black ask inexperienced law student is there really going to be a murder at Little Sal Paradise’s adventures on the road with are about unusual characters, others it isn’t easy to find the right man. Are Mr Bingley, king’s coronation. The two men meet and Rudy Baylor for his help. Their son is dying and Paddocks? At the announced time, lights go out wild friend Dean Moriarty and their crazy about ordinary people to whom something Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham all that they seem? find that they look exactly the same! A trick their claim for medical insurance has been and gunshots are heard. Can Miss Marple solve companions as they travel across the USA. unexpected happens. Some are funny, some Will pride and prejudice ruin their search for leaves Rudolf in the king’s place, while the king refused. Can Rudy really give them any hope? the mystery? are serious, all are enjoyable. true love? becomes the Prisoner of Zenda. American English American English British English 80 pages British English British English British English 96 pages 104 pages 21,493 words 112 pages 158 pages 104 pages 26,443 words 27,262 words 31,152 words 42,445 words 25,056 words ISBN Book 9781408221129 ISBN Book 9781405882460 ISBN Book 9781405865197 ISBN Book 9781405862462 ISBN Book 9781405865203 ISBN Book 9781405882491 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408232125 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276433 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276440 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276488 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276495 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276501 108 109 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 5 LEVEL 5 Rebecca Round the World in Eighty Sherlock Holmes Short Stories Tales of Mystery and Taste and Other Tales A Time to Kill Daphne du Maurier Days Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Imagination Roald Dahl John Grisham After the death of his wife Rebecca, Maxim Jules Verne Join detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson Edgar Allan Poe Meet some ordinary people who behave in Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped de Winter meets and marries a quiet young Phileas Fogg makes a bet that he can travel in six exciting adventures, including the mystery In these stories, from one of America’s greatest extraordinary ways: a man who can hear plants by two men. Carl Lee, Tonya’s father, shoots woman and takes her back to his family home. around the world in eighty days. Join this crazy of an engineer with a missing thumb, and the writers. we meet people struggling with fear, scream, the wife who wants to get rid of her them, and now only his lawyer and friend, Jake But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the race against time across Europe, Asia and strange case of two men who share an unusual revenge, mental illness and death. Which of husband, and the woman with an unusual use Brigance, stands between him and the electric new marriage? America with plenty of danger and excitement name. them will win, and which will lose their battles? for a leg of lamb. chair. along the way. American English British English British English British English American English British English 112 pages 136 pages 120 pages 112 pages 96 pages 136 pages 33,709 words 35,476 words 33,740 words 29,948 words 23,806 words 35,572 words ISBN Book 9781405862479 ISBN Book 9781405865180 ISBN Book 9781405865234 ISBN Book 9781405862547 ISBN Book 9781405882545 ISBN Book 9781405882552 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276518 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276532 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276549 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276624 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276648 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276655 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 5 The Strange Case of A Tale of Two Cities Tales from Shakespeare The War of the Worlds World Folktales Wuthering Heights Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Charles Dickens Charles and Mary Lamb H.G. Wells Kathy Burke Emily Bronte Robert Louis Stevenson Two men, one French and one English, but very With seven stories based on Shakespeare’s One of the most frightening science fiction These nine stories will take the reader on an A tragic story of Catherine and Heathcliff, whose Dr Jekyll is a respected London doctor. Mr Hyde similar in appearance, are in love with the same greatest plays, we meet many of his most novels ever written. When a spaceship lands exciting journey to distant cultures and times. love is filled with unhappiness and suffering. is a mysterious evil man. There is a murder and woman. The three of them are faced with the famous characters – magical Prospero; in southern England, few people are worried. The collection includes folktales from South When Catherine breaks his heart, Heathcliff Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the dangers of life during the French Revolution. mischievous Puck; evil Macbeth; greedy Shylock, But when strange creatures climb out and start America, Africa, India, China, and Europe. decides to break everyone else’s and plans a good doctor give Mr. Hyde the key to his house? and many more. killing, nobody is safe. terrible revenge. British English British English 104 pages British English 158 pages British English American English British English 25,056 words 72 pages 40,189 words 96 pages 96 pages 158 pages 21,057 words 28,012 words 27,235 words 46,304 words ISBN Book 9781405862455 ISBN Book 9781405862561 ISBN Book 9781405865227 ISBN Book 9781405865241 ISBN Book 9781405862523 ISBN Book 9781405865210 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276594 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276600 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276631 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276662 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408289594 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408276723 110 111 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 6 LEVEL 6 Animal Farm Anna Karenina The Beach The Chamber Crime and Punishment Cry, the Beloved Country George Orwell Leo Tolstoy Alex Garland John Grisham Fyodor Dostoyevsky Alan Paton An old boar dreams of farms run by animals Anna is a beautiful young woman, unhappily Richard arrives in Thailand. He hears about an Seventy year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi’s A young student, is forced to give up his studies Reverend Kumalo sets off for Johannesburg in for animals, with liberty and equality for all. married to a much older man. When she falls in idyllic beach on a secret island. It is paradise on death row. Sam hates lawyers but his execution because of lack of money. He plans to murder search of his younger sister and his son. The When farm animals set up Animal Farm, the love with a handsome young soldier, life seems Earth. He goes there, but paradise soon turns date is close, and time is running out. Can young a greedy old moneylender. Surely this murder moving story of two families in South Africa, dream seems to be coming true...until the pigs wonderful. But real happiness is not so easily into hell. lawyer Adam Hall persuade Sam to accept his could be excused if it made good deeds one black and one white, who are brought into become powerful. found. help? possible? violent contact. British English British English British English 104 pages American English British English British English 128 pages 120 pages 27,944 words 112 pages 120 pages 104 pages 30,133 words 32,949 words 29,239 words 32,748 words 27,308 words ISBN Book 9781292231280 ISBN Book 9781405865296 ISBN Book 9781405882576 ISBN Book 9781405882613 ISBN Book 9781405882613 ISBN Book 9781405882637 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292243221 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274187 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274194 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274378 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274385 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274200 LEVEL 6 LEVEL 6 The Bourne Ultimatum Brave New World Captain Corelli’s Mandolin East of Eden Great Expectations I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Robert Ludlum Aldous Huxley Louis De Bernieres John Steinbeck Charles Dickens Maya Angelou Jason Bourne is looking for his old enemy, Carlos In the New World of the future, there is happiness This great love story, set in 1941 in the tragedy An important novel from one of America’s Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed Growing up poor in the segregated American the Jackal, who wants to kill him. Bourne’s plan is and order. But when John comes from the Savage of war, has an Italian officer, Captain Corelli, greatest writers. Set in California, a story of love forever by two meetings, one with an escaped South, Maya Angelou suffers prejudice and cruelty simple: use himself as bait to lure the Jackal into Reservation, bringing strong emotions of love hate, falling in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. and jealousy, forgiveness and revenge, and what convict, and the other with an eccentric old lady from an unjust society and also from people she a trap. But only one will escape... anger and fear, a danger threatens the New World. But Pelegia’s fiancé is fighting the Italian army. it means to be human. and the beautiful girl who lives with her. trusts. Through everything, she learns the power of love and hope. American English British English British English American English British English 112 pages 136 pages 112 pages 120 pages 128 pages British English 35,437 words 35,240 words 33,222 words 30,902 words 35,437 words 120 pages 33,055 words ISBN Book 9781408263884 ISBN Book 9781405882583 ISBN Book 9781405882606 ISBN Book 9781405865265 ISBN Book 9781405865289 ISBN Book 9781405882651 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408263952 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274354 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274361 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274224 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274231 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274248 112 113 PEARSON ENGLISH READERS LEVEL 6 LEVEL 6 The King of Torts Madame Bovary Man from the South and The Moonstone North and South Northanger Abbey John Grisham Gustave Flaubert Other Stories Wilkie Collins Elizabeth Gaskell Jane Austen Things are not what they seem when Clay Emma Bovary escapes her boring life by Roald Dahl In what is now seen as the first English detective This classic industrial drama is a story of love and Catherine Morland looks for the excitement she Carter defends a murderer. Fighting large marrying Charles. But when married life In this short story collection, things are not novel, Rachel Verinder receives the Moonstone, personal tragedy. Life changes completely for finds in romantic fiction. But when she visits pharmaceutical companies, this is his does not bring her the love and excitement always what they seem and nobody can be an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster Margaret Hale when she moves to a northern city Northanger Abbey, she experiences desperate opportunity to make money and a reputation, she expected, she looks for love outside her trusted. You will have to wait until the final pages to everyone who owns it. But that same night, it and meets Mr. Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill unhappiness. What is real, and what is the but will he become King of Torts? marriage, and tragedy unfolds. of each story to discover the last, terrible twist! is stolen! owner. product of her wild imagination? American English British English British English British English British English British English 112 pages 112 pages 120 pages 112 pages 112 pages 112 pages 29,872 words 32,593 words 31,483 words 29,972 words 32.755 words 32,059 words ISBN Book 9781408221143 ISBN Book 9781405865319 ISBN Book 9781405882668 ISBN Book 9781405882682 ISBN Book 9781405867818 ISBN Book 9781408221105 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408232132 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274262 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274293 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274279 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274309 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408232149 LEVEL 6 LEVEL 6 Memoirs of a Geisha Les Misérables Misery Oliver Twist The Runaway Jury Saving Private Ryan Arthur Golden Victor Hugo Stephen King Charles Dickens John Grisham Max Collins The dramatic story of Sayuri, a geisha in Gion, After nineteen years in prison, Jean Valjean’s life Annie Wilkes loves Paul Sheldon’s books, and Beaten and starved, the young orphan Oliver Pynex, a tobacco company, could lose millions It’s June 9, 1944, three days after D-Day. Captain Kyoto. Throughout her struggle, she secretly loves is changed forever when he discovers love. Jean looks after him after a car accident. But when runs away to London, where he joins Fagin’s of dollars in a big court case. It is Rankin Fitch’s John Miller and his men are ordered to search the only man who ever showed her any kindness, dedicates his life to helping victims of poverty and Paul wants to kill off Annie’s favourite character, gang of thieves. He finds new friends, but can job to make sure that they win. But one of for Private James Ryan and bring him home. But a man who seems to be out of her reach. social injustice: ‘les misérables.’ she is determined to stop him, and Paul they protect him from people who rob and the jurors is also trying to influence the jury’s how many will survive the mission? becomes her prisoner. murder without mercy? verdict. Who is he? And whose side is he on? American English British English American English 112 pages 120 pages 120 pages American English British English American English 26,903 words 31,483 words 30,142 words 104 pages 116 pages 112 pages 27,217 words 35,613 words 27,313 words ISBN Book 9781405865272 ISBN Book 9781405876650 ISBN Book 9781405865258 ISBN Book 9781405882705 ISBN Book 9781405882712 ISBN Book 9781405882675 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274255 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292293110 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274286 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274392 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274415 114 115 LEVEL 6 Discover the Joy of Reading Snow Falling on Cedars The Testament The Woman in White David Guterson John Grisham Wilkie Collins Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. The Powerful lawyer Nate O’Riley is sent on a Only the Woman in White knows the truth Second World War has made people suspicious journey that will change his life forever; taking of Laura Fairlie’s cruel husband. Can Walter and angry at Japanese Americans like him. Will he him from the courtrooms of Washington to Hartwright discover the terrible secret? When receive a fair trial? And will the truth be discovered? the dangerous swamps of Brazil. he meets this mysterious woman, his future, and Laura’s, are linked forever. American English American English 128 pages 112 pages British English 35,501 words 27,878 words 120 pages 25,937 words ISBN Book 9781405882736 ISBN Book 9781405882767 ISBN Book + MP3 9781292140537 ISBN Book 9781405882743 ISBN Book + MP3 9781408274408 Visit: readers.english.com 116 117 INDEX TITLE LEVEL PAGE TITLE LEVEL PAGE TITLE LEVEL PAGE TITLE LEVEL PAGE Pearson English Kids Readers Katie Grows a Bean Plant 1 30 Peter Pan 3 42 Mysteries of the Unexplained 3 56 Animal Athletes 4 32 Land of New Hope, A 5 33 Pied Piper of Hamelin, The 4 43 Nelson Mandela 2 53 Let’s Draw Shapes 2 31 Newspaper Chase Easystarts 49 Animal Camouflage 6 33 Pinocchio 4 43 Magic Toys Go on Holiday 1 24 Nicholas Nickleby 4 58 Astronauts in Space 6 33 Princess and the Frog, The 3 42 Making Music 1 30 Nightmare before Christmas, The 2 53 Awake at Night 2 31 Rapunzel 4 43 Marvel’s Avengers Call for Backup 3 13 Odyssey, The 4 58 Brain Gym 4 32 Selfish Giant, The 2 41 Marvel’s Avengers Freaky Thor Day 2 13 Oliver Twist 4 58 Butterflies and Frogs 3 31 Sleeping Beauty 1 40 Marvel’s Spider-Man The Story of Spider-Man 2 13 Olympic Promise, The 1 50 Clothes at Work 2 31 Snow Queen, The 4 43 Marvel’s Spider-Man The Swashbuckling Spider 3 13 Olympics, The 3 56 Disney – 101 Dalmations 3 16 Swiss Family Robinson, The 4 43 Our Changing Planet 6 34 Outsiders, The 1 50 Disney – Aladdin 5 18 Three Billy Goats Gruff, The 1 40 Pirate Patch 2 25 Pearl, The 3 56 Disney – Alice in Wonderland 5 18 Town Mouse and Country Mouse 1 40 Pollyanna 4 25 Presidents of Mount Rushmore, The 2 53 Disney – Aristocats, The 4 17 Velveteen Rabbit, The 2 41 Disney – Atlantis: The Lost Empire 6 19 Poptropica English – Family Island Adventure 1 22 Rainbow Serpent and other Stories, The 1 51 Poptropica English – Future Island Adventure 6 23 Secret Garden, The 2 53 Disney – Bambi 2 15 Pearson English Active Readers Disney – Chicken Little 4 17 Poptropica English – Ice Island Adventure 5 23 Sharks 2 54 About a Boy 4 57 Disney – Dumbo 1 14 Poptropica English – Movie Studio Island 4 23 Slave Boy of Pompeii, The Easystarts 49 Adventure Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The 3 54 Disney – Hercules 5 18 Street Lawyer, The 4 58 Poptropica English – Space Island Adventure 3 22 African Safari 1 49 Disney – Hunchback of Notre Dame, The 5 19 Stories of Courage 3 56 Poptropica English – Tropical Island Adventure 2 22 Amazon Rally 1 49 Disney – Jungle Book, The 2 15 Stories of Other Worlds 2 54 Rainbow Bird 1 24 And Then There Were None 3 54 Disney – Lady and the Tramp 3 17 Sweeney Todd 3 56 Rory Wants a Pet 1 24 Anne of Green Gables 2 51 Disney – Lilo & Stitch 6 19 Theseus and the Minotaur 1 51 Secret Garden, The 6 26 Barcelona Game, The 1 49 Disney – Lion King, The 4 18 Three Great Plays of Shakespeare 4 59 Shaun the Sheep 3 25 Bleak House 4 57 Disney – Peter Pan 1 15 Titanic 3 57 Sherlock Holmes Stories 4 26 Blue Cat Club, The Easystarts 48 Disney – Pinocchio 3 17 Tomorrow Mirror, The 1 51 Sport with Trainer Tim 3 32 Call of the Wild 2 52 Disney – Robin Hood 4 18 Under the Bridge 1 51 Storm 4 32 Carmilla 3 55 Disney – Winnie the Pooh 1 15 Water for Life 2 51 Twits, The 4 28 Charles Dickens 3 55 Disney PIXAR – A Bug’s Life 3 16 Wonders of the World 2 54 Thumbelina 2 25 Confession, The 4 57 Disney PIXAR – Cars 6 19 Wrong Man, The 1 51 Tom at the Harbour 2 31 Crime Story Collection 4 57 Disney PIXAR – Cinderella 1 14 Young King and Other Stories, The 3 57 Up in the Air 3 32 Crown, The 1 49 Disney PIXAR – Finding Nemo 1 14 Wallace and Gromit A Matter of Loaf and Death 6 26 Cup in Forest, The Easystarts 48 Disney PIXAR – Incredibles, The 4 17 Pearson English Readers Wheels Go Round 1 30 Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The 3 55 Disney PIXAR – Monsters Inc 2 16 1984 4 98 Where I Live 1 31 Don Quixote 2 52 Disney PIXAR – Ratatouille 5 19 20,000 Leagues Under Sea 1 76 Wind in the Willows Mole 4 26 Earthquake, The 2 52 Disney PIXAR – Toy Story 1 2 16 2001: A Space Odyssey 5 105 and Rat become Friends, The First Emperor of China, The 2 52 Disney PIXAR – Toy Story 2 3 17 Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The 1 76 Winston the Wizard 1 25 Frankenstein 3 55 Disney PIXAR – Toy Story 3 4 18 Alexander the Great 4 98 Wizard of Oz, The 3 25 Galapagos, The 1 50 Disney PIXAR – Up 6 21 Ali and His Camera 1 76 World of Homes, A 6 34 Good Day, Bad Day Easystarts 48 Disney PIXAR – WALL-E 5 19 Alice in Wonderland 2 80 Golden Seal, The 1 50 Disney Princess – Beauty and the Beast 3 16 Amazon Rainforest 2 80 Hat, The Easystarts 48 Disney Princess – Little Mermaid, The 2 15 Pearson English Story Readers American Life 2 81 Horse Whisperer, The 3 55 Aladdin and the Lamp 2 40 Disney Princess – Mulan 6 20 Amistad 3 89 Incredible Journey, The 3 55 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 3 41 Disney Princess – Pocahontas 6 20 Animal Farm 6 112 Island for Sale 1 50 Beauty and the Beast 3 41 Disney Princess – Sleeping Beauty 1 15 Anna Karenina 6 112 Japanese Ghost Stories 3 56 Christmas Carol, A 4 42 Disney Princess – Snow White 2 16 Audrey Hepburn 2 81 Journey Through Arabia 2 52 Emperor and the Nightingale, The 4 43 Enormous Crocodile, The 2 28 Barack Obama 2 81 Kim’s Choice Easystarts 48 Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1 40 Festival Fun 3 32 Battle of the Newton Road, The 1 76 Last Juror, The 2 52 Hansel and Gretel 3 41 George’s Marvellous Medicine 5 29 Beach, The 6 112 Leonardo da Vinci 4 58 Jack and the Beanstalk 3 42 Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The 3 28 Beatles, The 3 89 Little Women 1 50 Jungle Book, The 2 41 Gulliver’s Travels 5 26 Becoming Jane 3 89 Long Road, The Easystarts 48 Little Red Riding Hood 2 40 Harry’s Clothes Project 5 33 Between Two Worlds Easystarts 72 Maltese Falcon, The 4 58 New Adventures of Tom Thumb 3 42 Into I.T. 5 33 Big Bang Mistake, The Easystarts 72 Mr Bean 2 53 Peter and the Wolf 3 42 Island Hopping 5 33 Billy and the Queen Easystarts 72 118 119 INDEX TITLE LEVEL PAGE TITLE LEVEL PAGE TITLE LEVEL PAGE TITLE LEVEL PAGE Billy Elliot 3 89 Five Famous Fairy Tales 2 82 Knife Edge 4 102 New York 3 95 Black Beauty 2 81 Five One-Act Plays 3 91 Lady in the Lake, The 2 83 New Zealand Adventure, A Easystarts 74 Black Cat and Other Stories 3 89 Five People You Meet in Heaven, The 5 106 Last King of Scotland, The 3 94 No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, The 3 95 Body, The 5 105 Five Plays for Today 2 82 Last of the Mohicans, The 2 83 North and South 6 115 Bourne Identity, The 4 99 Flying Home Easystarts 73 Last Photo, The Easystarts 73 Northanger Abbey 6 115 Bourne Supremacy, The 5 105 Food for Thought 3 91 Leaving Microsoft to Change the World 3 94 Notting Hill 3 95 Bourne Ultimatum, The 6 112 Forrest Gump 3 91 Leopard and the Lighthouse, The Easystarts 73 Noughts and Crosses 3 95 Brave New World 6 112 Four Weddings and a Funeral 5 106 Les Misérables 6 114 Of Mice and Men 2 85 Braveheart 3 89 Fugitive, The 3 92 Lisa in London 1 78 Oliver Twist 6 115 Brethren, The 5 105 Gandhi 2 82 Locked Room and Other Stories, The 4 102 On the Beach 4 103 British and American Short Stories 5 105 Ghost in the Guitar 3 92 London 2 84 On the Road 5 108 Canterbury Tales, The 3 90 Ghost of Genny Castle, The 2 82 Lorna Doone 4 102 Othello 3 95 Canterville Ghost and Other Stories, The 4 99 Gift of the Magi and Other Stories, The 1 77 Lost In New York 2 84 Outstanding Short Stories 5 108 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 6 116 Girl Meets Boy 1 77 Lost Love and Other Stories 2 84 Partner, The 5 109 Cellist of Sarajevo, The 3 90 Gladiator 4 101 Love Actually 4 102 Pearl Girl, The Easystarts 74 Chamber, The 6 113 Go-Between, The 4 101 Lucky Break Easystarts 74 Pelé 1 79 Checkmate 4 99 Gone with Wind Part 1 4 101 Macbeth 4 102 Pelican Brief, The 5 109 A Christmas Carol 2 83 Gone with Wind Part 2 4 101 Madame Bovary 6 114 Persuasion 2 85 Citadel, The 5 105 Grapes of Wrath, The 5 106 Madame Doubtfire 3 94 Pete and the Pirates Easystarts 75 Client, The 4 99 Great Expectations 6 113 Maisie and the Dolphin Easystarts 74 Phantom of the Opera, The 5 109 Climb, The 3 90 Great Gatsby, The 5 107 Man from the South and Other Stories 6 114 Picture of Dorian Gray, The 4 103 Cold Mountain 5 106 Grey Owl 3 92 Marcel and the Mona Lisa Easystarts 74 Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest 3 96 Count of Monte Cristo, The 3 90 Gulliver’s Travels 2 82 Marcel and the Shakespeare Letters 1 78 Pirates of the Caribbean 3: World’s End 3 96 Crime and Punishment 6 113 Hamlet 3 92 Marcel and the White Star Easystarts 74 Pirates of the Caribbean: 2 85 Cry, Beloved Country 6 113 Hannah and the Hurricane Easystarts 73 Marcel Goes to Hollywood 1 78 The Course of the Black Pearl Dangerous Game 3 90 Heart of Darkness, The 5 107 Marley & Me 2 84 Pride and Prejudice 5 109 Daniel Radcliffe 1 78 Heidi 2 82 Martin Luther King 3 94 Prince and Pauper, The 2 85 David Beckham 1 77 A History of Britain 3 92 Marvel’s The Avengers 2 65 Princess Diana 3 96 David Copperfield 3 90 Hound of Baskervilles, The 5 107 Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron 3 65 Prisoner of Zenda, The 5 109 Detective Work 4 99 House of the Seven Gables, The 1 77 Marvel's Captain America: Civil War 3 65 Project Omega 2 86 Diary of a Young Girl, The 4 99 House of Stairs, The 4 101 Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 4 65 Psycho 3 96 Dino’s Day in London Easystarts 73 How to be an Alien 3 92 Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy vol.2 4 65 Railway Children, The 2 86 Doctor Faustus 4 100 Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The 3 93 Marvel's Thor 3 65 Rainmaker, The 5 109 Doctor Who: Face the Raven 3 69 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 6 113 Mayor Of Casterbridge, The 5 108 Rebecca 5 110 Doctor Who: Flatline 3 69 An Ideal Husband 3 93 Memoirs of a Geisha 6 114 Return of Sherlock Holmes, The 3 96 Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died 2 69 Importance of Being Earnest, The 2 83 Merchant of Venice, The 4 103 Ring, The 3 96 Doctor Who: Mummy on Orient Express 3 69 Inventions that Changed the World 4 101 Michael Jordan 1 78 Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1 79 Doctor Who: The Robot of Sherwood 2 69 Invisible Man, The 5 117 Middlemarch 5 108 Robin Hood 2 86 Doctor Who: The Woman Who Lived 3 69 Island of Dr Moreau, The 3 93 Mike’s Lucky Day 1 78 Robinson Crusoe 2 86 Doll’s House and Other Stories, The 4 102 Jamaica Inn 5 107 Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, The 4 103 Romeo and Juliet 3 97 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 3 91 Jane Eyre 3 93 Misery 6 114 Room in the Tower and Other Ghost Stories, The 2 86 Dr Zhivago 5 106 Jane Eyre 5 107 Missing Coins, The 1 78 Round the World in Eighty Days 5 110 Dracula 3 91 Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog and Other 3 93 Moby Dick 2 84 Runaway Jury, The 6 115 East of Eden 6 113 Stories Moonfleet 2 84 Run For Your Life 1 79 Emma 4 100 Jungle Book, The 2 83 Moonstone, The 6 115 Sadie’s Big Day at the Office 1 79 Evening Class 4 100 K’s First Case 3 94 More Tales from Shakespeare 5 108 San Francisco Story Easystarts 76 Extreme Sports 2 81 Karen and the Artist 1 77 Mother Teresa 1 79 Saving Private Ryan 6 115 Fall of the House of Usher, The 3 91 Kidnapped 2 83 Mr. Bean in Town 2 85 Scandal in Bohemia, A 3 97 Falling Leaves 4 100 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2 83 Muhammad Ali 1 79 Scarlet Letter, The 2 86 Famous Women in Business 4 100 King Lear 3 93 Murder is Announced, A 5 108 Sense and Sensibility 3 97 Fireboy, The Easystarts 73 King of Torts, The 6 117 My Fair Lady 3 95 Seven 4 103 Firm, The 5 106 King Solomon’s Mines 4 102 Mysterious Island, The 2 85 Shakespeare - His Life and Plays 4 103 120 121 INDEX TITLE LEVEL PAGE Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery 3 97 of Boscombe Pool Sherlock Holmes Short Stories 5 110 Simon and the Spy Easystarts 75 Simply Suspense 2 87 Six Sketches 1 80 Snow Falling on Cedars 6 119 Speed Queens 1 80 Stories from Shakespeare 3 97 Stories of Survival 3 99 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The 5 110 Stranger Than Fiction: Urban Myths 2 87 Strangers on a Train 4 104 Surfer! 1 80 Swiss Family Robinson, The 3 98 Tale of Two Cities, A 5 110 Tales from the Arabian Nights 2 88 Tales from Shakespeare 5 110 Tales of Mystery and Imagination 5 111 Taste and Other Tales 5 111 Teacher Man 4 104 Tears of the Giraffe 4 104 Testament, The 6 116 Thirty-nine Steps, The 3 98 Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4 104 Three Musketeers, The 2 87 Three Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes 2 90 Time Machine, The 4 104 Time to Kill, A 5 111 Tinker’s Farm Easystarts 75 Tinker’s Island Easystarts 75 Treasure Island 2 88 Troy Stone, The Easystarts 75 Turn of the Screw 3 98 Unbowed 4 104 Vanity Fair 3 98 Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, The 2 88 Walkabout 2 88 War of the Worlds, The 5 111 Wave, The 2 88 White Fang 2 88 White Oryx, The Easystarts 76 Who Wants to be a Star? Easystarts 76 William Tell 1 80 Wind in the Willows, The 2 88 Woman in White, The 6 116 World Folktales 5 111 Wuthering Heights 5 111 122 123 Find out more about English.com/readers Want to contact us? We’d love to hear from you! pearsonenglishreaders.com @PearsonEnglish facebook.com/PearsonEnglish