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Dorothy 1 • • • •
The Enormous Turnip 1 • • •
The Gingerbread Man 1 • • • •
The Star and the Colours 1 • • •
A Trip to the Safari Park 1 • • •
The Ugly Duckling 1 • • • • •
Henny Penny 2 • •
Little Red Riding Hood 2 • • • •
The Mad Teacher 2 • • •
Miss Grace Green &the Clown Brothers 2 • • • •
Mowgli Learns to Swim 2 • • •
The Owl’s Song 2 • •
Rapunzel 2 • • • •
Bugaboo the Wicked Witch 3 • • • •
Cinderella 3 • • •
The Jungle Book 3 • • • •
The Little Mermaid 3 • • • •
Maggie and Max Visit the Haunted Castle 3 • • • • •
Monsters in the Box 3 • • • • •
Peter and the Wolf 3 • • • •
Aesop's Fables 4 • • •
Christmas Fun 4 • • • •
Dracula and his Family 4 • • •
Festivals! 4 •
Frankenstein at School 4 • • • • • •
Freddy Finds the Thief 4 • • •
Halloween Party 4 • • • • • • •
The Magic Computer Mouse 4 • • • • • • •
Puss in Boots 4 • • • •
Sleeping Beauty 4 • • •
Space Monsters 4 • • • •
Aladdin 5 • • • •
Ali Baba and the Forthy Thieves 5 • • • •
The Canterville Ghost 5 • • • •
Nasreddin Ten Stories 5 • • • • • • •
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 5 • • •
Two Monsters 5 • • •
Zed the Magician 5 • • • •
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Earlyreads are graded according to their subject Dorothy
Striking artwork and pleasant stories

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interspersed with activity pages.
David R. Hill, in Survey Review
of Graded Readers in English.
The EARLYREADS series is aimed at
children from seven to twelve years of age
and contains original stories and traditional
favourites, as well as some cultural
readers, graded over five levels. All the
readers can be easily dramatised. The
majority are accompanied by playscripts
matter and by structural and lexical criteria.
Paola Traverso
The chart below shows the major structures used at
each level. Level 5 represents a good elementary Ever y night, Dorothy delivers
ability (full competence at level A1 of the Common dreams – to adults, children and
European Framework of Reference). even pets. Usually everyone gets the
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The Enormous Turnip
Retold by Ruth Hobart
A farmer plants a turnip seed and
overnight it grows into an
enormous turnip! But, even though
he and his family pull and pull, they
can’t pull the turnip out of the
ground. Read how, in this retelling
of a delightful tale, a little mouse
makes a big difference, and
everyone enjoys an enormous
turnip meal.
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The Gingerbread Man
Jennifer Gascoigne
One day Grandma makes a ginger-
bread man for tea but, when he is
cooked, he jumps off the table and
runs away. He doesn’t want to be
eaten! Grandma, Grandpa and Billy
and all the animals he passes try to
catch him, but he runs too fast for
them. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know
how to swim!
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The Star and the Colours
Paola Traverso
A very curious star wants to know
what the sun is like. When the moon
calls the stars to go to bed, she hides
under a cloud and waits. Little by
little the sun comes out and a world
of colourful things appears. The star
loves what she sees and every time
she discovers a new colour she sings a
magic song because she wants to
become coloured. Nothing seems to
change, but in the end the star gets a
great surprise.
A Trip to the Safari Park
Gigliola Pagano
A class of young South African
schoolchildren go on a trip to a
safari park. They have been looking
forward to it and they can hardly
contain their enthusiasm, so their
teacher has to be very patient!
They have a lot of laughs and a lot
of fun, but they also manage to
learn something!
Playscript
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The Ugly Duckling
Retold by Ruth Hobart
This little duckling is different from
the other ducklings. Everyone
laughs at him, animals and humans
alike, and only his mum loves him.
But when spring comes, he sees his
reflection in the water, and… what
a change has taken place!
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FORTHCOMING
Henny Penny
Retold by Emily Flynn
Henny Penny is going to the village
when a big acorn falls on her head from
an oak tree. She thinks that the sky is
falling and she runs to tell the king.
Along the road she meets many animal
friends, that join her. A fox is waiting for
them in the wood. He’s hungry and he
wants to eat the animals. But, at the last
moment, something unexpected
happens…This version of the traditional
tale ends in a different and quite
surprising way.
Little Red Riding Hood
Retold by Ruth Hobart
A modern-looking girl on the way to
her grandmother meets an old-
fashioned wolf in the woods. But
there’s a happy ending. The girl, her
grandmother and a woodcutter all
have tea together, while the wolf runs
away, scared but still alive!
Playscript
The Mad Teacher
Cristina Ivaldi
Teachers are often rather strange
people, particularly English tea-
chers! They repeat the same words
and ask children to say and do
absurd things. This teacher, how-
ever, is not just a bit strange, he is
really mad... raving mad!
By the end of the story children will
realise that a mad teacher is better
than a sane and boring one!
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Miss Grace Green and
the Clown Brothers
Paola Traverso
The four little clown fish just love
swimming and playing, although they
are afraid of three particularly big,
bad fish! But help is at hand in the
shape of Miss Grace Green. This
delightful story also shows us how life
is so much better when we live
together.
Playscript
Mowgli Learns
to swim
Ruth Hobart
When Mowgli meets the tiger Shere
Khan and isn’t able to cross the river
to escape, he realises that he must
learn to swim. With a little help from
his friends Baloo, Bagheera, Hathi
and the others, Mowgli discovers
that swimming isn’t so difficult after
all!
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The Owl’s Song
Paola Traverso
Every early morning the little birds in
the wood fly everywhere to wake
their animal friends up. One day a big
brown owl comes. He wants to join
the little birds but they do not want
him, because they say he is too big
and ugly and he can’t sing. The poor
owl hides inside an old black tree. But
night comes again and… fairies arrive.
It’s time for the owl to sing his song.
He sings beautifully! The fairies start
dancing and the night becomes
magic!
Earlyreads
Rapunzel
Retold by Ruth Hobart
A witch takes Rapunzel away from her
parents when she is a small child.
When Rapunzel grows into a beautiful
young woman the witch locks her in a
tower in the forest! However, the
stor y ends happily with Rapunzel
reunited with her parents and then
marrying a prince!
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Bugaboo
the Wicked Witch
Cristina Ivaldi
This is a story about a witch who is
so silly that she is actually harmless!
However, she becomes extremely
dangerous when a blow to her
head turns her into a good witch…
There is nothing worse than a very
silly person who wants to do good,
particularly if she is equipped with
magic powers!
Playscript
Cinderella
Retold by Ruth Hobart
Poor Cinderella! She has to do all
the housework, and her sisters
w o n ’t t a k e h e r t o t h e b a l l ! B u t
thanks to a fairy godmother – and
her pets! – she does go to the ball.
There, the Prince falls in love with
her, but will he find her again?
Playscript
The Jungle Book
Retold by Gaia Ierace
This delightfully illustrated script,
loosely based on Rudyard Kipling’s
, will introduce
children to Mowgli as a cub and
watch him grow up in the jungle
with the wolf family. His teachers,
Baloo the bear and Bagheera the
panther, will teach Mowgli a num-
ber of important things about sur-
viving in the jungle.
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The Little Mermaid
Retold by Judith Percival
The little mermaid lives in a magical,
beautiful world at the bottom of the
sea, but she wants to see what the
world above is like. When she goes up
she falls in love with a human. What
will the little mermaid have to do to
be able to have a life in the world
above with the man she loves?
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Maggie and Max Visit
the Haunted Castle
Gabriella Coates
It’s a lovely summer day. Max and
Maggie decide to go and visit the castle
on the hill near the town.
When they are in the castle lots of
strange things happen! First it’s only
Max who sees funny faces and people
moving in the pictures on the walls but
then Maggie starts feeling a bit worried,
too.
Maybe there really is a ghost in the
castle…

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Monster in the Box
Cristina Ivaldi
Bullies at school pick on Bobo who
is a bit small for his age. Not to
worr y, for Bobo is a resourceful
young lad with a few surprises of his
own.
Playscript
Peter and the Wolf
Retold by Ruth Hobart
Peter’s grandfather warns him about
going into the forest: it’s still winter,
so the wolves are hungr y! But of
course, Peter doesn’t listen... This
version of the much-loved Russian
tale ends in a way that that will
surprise and delight all readers!
Playscript
Aesop’s Fables
Retold by Ruth Hobart
In three stories three characters
teach us lessons: the tortoise
‘slowly but surely’ wins the race;
the mouse becomes a ‘great little
friend’ to the mighty lion; the
country mouse prefers the quiet life
back home to the luxur y – and
dangers – of the town.
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Earlyreads
Christmas Fun Dracula and his Family
Ruth Hobart Gaia Ierace
captures that typi- This is the ‘ordinary’ life of Count
cally ‘English’ Christmas atmosphere. Dracula, his wife Felicia, their three
Father Christmas introduces the children, Adam, Eve and Brian, and
children to Rudolph the red-nosed their butler Roman Blenski.
reindeer and his team. He organises
an exciting football match between
the Reindeer Rangers and the Polar Playscript
Bear United football clubs.
This highly entertaining book filled
with songs, games and a wide variety
of learning and manual activities will
create a wonderful Christmas feeling
in and outside the classroom.

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Festivals!
Ruth Hobart
Some festivals are popular all over
the world. tells children
how Christmas, Easter, Halloween
and other festivities are celebrated
in many countries of the world.
The young readers are encouraged
to use manual skills to colour in,
cut out, glue on and create fun
decorations and greetings cards.
Frankenstein at School
Gaia Ierace
A team of scientists headed by none
other than Doctor Frankenstein,
creates a tender-hearted monster,
which a group of nosy children find
in the school lab.
Playscript
Freddy Finds the Thief
Victoria Heward
When the Queen’s golden harp
disappears nobody knows where to
look or what to do. The King offers
500 gold pieces to the person who
can find it. Clever Freddy is the only
one who has the answer and can find
the thief.
Playscript
A Halloween Party The Magic
Ruth Hobart Computer Mouse
Children will be happy to meet the Nella Burnett
Beast family and Sammy the Skeleton, Stuart and Liz Taylor
who desperately want to go to the Martin, who is very good at English,
Halloween party. They travel through goes to see his penfriend in London.
the desert, cross a river and climb a He doesn’t fly there, or take a coach
mountain to get there. Winnie the or catch a train… but arrives there
Witch will take the children to an magically by computer.
authentic witches’ party in the middle
of the forest, where they can sing the
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witches’ song.
Readers will make their own cat-
shaped mobile, do a puzzle, play a
board game and do other Hal-
loween-related activities at home
and in class!

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Puss in Boots
Retold by Judith Percival
Daniel is a poor young man who is
in love with the beautiful Princess
Caroline. To make matters worse,
he lives in a village which is
terrorised by an Ogre. But Daniel’s
cat comes to the rescue, and finds
a way of both getting rid of the
Ogre and bringing Daniel and the
Princess together…
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Sleeping Beauty
Retold by Catherine E. White
The King and Queen are proud of
their baby daughter, Princess Aurora,
and they invite everyone to a party,
including the Flower Fairies. But one
of the Fairies puts a curse on Aurora,
and despite the King’s precautions, on
her sixteenth birthday she meets an
old lady in a tower in the castle…
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Space Monsters
Cristina Ivaldi
Not all aliens are bad. However,
being friends with a kind alien may
have its negative points too!
Especially if it might all be a dream.
Aladdin
Retold by Ruth Hobart
A magician tricks Aladdin, but
when Aladdin rubs an old lamp a
genie comes out, and life is never
the same again, for him or his
mum! Despite the magician’s plots,
Aladdin manages to keep the magic
lamp… and the beautiful princess!
Playscript
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Ali Baba and
the Forty Thieves
Retold by Catherine E. White
Ali Baba’s life changes on the day
he sees forty thieves hiding their
treasure in a secret cave and hears
the thieves’ leader say the words
‘Open Sesame’ to get into the cave.
But before Ali and his family can
enjoy the riches, Ali finds there are
many dangers they have to face…
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The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Gaia Ierace
When the American Otis family
move to their new house in
England, interesting things begin to
happen – especially when they meet
Mr Ghost!
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Nasreddin – Ten Stories
Retold by Jennifer Gascoigne
Nasreddin does and says some
strange things. Why does he look
for his key in the garden when he
lost it in the house? Why does he
weigh his cat? Why does he invite a
beggar onto his roof? But perhaps
Nasreddin is cleverer than we first
think! Read this collection of ten
amusing stories and decide!
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Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs
Retold by Catherine E. White
Snow White’s life is in danger when
her father marries again and his new
wife, Queen Bella, becomes terribly
jealous of Snow White’s beauty. But
Queen Bella’s plans fail, and Snow
White finds safety at the cottage of
the seven dwarfs before becoming
reunited with her father.
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Two Monsters
Cristina Ivaldi
How can a health-freak bogey boy
and a junk-freak human boy put up
with living in their demanding
families? By the way, which one of
them is the monster?
Zed the Magician
Nella Burnett
Stuart and Liz Taylor
A lively mystery story involving a
magician called Zed, some daring
school children and a crime to be
solved.
Readers follow the adventure, read
the clues and find out how the
friends uncover the mystery.
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 Green Apple
Green Apple

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Green Apple

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Green Apple are beautiful, full of activities and
have fascinating dossiers: perfect for my lessons! The full lists of the grammatical structures for each level can be
genres
Eylem Coklu, Teacher, Turkey found at our website (www.blackcat.vicensvives.net), in The Black Adventure
Cat Guide to Graded Readers, and at the back of new editions of
Green Apple readers. The list here only shows the main structures. Five Children and It
GREEN APPLE is a series of lavishly illustrated
graded readers especially designed for higher level The Jungle Book
students in the last years of Primary, and for the first Sandokan
years of Secondary. Man y of the readers are The Wind in the Willows
adaptations of classic stories, but there are also Level Grammatical structures Zorro!
some original stories and non-fiction readers.
Starter Present Simple & Continuous
The readers are graded according to structural and Future reference with Present Continuous
lexical criteria. The lexis contained in the readers is CEFR:
A1 Breakthrough & Simple, & going to Fairy tale & Fantasy
checked against the vocabulary lists specified for
CESOL: Imperative with 2nd person & let’s
the Cambridge ESOL exams: Flyers and KET. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Exam preparation: Infinitives & gerunds after common verbs
Flyers and/or KET Co-ordination with but, and, or & and then Bathsheba the Witch
Trinity: Subordination with because & when Beauty and the Beast
Grades 1, 2 Quantifiers The Happy Prince
Features: and The Selfish Giant
• Introduction about the author and his/her times. Just So Stories
• Wide variety of interesting activities to help The Nutcracker
understanding of the text, and to work on all four The following symbols are used throughout the catalogue to Peter Pan
language skills and lexis. indicate the features of each title in this collection.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and N New F Forthcoming
Trinity exams.
Human Interest
• Cross-curricular dossiers. TRINITY Trinity spoken English-style activities
• A r e c o r d i n g on CD of the text in British or Black Beauty
American English, with extra listening activities. F YLE-Flyers-style activities The Secret Garden
• Extensive vocabulary footnotes, often illustrated. The Tempest
• Guided Internet projects. KET Key English Test-style activities
• Free downloadable answer key with exit test on
our website. @ Internet project(s)
Mystery & horror
Some titles contain extra features, which are Written and recorded in American English
indicated on the back cover of the titles in question: The Ghost Ship
• Playscript at the back of the book. of Bodega Bay
audio
CD-ROM Audio CD/CD-ROM
• Audio CD/CD-ROM containing extra interactive Halloween Horror
language and cross-cultural activities. Summary Based Activities downloadable The Secret of the Stones
SBA free from our website
CD-ROMs

Many GREEN APPLE titles are accompanied by audio

CD/CD-ROMs. These include both an audio section
and a computer section. These titles contain fun and Starter
stimul ating games and activities which can be
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CD-ROM drive. In addition you can listen to a full, • Bathsheba the Witch 978-84-316-9099-1
dramatised recording of the text on any CD player. • The Ghost Ship of Bodega Bay 978-84-316-9022-9
The audio CD-ROMs can be used at school – in the • Halloween Horror 978-84-316-7236-2
computer laboratory or on an interactive whiteboard – • The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant 978-84-316-7334-5
and/or as a fun self-study resource at home.
• The Jungle Book 978-84-316-9055-7
• Just So Stories 978-84-316-9915-4
Features:
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• Activities and games.
• Peter Pan 978-84-316-0749-4
• British or American pronunciation.
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• Clear instructions. • The Secret of the Stones 978-84-682-0538-0
• Help section. • The Wind in the Willows 978-84-316-0747-0
• Compatible with both PC and Macintosh systems. • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 978-84-316-8150-0

• The Ghost Ship of Bodega Bay

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Alice’s Adventures Bathsheba the Witch Beauty and the Beast Black Beauty Five Children and It

in Wonderland Jane Cammack
Lewis Carroll
Fairy tale & fantasy
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Bathsheba, a beautiful Weather Witch,
Activities by Mary Johnson lives with her cat, Cobweb, on top of
Fairy tale & fantasy a high mountain near the village of
Sunnyville. The people in the village
Alice follows the White Rabbit down
don’t know about Bathsheba or about
a rabbit hole and finds herself in the
the important job she does for them.
magical world of Wonderland, where
Her life is peaceful until one day she
anything can happen.
goes down to the village and meets
Integrated dossiers: some of the people there, including a
– A Drink Called Tea very special soldier…
– A Real Queen Integrated dossiers:
– Witches
– The Weather in Great Britain
– Potions
Jeanne Marie Leprince
de Beaumont
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Fairy tale & fantasy
A rich man suddenly becomes poor
and he goes to live in the country
with his children. One day he goes
to the city on business. His daughter,
Beauty, asks him to bring her a rose.
On his way back the man takes a
rose from the garden of a castle. But
the owner of the castle, a beast,
becomes angr y and demands
something in exchange…
Integrated dossiers:
– Castles
– Flowers
– in Films
and at the Theatre
Anna Sewell
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Human interest
is a touching story
written from a horse’s point of view.
Black Beauty, a handsome, intelligent
horse, lives in Victorian England on a
peaceful farm with a wonderful
master. But his life changes when he
is sold to different masters. Some are
kind, but others are very cruel…
Published in 1877, is
surely the most loved animal story of
all times – an unforgettable classic for
readers of all ages.
Integrated dossiers:
– Horses
– The Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Green Apple
E. Nesbit
Adapted by Cheryl Thompson
Adventure
Five children go on holiday and
discover a sand fair y near their
home! The sand fairy is an unusual
creature that grants wishes, and
this is just the beginning of an
incredible adventure for them.
Their wishes are strange, silly…and
s o m e t i m e s dangerous. T h e y g o
from one exciting adventure to
another until finally they realise the
power of a wish and whether or not
they really want one!
Integrated dossier:
– Making Wishes

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The Ghost Ship
of Bodega Bay
Gina D. B. Clemen
Mystery & horror
When Kate and Mike Sullivan invite
their friend Carlos to sail to the
Farallon Islands on their father’s new
boat, The Pelican, they expect to see
the fascinating birds and animals
which live there.
But this exciting boat trip on the
Pacific Ocean turns into a night of
horror when ghastly ghosts from the
past appear…
Integrated dossiers:
– Gulf of the Farallones National
Marine Sanctuary
Halloween Horror
Gina D. B. Clemen
Mystery & horror
It’s fun to get ready for Halloween
and it’s even more fun to have a
spooky Halloween party!
But what happens to a group of
young teenagers when their Hal-
loween party becomes a living night-
mare? Find out what horror is all
about in this spine-tingling story!
Integrated dossiers:
– The Origins of Halloween
– Salem
– Halloween Cookies
– Make a Bat
The Happy Prince
and The Selfish Giant
Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore
Black Cat Reading Programme
Fairy tale & fantasy
is the unforgettable
story of the touching friendship
between the golden statue of the
Happy Prince and a little swallow.
The enchanted garden of
is the perfect place for
children to play, until the Giant
decides to keep it all for himself!
Integrated dossiers:
– Birds
– Migratory Birds
– Gardens
The Jungle Book Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling
Adapted by Kelly Reinhart Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore
Activities by Eleanor Donaldson
Fairy Tale and Fantasy
Adventure
Rudyard Kipling surprises us again
Mowgli, a baby boy, is raised by a
with these five tales from the animal
family of loving wolves in India. kingdom. Have you ever wondered
He is educated by Bagheera, the
why elephants have such long noses
b l a c k p a n t h e r, a n d B a l o o , t h e
and why leopards have spots? Do you
brown bear. All the animals like
know why kangaroos hop around
him except for Shere Khan, a tiger
Australia? Find out how a clever
who wants to kill him.
young sailor tricked a whale and meet
A timeless classic that enchants
many other unforgettable characters.
younger and older readers alike.
Integrated dossiers: Integrated dossier:
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– Let’s meet some of the animals
– Whales
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– India
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The Nutcracker Peter Pan Sandokan The Secret Garden

E. T. A. Hoffman
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Black Cat Reading Programme
Fairy tale & fantasy
One Christmas Eve in 19th-Century
Nuremberg Uncle Drosselmeyer arrives
with presents for everyone and Clara
gets a nutcracker. That night Clara
discovers that her nutcracker is much
more than a toy. Together they go to
the magic Land of Sweets! But on
Christmas morning there is another
surprise for her…
Integrated dossier:
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J. M. Barrie
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen
Black Cat Reading Programme
Fairy tale & fantasy
T h e D a r l i n g c h i l d r e n ’s a m a z i n g
adventure begins when Peter Pan flies
into their nursery and takes them off
to Neverland. There they meet Peter’s
friends, the Lost Boys. But James
Hook, the cruel captain of the pirates,
soon captures them. Can Peter Pan
save them?
Integrated dossiers:
– Pirates
– Fairies
– in Films and at the Theatre
Emilio Salgari
Adapted by Sally M. Stockton
Activities by Eleanor Donaldson
Adventure
Sandokan and his pirates rule the
Malaysian Sea in the 1840s, and the
British want to capture him. One day he
meets Marianna, Lord James’s young
niece, and they are immediately
attracted to each other.
Their love is impossible, but Sandokan
and his friend Yanez make a daring plan
to take Marianna away from her uncle.
Integrated dossiers:
– Pirates
– Kuala Lumpur
– East Malaysia
Green Apple
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore
Human Interest
Life with her uncle is uneventful for
bad-tempered Mary Lennox until one
day she finds a secret garden. She
wants to make the garden beautiful
and meets Dickon, a friendly boy who
helps her.
Then Mary meets her cousin Colin, an
invalid, who is confined to bed. With
Mary and Dickon's help Colin goes out
into the secret garden and discovers
the meaning of true friendship and
happiness…
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– English Gardens
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The Secret of the Stones
Victoria Heward
Black Cat Reading Programme
Mystery & horror
Max and Laura's summer holiday in
the village of Stonecross is full of
excitement and danger: a symbol,
an old book of secrets, a mysterious
housekeeper and thieves who don't
steal anything. What does it all
mean? Under the shadow of Stone-
henge the two children and their
Uncle Stephen discover a dark plot
to reveal its ancient secrets. Will the
plot succeed or will the secrets of the
stones remain a mystery forever?
Integrated dossier:
– Stonehenge
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
Adapted by Victoria Heward
Picture Reader
Human interest
Prospero, Duke of Milan, lives on a
lonely island with his daughter
Miranda, Caliban (a monster) and
Ariel (a magic spirit). He learns to do
magic and he wants to punish his
bad brother, Antonio. He creates a
magic storm – a tempest. All the
people on Antonio’s ship land on
Prospero’s island and many strange
things happen to them.
Integrated dossiers:
– Famous Shipwrecks
– Magic and Magicians
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
Adapted by Rebecca Raynes
Adventure
This classic story, set in the English
countryside, features the lovable
characters Rat, Mole, Toad and Badger.
When Mole decides to leave his
underground home and meets Rat, he
discovers a completely new world on
the river bank and the Wild Wood. And
Toad’s passion for fast cars leads them
on a series of adventures, which end
with a battle against the ferrets and
weasels, who have captured Toad Hall.
Integrated dossier:
– Animals in Winter
The Wonderful Zorro!
Wizard of Oz Johnston McCulley
L. Frank Baum Adapted by Sally M. Stockton
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Adventure
Fairy tale & fantasy The daring adventures of Zorro, the
legendary masked hero of Spanish
The incredible adventures of Dorothy,
California. He is a champion of jus-
her dog Toto, the Tin Woodman, the
tice and an expert with the sword.
Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion
He is invincible as he defies corrupt
have continued to enthuse readers of
politicians and defends the oppres-
all ages ever since it was first
sed.
published in 1900. Join Dorothy and
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yellow brick road to the Emerald City – Spanish California
– California Today
to meet the wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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