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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Shoemaker and the Elves Activity Book & Play

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Read the famous tale of the old shoemaker. How do the elves help him?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Magic Cooking Pot Activity Book & Play

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Enjoy the tale of the hungry little girl, her mother, and the magic cooking pot.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 Rumplestiltskin

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Enjoy the famous tale of the miller's daughter and the little man who can spin gold.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 Rumplestiltskin e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the famous tale of the miller's daughter and the little man who can spin gold.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 The Gingerbread Man e-Book & Audio Pack

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Find out what happens when the old woman makes a gingerbread man and he jumps out of the oven ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 Thumbelina e-Book & Audio Pack

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Follow the adventures of Thumbelina, the little girl who comes from inside a flower.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4 Cinderella e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the famous tale of Cinderella, who wanted to go to the prince's party.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5 Beauty and the Beast e-Book & Audio Pack

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Find out what happened when kind, clever Beauty had to live with a beast ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 The Gingerbread Man

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Find out what happens when the old woman makes a gingerbread man and he jumps out of the oven ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 Thumbelina

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Follow the adventures of Thumbelina, the little girl who comes from inside a flower.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4 Cinderella

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Enjoy the famous tale of Cinderella, who wanted to go to the prince's party.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5 Beauty and the Beast

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Find out what happened when kind, clever Beauty had to live with a beast ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Princess and the Pea

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Enjoy the famous tale of the prince who isn't happy. How can he find a real princess?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Princess and the Pea e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the famous tale of the prince who isn't happy. How can he find a real princess?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3 The Little Mermaid

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Enjoy the sad tale of the mermaid who loved a prince.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3 The Little Mermaid e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the sad tale of the mermaid who loved a prince.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Shoemaker and the Elves

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Read the famous tale of the old shoemaker. How do the elves help him?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Magic Cooking Pot

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Enjoy the tale of the hungry little girl, her mother, and the magic cooking pot.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4 The Goose Girl e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the tale of the princess who had to work as a goose girl.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5 The Magic Brocade e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the tale of the old woman's magic brocade. What did her sons do when it blew away?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4 The Goose Girl

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Enjoy the tale of the princess who had to work as a goose girl.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5 The Magic Brocade

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Enjoy the tale of the old woman's magic brocade. What did her sons do when it blew away?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 Big Baby Finn e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the tale of the Irish giant Finn MacCool and his clever wife Oonah.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 The Ugly Duckling

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Follow the adventures of the famous duckling. Why is he big, strange, and ugly?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 The Ugly Duckling e-Book & Audio Pack

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Follow the adventures of the famous duckling. Why is he big, strange, and ugly?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 Big Baby Finn

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Enjoy the tale of the Irish giant Finn MacCool and his clever wife Oonah.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the famous tale of Snow White and the bad queen who wanted to kill her.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Enjoy the famous tale of Snow White and the bad queen who wanted to kill her.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4 The Twelve Dancing Princesses e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the tale of the princesses who had holes in their shoes every morning. What did they do every night?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4 The Twelve Dancing Princesses

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Enjoy the tale of the princesses who had holes in their shoes every morning. What did they do every night?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 Mansour and the Donkey e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy this tale from Morocco, and find out how the hungry old donkey helps Mansour.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3 Aladdin e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the famous tale of Aladdin and the wonderful old lamp.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 Mansour and the Donkey

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Enjoy this tale from Morocco, and find out how the hungry old donkey helps Mansour.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3 Aladdin

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Enjoy the famous tale of Aladdin and the wonderful old lamp.

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Dominoes Starter Heidi

Johanna Spyri
Retold by Paul Davenport

'I'm not going with you, Aunt Dete!' Heidi cries.

'Oh yes, you are!' Dete answers.

Heidi loves her home in the Swiss mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter, the goatherd. So when Aunt Dete takes her away to Frankfurt, she doesn't leave happily.

In Frankfurt, Heidi is soon good friends with Clara Sesemann, a rich but very ill girl in a wheelchair.

But how can Heidi live without the mountains? And what can she do about Fräulein Rottenmeier, the Sesemanns' unfriendly housekeeper?

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Dominoes Starter Heidi Pack

Johanna Spyri
Retold by Paul Davenport

'I'm not going with you, Aunt Dete!' Heidi cries.

'Oh yes, you are!' Dete answers.

Heidi loves her home in the Swiss mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter, the goatherd. So when Aunt Dete takes her away to Frankfurt, she doesn't leave happily.

In Frankfurt, Heidi is soon good friends with Clara Sesemann, a rich but very ill girl in a wheelchair.

But how can Heidi live without the mountains? And what can she do about Fräulein Rottenmeier, the Sesemanns' unfriendly housekeeper?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 Peach Boy e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the famous Japanese tale of Momotaro - Peach Boy - and his friends. Can they fight the ogres?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Enormous Turnip e-Book & Audio Pack

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Read the tale of the man who pulls, and pulls, and pulls the enormous turnip, but cannot move it ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Three Billy Goats Gruff e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the famous tale of the three clever goats and the hungry troll ...

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Dominoes Two The Bird of Happiness and Other Wise Tales Pack

Tim Herdon

What is the secret of happiness, or the best thing for a wife to take with her when she leaves home?

How does a man pay for the smell of bread, or decide if he is lucky?

What happens when a friend steals a gift meant for you, or is careless when he tries to make his dreams of a better life come true?

How can you change dirt into gold, or get what you want?

The eight wise tales in this collection can teach us some important lessons about life.

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Dominoes Two The Bird of Happiness and Other Wise Tales

Tim Herdon

What is the secret of happiness, or the best thing for a wife to take with her when she leaves home?

How does a man pay for the smell of bread, or decide if he is lucky?

What happens when a friend steals a gift meant for you, or is careless when he tries to make his dreams of a better life come true?

How can you change dirt into gold, or get what you want?

The eight wise tales in this collection can teach us some important lessons about life.

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 Peach Boy

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Enjoy the famous Japanese tale of Momotaro - Peach Boy - and his friends. Can they fight the ogres?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Enormous Turnip

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Read the tale of the man who pulls, and pulls, and pulls the enormous turnip, but cannot move it ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 Lownu Mends the Sky e-Book & Audio Pack

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Find out how Lownu mends all the holes in the day sky and in the night sky ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Little Red Hen e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the tale of the hard-working hen and her three unhelpful friends...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Three Billy Goats Gruff

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Enjoy the famous tale of the three clever goats and the hungry troll ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 Amrita and the Trees e-Book & Audio Pack

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Read the tale of Amrita and the forest trees. What happens when the king's men want to chop down the trees?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 Jack and the Beanstalk e-Book & Audio Pack

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Follow Jack's adventures when he climbs the magic beanstalk ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 The Fisherman and His Wife e-Book & Audio Pack

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Read the tale of the fisherman's wife who always wants more ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse e-Book & Audio Pack

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Find out what happens when Town Mouse comes to the country and Country Mouse goes to the town ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3 Goldilocks and the Three Bears e-Book & Audio Pack

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Find out what happened when a little girl called Goldilocks went into the three bears' house ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3 Little Red Riding Hood e-Book & Audio Pack

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Follow the adventures of the little girl who met a wolf in the forest

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4 Sleeping Beauty e-Book & Audio Pack

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Enjoy the tale of the princess who slept for a hundred years ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5 Pinocchio e-Book & Audio Pack

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Follow the adventures of the wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition

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Full-colour English graded readers offering classic tales retold for primary language learners accompanied by e-Books, audio, and Activity Books.

Retold by Sue Arengo

Beginner to Intermediate (A1–B1)

New edition of Classic Tales with Storybook, e-Book, Activity Book and Play

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1: 100 headwords

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Full-colour English graded readers offering classic tales retold for primary language learners accompanied by e-Books, audio, and Activity Books.

Retold by Sue Arengo

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New edition of Classic Tales with Storybook, e-Book, Activity Book and Play

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2: 150 headwords

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Full-colour English graded readers offering classic tales retold for primary language learners accompanied by e-Books, audio, and Activity Books.

Retold by Sue Arengo

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New edition of Classic Tales with Storybook, e-Book, Activity Book and Play

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3: 200 headwords

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Full-colour English graded readers offering classic tales retold for primary language learners accompanied by e-Books, audio, and Activity Books.

Retold by Sue Arengo

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New edition of Classic Tales with Storybook, e-Book, Activity Book and Play

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4: 300 headwords

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Full-colour English graded readers offering classic tales retold for primary language learners accompanied by e-Books, audio, and Activity Books.

Retold by Sue Arengo

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New edition of Classic Tales with Storybook, e-Book, Activity Book and Play

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5: 400 headwords

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Full-colour English graded readers offering classic tales retold for primary language learners accompanied by e-Books, audio, and Activity Books.

Retold by Sue Arengo

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New edition of Classic Tales with Storybook, e-Book, Activity Book and Play

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 Lownu Mends the Sky

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Find out how Lownu mends all the holes in the day sky and in the night sky ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 1 The Little Red Hen

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Enjoy the tale of the hard-working hen and her three unhelpful friends...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 Amrita and the Trees

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Read the tale of Amrita and the forest trees. What happens when the king's men want to chop down the trees?

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 Jack and the Beanstalk

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Follow Jack's adventures when he climbs the magic beanstalk

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 The Fisherman and His Wife

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Read the tale of the fisherman's wife who always wants more ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 2 The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

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Find out what happens when Town Mouse comes to the country and Country Mouse goes to the town ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3 Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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Find out what happened when a little girl called Goldilocks went into the three bears' house ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 3 Little Red Riding Hood

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Follow the adventures of the little girl who met a wolf in the forest

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 4 Sleeping Beauty

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Enjoy the tale of the princess who slept for a hundred years ...

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Classic Tales Second Edition Level 5 Pinocchio

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Follow the adventures of the wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy ...

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Dominoes Starter Sheherazade

Bill Bowler

King Shahriyar cannot trust women. Every afternoon he marries a wife, but the next morning he always kills her. One day, the Vizier cannot find any more wives for the King. What can he do?

'I can be Shahriyar's new wife!' says Sheherazade, his older daughter. 'God willing I can stay alive, and help the women of our country.'

But how can Sheherezade stay alive for a thousand and one nights? And does Shahriyar learn to trust women again in the end?

This famous 'story of stories' has the answers.

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Dominoes Starter Sheherazade Pack

Bill Bowler

King Shahriyar cannot trust women. Every afternoon he marries a wife, but the next morning he always kills her. One day, the Vizier cannot find any more wives for the King. What can he do?

'I can be Shahriyar's new wife!' says Sheherazade, his older daughter. 'God willing I can stay alive, and help the women of our country.'

But how can Sheherezade stay alive for a thousand and one nights? And does Shahriyar learn to trust women again in the end?

This famous 'story of stories' has the answers.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 The Price of Peace: Stories from Africa

Retold by Christine Lindop

STAGE 4 - World Stories

Careful, Connie, please. Your little sister's eyes are looking angry. Look at the sudden lines around her mouth. Connie, a sister is a good thing. Even a younger sister. 'Mercy, who are you going out with?'

Connie gets an answer to her question, but it is not the answer she wants to hear. And what is the price of peace between sisters?

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 Land of my Childhood: Stories from South Asia Audio CD Pack

Retold by Clare West

STAGE 4 - World Stories

'My brother preferred being with mother and me. He used to help us prepare vegetables in the kitchen or make the bread. But what he liked best was listening to my mother's stories.'

But those childhood days are long gone, and now a great distance divides sister and brother, children and mother.

The stories in this volume of World Stories come from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The writers are Romesh Gunesekera, M. Athar Tahir, Chitra Divakaruni, Anu Kumar, Anne Ranasinghe, Ruskin Bond, Anita Desai, Vijita Fernando, and Amara Bavani Dev.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 The Long White Cloud: Stories from New Zealand Audio CD Pack

Retold by Christine Lindop

STAGE 3 - World Stories

Nani Tama looked at each of us - Dad, Auntie Hiraina, my cousin Timi, and myself. His eyes were angry. 'You fullas want me to die here in this room? Looking at these four walls? When the whakapapa is not yet finished?'

But Nani Tama gets his own way, and his grandson drives him through the night, to find the missing pieces from the family history.

The stories from this volume of World Stories are by New Zealand writers James Courage, Witi Ihimaera, Philip Mincher, and Joy Cowley.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 Doors to a Wider Place: Stories from Australia Audio CD Pack

Retold by Christing Lindop

STAGE 4 - World Stories

'When it came to football, Billy was different. Black hands grab the ball. Black feet kick the ball. Black hopes rise up with the ball to the sickly white sky. No one can stop him now. He forgets about the river, and the people of his blood . . .'

But who can forget their own past? Billy finds that the ties which hold him to the people of his blood are strong indeed . . .

The stories in this volume of World Stories are by Australian writers Mena Abdullah & Ray Mathew, Judith Wright, Archie Weller, Dal Stivens, David Malouf, Marion Halligan.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 Land of my Childhood: Stories from South Asia

Retold by Clare West

STAGE 4 - World Stories

'My brother preferred being with mother and me. He used to help us prepare vegetables in the kitchen or make the bread. But what he liked best was listening to my mother's stories.'

But those childhood days are long gone, and now a great distance divides sister and brother, children and mother.

The stories in this volume of World Stories come from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The writers are Romesh Gunesekera, M. Athar Tahir, Chitra Divakaruni, Anu Kumar, Anne Ranasinghe, Ruskin Bond, Anita Desai, Vijita Fernando, and Amara Bavani Dev.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Dancing with Strangers: Stories from Africa

Retold by Clare West

STAGE 3 - World Stories

'Sometimes I think this search is hopeless. So much has happened since I last saw my friends. Perhaps they have died or the rebels have taken them away. But I know I have to find Laker. I know she needs me.'

In a country torn by war, it is easy to stop hoping. All Atita has is an old photograph. She does not even know if she will recognize Laker after all these years . . .

The stories in this volume of World Stories are by African writers Jackee Budesta Batanda, Jack Cope, Mandla Langa, and M. G. Vassanji.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Dancing with Strangers: Stories from Africa Audio CD Pack

Retold by Clare West

STAGE 3 - World Stories

'Sometimes I think this search is hopeless. So much has happened since I last saw my friends. Perhaps they have died or the rebels have taken them away. But I know I have to find Laker. I know she needs me.'

In a country torn by war, it is easy to stop hoping. All Atita has is an old photograph. She does not even know if she will recognize Laker after all these years . . .

The stories in this volume of World Stories are by African writers Jackee Budesta Batanda, Jack Cope, Mandla Langa, and M. G. Vassanji.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 The Long White Cloud: Stories from New Zealand

Retold by Christine Lindop

STAGE 3 - World Stories

Nani Tama looked at each of us - Dad, Auntie Hiraina, my cousin Timi, and myself. His eyes were angry. 'You fullas want me to die here in this room? Looking at these four walls? When the whakapapa is not yet finished?'

But Nani Tama gets his own way, and his grandson drives him through the night, to find the missing pieces from the family history.

The stories in this volume of World Stories are by New Zealand writers James Courage, Witi Ihimaera, Philip Mincher , and Joy Cowley.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 Doors to a Wider Place: Stories from Australia

Retold by Christine Lindop

STAGE 4 - World Stories

'When it came to football, Billy was different. Black hands grab the ball. Black feet kick the ball. Black hopes rise up with the ball to the sickly white sky. No one can stop him now. He forgets about the river, and the people of his blood . . .'

But who can forget their own past? Billy finds that the ties which hold him to the people of his blood are strong indeed . . .

The stories in this volume of World Stories are by Australian writers Mena Abdullah & Ray Mathew, Judith Wright, Archie Weller, Dal Stivens, David Malouf, Marion Halligan.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 The Meaning of Gifts: Stories from Turkey Audio CD Pack

Retold by Jennifer Bassett

STAGE 1 - World Stories

'I'm afraid to look in the storeroom. All our food for the winter - where is it now? Inside those hungry guests! They never stop eating! And they never say thank you! And those children - my God, they eat more than their parents!'

Izzet Efendi and his family are afraid that their guests are never going to go home, but what can they do?

Bookworms World Stories collect stories from around the world. This volume has stories by Turkish writers Huseyin Rahmi Gurpinar, Ayse Kilimci, Sait Faik, and Yalvac Ural.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 The Meaning of Gifts: Stories from Turkey

Retold by Jennifer Bassett

STAGE 1 - World Stories

'I'm afraid to look in the storeroom. All our food for the winter - where is it now? Inside those hungry guests! They never stop eating! And they never say thank you! And those children - my God, they eat more than their parents!'

Izzet Efendi and his family are afraid that their guests are never going to go home, but what can they do?

Bookworms World Stories collect stories from around the world. This volume has stories by Turkish writers Huseyin Rahmi Gurpinar, Ayse Kilimci, Sait Faik, and Yalvac Ural.

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