Young Learners

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A Close Shave™

Original story: Nick Park and Bob Baker
ELT adaptation: Peter Viney and Karen Viney

Pre-Intermediate

Another hilarious adventure starring Wallace and Gromit™.

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A Grand Day Out™

Original story: Nick Park
ELT adaptation: Peter Viney and Karen Viney

Beginner

World-famous animated film by the Oscar® -winning creators of The Wrong Trousers™ and A Close Shave™.

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American Oxford Primary Skills

American English reading and writing skills support course for primary

Tamzin Thompson and Helen Casey

Build reading and writing skills and develop confidence with Oxford Primary Skills, the perfect partner for any course.

Useful and free

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American Start with English

D H Howe

Six levels: Beginning to Intermediate

A six-level course which offers a grammar-based syllabus and gentle progression.

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Chatterbox

Levels 1 and 2: Derek Strange
Levels 3 and 4: Jackie Holderness

Beginner to Elementary

A four-level course to motivate young beginners, featuring a variety of activities for real language use.

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Children's Jazz Chants® Old and New

Carolyn Graham

Beginner to Intermediate

A celebration of over 25 years of Jazz Chants.

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Chit Chat

Paul Shipton
Course consultant: Derek Strange

Beginner

A two-level course that challenges young learners, developing skills in reading and writing as well as listening and speaking.

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Christmas Fun

Mary Charrington

A 32-page song and activity book to supplement any primary course at Christmas.

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English Time

American English course for beginner to intermediate primary students

Susan Rivers and Setsuko Toyama

Beginner to Intermediate

English Time - great lessons around the clock!

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English Time

Second Edition

Susan Rivers & Setsuko Toyama

Packed with interactive illustrations, stories, and activities, English Time is a six-level course that develops students' speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills – while they have fun.

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English Zone

Rob Nolasco and David Newbold

Beginner to Pre-Intermediate A1-A2

An easy-to-teach course for pupils aged 10-14.

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Everybody Up

An American English primary course for students aged 5–12 years.

Susan Banman Sileci and Patrick Jackson (Starter to Level 4)
Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina (Levels 5 and 6)

Everybody Up – linking the English classroom to the wider world.

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Explorers

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Join the journey!

Charlotte Covill, Mary Charrington, Paul Shipton, Nina Lauder, Suzanne Torres, Shona Evans and Sarah Philips

Beginner to Intermediate (A1 – B1)

Explorers is a brand new six-level course that brings real-world English into the classroom. Join the journey today!

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Fairy Tales

Activity Books: Cathy Lawday and Richard MacAndrew

Beginner

Four classic fairy tales for children learning English: Aladdin, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Three Billy-Goats, and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.

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Family and Friends

British English course for primary with strong training in skills and phonics.

Naomi Simmons, Tamzin Thompson and Jenny Quintana

Beginner to Elementary

Family and Friends - The best resources. The best digital. The best progress.

Useful and free

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Family and Friends American Edition

American English course for primary with strong training in skills and phonics.

Naomi Simmons, Tamzin Thompson, Jenny Quintana

Family and Friends – The best digital, the best testing, the best progress!

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Get Ready For

New

Petrina Cliff, Kirstie Grainger

Get Ready for exam success

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Get Ready!

Felicity Hopkins

Beginner

A two-level course for very young children with optional handwriting and number work.

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Get Set - Go!

Levels 1-3: Cathy Lawday
Levels 4-5: Liz Driscoll
Level 6: Alan C McLean

Beginner to Pre-Intermediate

A six-level course which offers a clear, structural syllabus, carefully paced progression, and lively child-centred activities.

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Happy Earth

Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter

Two levels: Elementary

A topic-based course that allows learners to extend their language skills while learning about the world around them.

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Happy House

Stella Maidment and Lorena Roberts

Two levels: Beginner

A story-based course that introduces young children to English through listening and speaking, and then provides a gentle introduction to reading and writing.

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Happy Series (American English)

American English course for Primary

Stella Maidment and Lorena Roberts (Happy House and Happy Street)
Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter (Happy World and Happy Earth)

Small kids, big kids, happy kids with the Happy series.

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Happy Series New Edition

Second Edition

British English course for Primary

Stella Maidment and Lorena Roberts (Happy House and Happy Street)
Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter (Happy Earth)

Happy learners, happy teachers, and happy parents with the Happy series.

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Happy Street

Stella Maidment and Lorena Roberts

Two levels: Beginner

A first English course for children who are ready for reading and writing.

Useful and free

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Holiday Jazz Chants®

Carolyn Graham

Beginner to Intermediate

Songs and chants celebrating major holidays in the United States.

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I-Spy

A British English primary course for students aged 7/8–10/11 years

Julie Ashworth and John Clark (Levels 1 and 2)
Cathy Lawday (Levels 3 and 4)

Four levels: Beginner to Elementary

A four-level course that develops learning and language skills, using humorous characters, crosswords, and strip cartoons, with a strong emphasis on listening.

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Incredible English

British English course for Primary

Sarah Phillips, Michaela Morgan, Peter Redpath, and Mary Slattery

Beginner A1 to A2

Children learn more with Incredible English

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Incredible English

Second Edition

New levels

Learn Incredible English and more

Sarah Phillips, Peter Redpath, Mary Slattery, Michaela Morgan, Kirstie Grainger

Beginner, A1-A2

Get your class buzzing with this updated seven level British English course

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Jazz Chant® Fairy Tales

Carolyn Graham

Beginner to Intermediate

An enchanting collection of fairy tales.

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Jazz Chants® for Children

Carolyn Graham

Beginner to Intermediate

A delightful collection of chants, songs, and poems that focus on basic structures of American English.

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Let's Chant, Let's Sing

Carolyn Graham

Six levels: Beginner to Intermediate

Chants and songs for children which reinforce important points and/or grammatical structures in American English.

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Let's Go

Fourth Edition

American English Course for Primary

Ritsuko Nakata, Karen Frazier, Barbara Hoskins, and Carolyn Graham

Success from the very beginning

Useful and free

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Let's Go Picture Dictionary

R Nakata, K Frazier, and B Hoskins

Beginner to Intermediate

An attractive picture dictionary for children.

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Let's Go Readers

Beginner to Intermediate

A new series of readers that tie in closely with the syllabus of Lets Go Third Edition.

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Let's Go Second Edition

Second Edition

R Nakata, K Frazier, B Hoskins, and S Wilkinson

Beginner to Intermediate

A six-level course which combines a carefully-controlled grammatical syllabus with functional dialogues to produce practical, natural-sounding English.

Useful and free

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Let's Go Third Edition

Ritsuko Nakata, Karen Frazier, Barbara Hoskins, and Carolyn Graham

Elementary to Intermediate

The world's favourite children's series, fully revised with brand new components!

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Mother Goose Jazz Chants®

Carolyn Graham

Beginner to Intermediate

Twenty-eight nursery rhymes and songs, accompanied by engaging variations in Carolyn Graham's jazz-chant style.

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Mr Bug's Phonics

Catherine Yang Eisele, Richmond Hsieh, Dina Sun

Two levels: Beginner

A fun and effective way to teach young children how to read in English.

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New Chatterbox

Second Edition

British English course for beginner to elementary from 7 years and over

Derek Strange

Beginner to Elementary

New Chatterbox - The English course that's serious fun!

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Open Sesame

Jane Zion Brauer, Katrin Tiitsman, Maureen Harris, Carol Cellman, and Jill Wagner Schimpff

Seven stages: Beginner to High-Intermediate

A fun and highly successful series featuring the world-famous Sesame Street characters.

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Oxford Activity Books for Children

Christopher Clark

Six levels: Beginner

Creative activities for young children.

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Oxford Heroes

First Edition

A fast-paced English course for young teenagers

Jenny Quintana and Rebecca Robb Benne
Course advisor: Norman Whitney

High Starter to Intermediate A1 to Mid B1

Oxford Heroes: the fast-paced English course for young teenagers

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Oxford Phonics World

New

Let us guide you through the world of phonics...

Kaj Schwermer, Julia Chang, Craig Wright

5 levels of phonics for use before or alongside your main course book.

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Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids

Joan Ross Keyes

Beginner to Intermediate

A picture dictionary for young children organized by topic.

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Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas

Dorothy Kauffman and Gary Apple

Beginner to Intermediate

The second edition of this well-loved dictionary with an increased emphasis on academic language, alignment to curriculum standards, and a research-based pedagogy.

Useful and free

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Oxford Primary Skills

Reading and writing skills support course for primary

Tamzin Thompson and Helen Casey

Build reading and writing skills and develop confidence with Oxford Primary Skills, the perfect partner for any course.

Useful and free

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Oxford Puppet Theatre Pack

A fold-away Puppet Theatre and plays to activate learners' imagination and creativity while reinforcing vocabulary and grammar.

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Pen Pictures

Mark Hancock and Annie McDonald

Beginner to Pre-Intermediate

A full-colour, three-level writing course which teaches young learners to develop the skills and strategies involved in the writing process.

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Project

Tom Hutchinson

Five Levels: Beginner - Intermediate

An innovative beginner's course for young learners from the age of 10.

Useful and free

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Project third edition

Third Edition

An English course for upper-primary and lower-secondary students.

Tom Hutchinson

False Beginner to Intermediate A1 to Mid B1

Project third edition: teachers trust it, students love it!

Useful and free

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Stardust

British English primary course for beginner to elementary

Kathryn Harper (Level 1) Alison Blair and Jane Cadwallader (Levels 2-5)

Beginner to Elementary

Stardust gets children talking, chanting and singing!

Useful and free

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Start Reading

Derek Strange

Beginner

A series of six books to develop reading comprehension skills.

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Super Surprise

British English course for primary

Vanessa Reilly and Sue Mohamed

Discover the exciting world of English with Super Surprise

Useful and free

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Surprise Surprise!

American English course for Primary

Vanessa Reilly and Sue Mohammed

Starter to Pre-Intermediate

Unwrap a world of English

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The Wrong Trousers™

Original story: Nick Park and Bob Baker
ELT adaptation: Peter Viney and Karen Viney

Beginner / False Beginner

A superbly animated comic adventure that appeals to all ages.

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Treetops

British English course for primary

Sarah Howell and Lisa Kester-Dodgson

Beginner to Elementary

Enchant your class with the wonderful world of Treetops

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Up and Away in English

Terence G Crowther

Six levels: Beginner to Intermediate

A six-level series combining a traditional approach and a comprehensive grammar-based syllabus.

Useful and free

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Up and Away in English Homework Books

Terence G. Crowther, Kerry Watkins

Beginner to Intermediate

The Up and Away Homework Books provide added language and skills practice for independent study.

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Up and Away in Phonics

Terence G Crowther

Beginner to Intermediate

A six-level series which gives children a thorough grounding in English language phonics.

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Winnie Flies Again

Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas
ELT adaptation by Kathryn Harper

Beginner

More exciting adventures of Winnie the Witch and her cat, Wilbur.

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Winnie in Winter

Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas
ELT adaptation by Paul Shipton

Beginner

Further adventures of Winnie the Witch and her cat.

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Winnie the Witch

Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas, with adapted text and activities by Jane Cadwallader

Beginner

The magical story of Winnie the Witch.

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Wizadora

Don Arioli, Carolyne Cullum and Cathy Lawday
Activity Book and Video Guide: Wendy Ball

Beginner

An entertaining combination of people and puppets to capture children's imagination.

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You and Me

Levels 1 and 2: Cathy Lawday
Starter Book: Sissy Gika

Beginner to Elementary

A two-level beginners' course providing traditional presentation and practice stages followed by a range of stimulating activities.

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Zabadoo!

Levels 1,2,3: Paul A Davies and Carolyn Graham
Plus!: Jackie Holderness and Wendy Superfine

Elementary

A topic-based four-level primary course with an emphasis on developing reading and writing skills.

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Zap!

Vanessa Reilly

Beginner

A two-level package for young learners that starts with listening and speaking but can move on to reading and writing as soon as your class is ready.

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