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Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him...

Dolphins are interactive graded readers specially designed to make developing language skills fun for younger learners.Full-color illustrations and cross-curricular content stimulate students' interest and maintain their attention, while carefully...

Dolphins are interactive graded readers specially designed to make developing language skills fun for younger learners.Full-color illustrations and cross-curricular content stimulate students' interest and maintain their attention, while carefully...

Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn't. He's a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where...

Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school....

There are broken hearts and kisses and then weddings, so this is a story about love. There are actors who are funny because they cannot act, so it is also a story that makes people laugh. And there are fairies, spirits of the night, so it is a story...

Zoe Baker works in a bookstore. She also likes acting, and she has a part in the play Romeo and Juliet. Mike Morrison writes about the play for the newspaper. What does he write about Zoe? Is Zoe a good actress... or is she just 'a pretty face'? What...

'The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words: Drive him fast to the grave. This is from JACQUES.' The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people. But even in...

Dolphins are interactive graded readers specially designed to make developing language skills fun for younger learners.Full-color illustrations and cross-curricular content stimulate students' interest and maintain their attention, while carefully...

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...

Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. Enjoy the famous tale of Aladdin and the wonderful old lamp. Duration - 13h 59m. Author - Sue Arengo....

In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee. With the jinnee's help, Aladdin is...

Ali Baba finds a thieves' treasure cave, and he is suddenly rich. Then his brother Kasim visits the cave, and things go wrong. The forty thieves find Kasim there, kill him, and cut him into four pieces. What can Ali Baba do? He wants to bury his...

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...

Read and discover all about desert life around the world. How do animals stay cool in the desert? Why are deserts getting bigger? Read and discover more about the world!This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content,...

Read and discover all about islands around the world. How do islands form? Which island has dragons? Read and discover more about the world!This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project...

Read and discover all about amazing plants. How many types of plant are there? Why are plants important? Read and discover more about the world!This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and...

Read and discover all about our galaxy and everything in the universe. What are stars made of? When did the first person walk on the Moon? Read and discover more about the world!This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational...

Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. Read the tale of Amrita and the forest trees. What happens when the king's men want to chop down the trees?...

Read and discover all about amazing animal life cycles. Which animals hatch from eggs? What is metamorphosis? Read and discover more about the world!This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and...

Read and discover all about amazing animals at night. Why do some animals come out at night? What special senses do nocturnal animals have? Read and discover more about the world!This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational...

Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talks and talks and talks. They didn't want a girl, but how can they...

'When he went home to Athens, the great prince Theseus left me on the island of Naxos. But why did he leave me? Everyone says that he was tired of me. But when we met, I was the princess of Crete and the most beautiful woman in the Aegean Sea.'...

'Today you can go round the world in eighty days,' says Phileas Fogg. 'Do it, and I pay you 20,000 pounds,' says his friend Stuart. This is the beginning of one of Jules Verne's most exciting stories. Phileas Fogg must get back to London by December...