Oxford Bookworms Library

Best adaptations of classic and modern literature

Third Edition Jennifer Bassett

Help your students build reading confidence and fluency with the Oxford Bookworms Library. With adapted American and European literature, teachers can make the Oxford Bookworms Library a part of their English language arts curriculum. English learners and struggling readers can enjoy the same novels that are found in the mainstream curriculum. Available in seven accessible levels, students can choose from more than 150 titles from starter level to advanced for extensive or independent reading.

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.

Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.

Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading.

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  • Graded according to the acclaimed Bookworms syllabus
  • Award-winning titles
  • Stunning covers
  • Extended activities section at the back
  • Word count and CEF level on every cover
  • Audio CDs for the complete text
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This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.

Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students’ reading confidence.

Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.

Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.

Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

Oxford Bookworms Library includes:

We have 33 Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Level titles out of 246 titles across the whole Oxford Bookworms Library Series
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978-0-19-423411-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
978-0-19-423420-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Drive into Danger
978-0-19-423412-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Escape
978-0-19-423422-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Girl on a Motorcycle
978-0-19-423441-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Girl on a Motorcycle Audio Pack
978-0-19-423413-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Give Us the Money
978-0-19-423414-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: King Arthur
978-0-19-423436-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Last Chance
978-0-19-423443-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Last Chance Audio Pack
978-0-19-423428-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: Mystery in London
978-0-19-478599-0 Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Mystery of Manor Hall New
978-0-19-423423-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: New York Café
978-0-19-423445-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: New York Café Audio Pack
978-0-19-423429-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Oranges in the Snow
978-0-19-423424-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: Orca
978-0-19-479364-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: Pirate Treasure
978-0-19-423425-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Police TV
978-0-19-423434-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Red Roses
978-0-19-423651-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: Red Roses Audio Pack
978-0-19-423416-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Robin Hood
978-0-19-423426-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Sally>'s Phone
978-0-19-423417-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Star Reporter
978-0-19-423427-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Starman
978-0-19-423430-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Survive!
978-0-19-423418-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Taxi of Terror
978-0-19-423421-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Fifteenth Character
978-0-19-479434-3 Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Girl with Green Eyes
978-0-19-479433-6 Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Girl with Green Eyes Audio CD Pack
978-0-19-423435-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Girl with Red Hair
978-0-19-478601-0 Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Mystery of Manor Hall Pack New
978-0-19-423415-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Ransom of Red Chief
978-0-19-423431-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: The White Stones
978-0-19-423419-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Vampire Killer
We have 51 Oxford Bookworms Library Level 1 titles out of 246 titles across the whole Oxford Bookworms Library Series
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978-0-19-423501-3 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: A Ghost in Love and Other Plays
978-0-19-478906-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: A Little Princess
978-0-19-478901-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
978-0-19-423379-8 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Animals in Danger
978-0-19-478902-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Christmas in Prague
978-0-19-423627-0 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Deserts
978-0-19-423380-4 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: England
978-0-19-423500-6 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: Five Short Plays
978-0-19-478905-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Goodbye, Mr. Hollywood: Goodbye, Mr. Hollywood
978-0-19-478873-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Goodbye, Mr. Hollywood Audio Pack
978-0-19-423669-0 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Japan New
978-0-19-423661-4 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Japan Pack New
978-0-19-479440-4 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Les Misérables New
978-0-19-479439-8 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Les Misérables Audio CD Pack New
978-0-19-478929-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: Little Lord Fauntleroy
978-0-19-423374-3 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: London
978-0-19-478908-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Love or Money?
978-0-19-478909-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Mary, Queen of Scots
978-0-19-478911-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Mutiny on the Bounty
978-0-19-478912-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Ned Kelly - A True Story
978-0-19-423373-6 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: New York
978-0-19-423582-2 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: New York CD Pack
978-0-19-478914-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: One-Way Ticket - Short Stories
978-0-19-478918-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Remember Miranda
978-0-19-479437-4 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 San Francisco New
978-0-19-479436-7 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 San Francisco Audio CD Pack New
978-0-19-423623-2 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Scotland
978-0-19-478919-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son
978-0-19-478920-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings
978-0-19-423503-7 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: Sherlock Holmes - Two Plays
978-0-19-478603-4 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Shirley Homes and the Cyber Thief Pack New
978-0-19-478611-9 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Shirley Homes and the Cyber Thief New
978-0-19-479369-8 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Shirley Homes and the Lithuanian Case New
978-0-19-479367-4 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Shirley Homes and the Lithuanian Case Audio CD Pack New
978-0-19-478921-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Sister Love and Other Crime Stories
978-0-19-423535-8 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: The Butler Did It and Other Plays
978-0-19-478903-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Coldest Place on Earth
978-0-19-478907-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Lottery Winner
978-0-19-478927-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Meaning of Gifts: Stories from Turkey
978-0-19-423502-0 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: The Murder of Mary Jones
978-0-19-478913-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Omega Files DS Short Stories
978-0-19-478610-2 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 The Piano Man New
978-0-19-478602-7 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 The Piano Man Pack New
978-0-19-478917-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: The President's Murder
978-0-19-478924-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Witches of Pendle
978-0-19-478925-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Withered Arm
978-0-19-423619-5 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Titanic
978-0-19-478922-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Under the Moon
978-0-19-478923-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: White Death
978-0-19-423668-3 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 William & Kate New
978-0-19-423660-7 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 William & Kate Pack New
We have 51 Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2 titles out of 246 titles across the whole Oxford Bookworms Library Series
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978-0-19-479050-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery
978-0-19-479051-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Alice>'s Adventures in Wonderland
978-0-19-479052-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Anne of Green Gables
978-0-19-479014-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Anne of Green Gables Audio Pack
978-0-19-479082-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Changing their Skies: Stories from Africa
978-0-19-478729-1 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Chocolate Audio CD Pack
978-0-19-423631-7 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Climate Change
978-0-19-479084-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Cries from the Heart: Stories from Around the World: Cries from the Heart: Stories from Around the World
978-0-19-479055-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Dead Man's Island
978-0-19-479056-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Death in the Freezer
978-0-19-479018-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: Death in the Freezer Audio Pack
978-0-19-479059-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Ear-rings from Frankfurt
978-0-19-479060-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Five Children and It
978-0-19-479386-5 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Ghosts International: Troll and Other Stories New
978-0-19-479384-1 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Ghosts International: Troll and Other Stories Audio CD Pack New
978-0-19-479061-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Grace Darling
978-0-19-423517-4 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: Hamlet
978-0-19-479062-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Henry VIII and His Six Wives
978-0-19-423385-9 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Ireland
978-0-19-423670-6 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Leonardo Da Vinci New
978-0-19-423662-1 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Leonardo Da Vinci Pack New
978-0-19-479080-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Love Among the Haystacks
978-0-19-423639-3 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Marco Polo and the Silk Road
978-0-19-423519-8 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: Much Ado About Nothing
978-0-19-479443-5 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Oceans New
978-0-19-479442-8 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 Oceans Audio CD Pack New
978-0-19-423520-4 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: One Thousand Dollars and Other Plays
978-0-19-423532-7 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: One Thousand Dollars and Other Plays Audio CD Pack
978-0-19-423381-1 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Rainforests
978-0-19-479083-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: Red Dog: Level 2
978-0-19-423521-1 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: Romeo and Juliet
978-0-19-423383-5 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Seasons And Celebrations
978-0-19-479072-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Stories from the Five Towns
978-0-19-479079-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Tales from Longpuddle
978-0-19-423635-5 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: The Beautiful Game
978-0-19-479053-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Canterville Ghost
978-0-19-479054-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Children of the New Forest
978-0-19-479057-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Death of Karen Silkwood
978-0-19-479019-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Death of Karen Silkwood Audio Pack
978-0-19-423518-1 Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: The Importance of Being Earnest
978-0-19-479064-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Jungle Book
978-0-19-479086-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Love of A King
978-0-19-479078-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
978-0-19-479040-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Murders in the Rue Morgue Audio Pack
978-0-19-479066-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Mystery of Allegra
978-0-19-479068-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Piano
978-0-19-479087-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories
978-0-19-479049-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories Audio Pack
978-0-19-479077-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Year of Sharing
978-0-19-479075-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Voodoo Island
978-0-19-479076-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: William Shakespeare
We have 45 Oxford Bookworms Library Level 3 titles out of 246 titles across the whole Oxford Bookworms Library Series
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978-0-19-479140-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: A Cup of Kindness: Stories from Scotland
978-0-19-479283-7 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 A Cup of Kindness: Stories from Scotland Audio CD Pack
978-0-19-479125-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: A Pair of Ghostly Hands and Other Stories
978-0-19-423390-3 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Australia and New Zealand
978-0-19-479112-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Chemical Secret
978-0-19-479197-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Dancing with Strangers: Stories from Africa
978-0-19-479446-6 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Dinosaurs
978-0-19-479445-9 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Dinosaurs Audio CD Pack
978-0-19-479115-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Ethan Frome
978-0-19-479299-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Ethan Frome Audio Pack (double CD)
978-0-19-479449-7 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Future Energy New
978-0-19-479448-0 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Future Energy Audio CD Pack New
978-0-19-423392-7 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Information Technology: Information Technology
978-0-19-479119-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Justice
978-0-19-479120-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: Kidnapped
978-0-19-479455-8 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Kidnapped Audio CD Pack
978-0-19-479141-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Leaving No Footprint: Stories from Asia
978-0-19-423393-4 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Martin Luther King
978-0-19-423597-6 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Martin Luther King CD Pack (double CD Pack)
978-0-19-479284-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Playing with Fire: Stories from the Pacific Rim
978-0-19-423389-7 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Recycling
978-0-19-479130-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Skyjack!
978-0-19-423673-7 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Space New
978-0-19-423665-2 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Space Pack New
978-0-19-479132-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
978-0-19-479314-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Tales of Mystery and Imagination Audio Pack (double CD)
978-0-19-479109-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Brontë Story
978-0-19-479111-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Card
978-0-19-423643-0 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: The Everest Story
978-0-19-478615-7 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 The Kiss: Love Stories from North America New
978-0-19-478605-8 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 The Kiss: Love Stories from America Pack New
978-0-19-479121-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
978-0-19-479139-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Long White Cloud: Stories from New Zealand
978-0-19-479126-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Picture of Dorian Gray
978-0-19-479127-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Prisoner of Zenda
978-0-19-479128-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Railway Children
978-0-19-479131-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Star Zoo
978-0-19-479133-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Three Strangers and Other Stories
978-0-19-423391-0 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: The USA
978-0-19-423603-4 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: USA CD Pack (double CD Pack)
978-0-19-479137-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Wind in the Willows
978-0-19-479134-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Through the Looking Glass
978-0-19-479453-4 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Through the Looking-Glass Pack
978-0-19-479135-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Tooth and Claw
Oxford Bookworms Library: A Cup of Kindness: Stories from Scotland
We have 25 Oxford Bookworms Library Level 4 titles out of 246 titles across the whole Oxford Bookworms Library Series
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978-0-19-479460-2 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 A Time of Waiting: Stories from Around the World New
978-0-19-479459-6 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 A Time of Waiting: Stories from Around the World Audio CD Pack New
978-0-19-479166-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: Black Beauty
978-0-19-479167-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: Cranford
978-0-19-479169-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Desert, Mountain, Sea
978-0-19-423395-8 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Disaster!
978-0-19-479195-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: Doors To A Wider Place: Stories from Australia
978-0-19-423780-2 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Gandhi
978-0-19-423394-1 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Great Crimes
978-0-19-479173-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Gulliver's Travels
978-0-19-479176-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Lord Jim
978-0-19-479177-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Lorna Doone
978-0-19-423396-5 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Nelson Mandela
978-0-19-479181-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Persuasion
978-0-19-479184-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Silas Marner
978-0-19-423397-2 Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: The History of the English Language
978-0-19-479174-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Hound of the Baskervilles
978-0-19-479198-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Price of Peace: Stories from Africa
978-0-19-479183-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Scarlet Letter
978-0-19-479323-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Scarlet Letter Audio Pack (double CD)
978-0-19-479188-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Thirty-Nine Steps
978-0-19-479191-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Unquiet Grave - Short Stories
978-0-19-479189-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Three Men in A Boat
978-0-19-479192-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Washington Square
978-0-19-479332-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Washington Square Audio Pack (double CD)
We have 11 Oxford Bookworms Library Level 5 titles out of 246 titles across the whole Oxford Bookworms Library Series
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978-0-19-479219-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: David Copperfield
978-0-19-479223-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: Far from the Madding Crowd
978-0-19-479233-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Sense and Sensibility
978-0-19-479215-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Accidental Tourist
978-0-19-479216-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Age of Innocence
978-0-19-479334-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Age of Innocence Audio Pack (triple CD)
978-0-19-479218-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Bride Price
978-0-19-478617-1 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 5 The Great Gatsby New
978-0-19-478608-9 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 5 The Great Gatsby Pack New
978-0-19-479231-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Riddle of the Sands
978-0-19-479464-0 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 5 This Rough Magic Audio CD Pack
We have 9 Oxford Bookworms Library Level 6 titles out of 246 titles across the whole Oxford Bookworms Library Series
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978-0-19-479271-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: A Passage to India
978-0-19-479254-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Barchester Towers
978-0-19-479256-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Cry Freedom
978-0-19-479262-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Jane Eyre
978-0-19-479268-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
978-0-19-479263-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Joy Luck Club
978-0-19-479270-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Woman in White
978-0-19-479269-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Vanity Fair
978-0-19-479462-6 Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 6 Vanity Fair Audio CD Pack
We have 21 Oxford Bookworms Library Bestsellers titles out of 246 titles across the whole Oxford Bookworms Library Series
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978-0-19-423759-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: A Tale of Two Cities
978-0-19-423742-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Level 1
978-0-19-423752-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Call of the Wild
978-0-19-423755-0 Oxford Bookworms Library: A Christmas Carol
978-0-19-423749-9 Oxford Bookworms Library: Dracula
978-0-19-423753-6 Oxford Bookworms Library: Frankenstein
978-0-19-423760-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Great Expectations
978-0-19-423747-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: Huckleberry Finn: Level 2
978-0-19-423756-7 Oxford Bookworms Library: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
978-0-19-423757-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: Little Women
978-0-19-423750-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: New Yorkers - Short Stories
978-0-19-423763-5 Oxford Bookworms Library: Oliver Twist
978-0-19-423744-4 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Phantom of the Opera
978-0-19-423746-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Pocahontas
978-0-19-423762-8 Oxford Bookworms Library: Pride and Prejudice
978-0-19-423748-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Robinson Crusoe
978-0-19-423754-3 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Secret Garden
978-0-19-423751-2 Oxford Bookworms Library: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
978-0-19-423745-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: The Wizard of Oz
978-0-19-423761-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Wuthering Heights
978-0-19-423758-1 Oxford Bookworms Library: Treasure Island

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