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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Robin Hood
John Escott
STARTER - Human Interest
'You're a brave man, but I am afraid for you,' says Lady Marian to Robin of Locksley. She is afraid because Robin does not like Prince John's new taxes and wants to do something for the poor people of Nottingham. When Prince John hears this, Robin is suddenly in danger - great danger.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Survive!
Helen Brooke
STARTER - Human Interest
You are in a small plane, going across the Rocky Mountains. Suddenly, the engine starts to make strange noises . . .
Soon you are alone, in the snow, at the top of a mountain, and it is very, very cold. Can you find your way out of the mountain?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 A Stranger at Green Knowe
Lucy M. Boston
Retold by Diane Mowat
STAGE 2 - Human Interest
When Ping sees Hanno in the zoo, he is excited, but also unhappy. Hanno is a magnificent African gorilla, big and black and much stronger than a man. But how can this wonderful wild animal live in a cage, behind bars and locked doors?
Then Hanno escapes from the zoo. And a few days later his footprints are seen near Green Knowe, the old house deep in the English countryside where Ping is spending his holiday . . .
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery
John Escott
STAGE 2 - True Stories
What does the name 'Agatha Christie' mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery - a 'whodunnit'. 'I'm reading an Agatha Christie,' people say. 'I'm not sure who the murderer is - I think it's . . .' But they are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderer's name before the end of the book.
But who was Agatha Christie? What was she like? Was her life quiet and unexciting, or was it full of interest and adventure? Was there a mystery in her life, too?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Retold by Jennifer Bassett
STAGE 2 - Classics
There, on top of the mushroom, was a large caterpillar, smoking a pipe. After a while the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow, sleepy voice, 'Who are you?'
What strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has conversations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter's tea party, plays croquet with the King and Queen of Hearts . . .
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Five Children and It
Edith Nesbit
Retold by Diane Mowat
STAGE 2 - Fantasy & Horror
When the children dug a hole in the gravel-pit, they were very surprised at what they found. 'It' was a Psammead, a sand-fairy, thousands of years old.
It was a strange little thing - fat and furry, and with eyes on long stalks. It was often very cross and unfriendly, but it could give wishes - one wish a day. 'How wonderful!' the children said.
But wishes are difficult things. They can get you into trouble . . .
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Information Technology
Paul A. Davies
STAGE 3 - Factfiles
It is hard to imagine the modern world without information technology. At home, at work, and at play, mobile phones, emails and computers have become part of daily life.
The story of information technology is a story of machines - from the ancient abacus to the small powerful computer chips of today. But it is also a story of people. Meet a woman who wrote computer programs two hundred years ago, a teenage millionaire, a man who began with a paperclip and ended with a house - and the criminals who want your name and your money.
Come and discover the world of information technology.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Recycling
Sue Stewart
STAGE 3 - Factfiles
What will we do when there is nowhere to put our rubbish? Every day, all over the world, people drop cans, boxes, paper, and bottles into bins and never think about them again. And the rubbish mountains get bigger and bigger.
But there is another way - a way that makes old paper into houses, broken bottles into jewellery, and old cans into bridges. Anyone can recycle - it's easy, it saves money, and it's a way to say, 'I care about the Earth.' Saving the
world starts with
you - here - now.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 The Children of the New Forest
Captain Marryat
Retold by Rowena Akinyemi
STAGE 2 - Human Interest
England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody.
The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it.
The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live? What will they eat? And will Cromwell's soldiers find them?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Too Old to Rock and Roll and Other Stories
Jan Mark
Retold by Diane Mowat
STAGE 2 - Human Interest
Greg is a teenager with a problem - his father. After the death of Greg's mother in an accident, his father takes no interest in life at all. Greg tries hard to help him. His father is too old to rock and roll, of course . . . or is he?
These short stories by Jan Mark look at life, love, and friendship through teenagers' eyes.
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