A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.
The job was too good. There had to be a problem – and there was.
John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it.
They gave him the job because he couldn’t say no; he couldn’t afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and ...
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.
All they could hear was the wind, and the waves crashing on to the rocks. All they could see was the night. They could not see the ship, broken in two. They could not see the people holding on to the dark wet rock, slowly dying of cold. And they could not hear the cries for help – only the wind.
How could they save the people on the rock? Was th ...
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary,
Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die.
She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. C ...
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat.
Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that's for sure.
So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends.
And there's 300 dollars ...
A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat.
When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor foolish, and with her quick brain and keen ey ...
Thirty short, simple, physical activities to encourage children to listen and respond to spoken English. Responding physically to English helps children learn in an enjoyable, non-threatening way that also helps them remember the language.
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A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott.
Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" It was Long John Silver's parrot, Captain Flint! I turned to run…'
But young Jim Hawkins does not escape from the pirates this time. Will he and his friends find the treasure before the pirates do? Will they escape from the islan ...
A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott.
When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky – his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse.
But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and usi ...
