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The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Bassanio wants to get married, but he has no money and a lot of debts. He asks his friend Antonio for a loan, but Antonio is waiting for his ships to return. Until then, he has nothing to lend. To hel...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Classic / British EnglishMacbeth, a brave soldier, is trusted by the Scottish king. Then a strange meeting with three witches makes him greedy for power. Macbeth wants to be king. He and his evil wife...

Roald Dahl is the master of the unexpected. Things are not always what they seem and nobody should be trusted. In this collection of his short stories we learn some strange lessons about the dangerous...

18th Century London, Sweeney Todd runs a successful barbers shop, but his neighbours worry about his strange behaviour. Is he hiding something Tobias, his young employee, thinks he is. Then other peop...

Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learners own language ability.Every Pengu...

There are three men, a boy and a dog in a balloon over the Pacific, but only two men and the boy arrive on a strange island. Mysterious things happen to them there. Are there other people on the islan...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly-intelligent people and great inventions. Instead, he finds t...

This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens. Others are a...

Contemporary American English Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped by two local men. Carl Lee, Tonyas father, shoots them. Now only his lawyer and friend, Jake Brigance, stands between him...

In 1998 John Wood worked for Microsoft in Australia. He was a busy, successful man. Then he went on vacation to Nepal and visited a school in a Himalayan village, this changed his life. He helped the ...

When Carl was a boy, he often wore goggles and a helmet because he imagined he was an explorer.Now Carl is an old man and he has to go to live in a home for the elderly. But when two men come to take ...

Original British English Felix is not a happy bird. He comes from Brazil but he doesnt live there. He lives in New York in a cage. Then one day his cage opens and Felix says goodbye to New York. Can ...

This is Nickys first visit to New York. He is going to stay with his aunt, but she is not at the airport. Then some older boys on motorbikes play a dangerous game with him. Not long after he arrives, ...

Tina Daniels is thirteen years old and a star. She sings beautifully, and everyone loves her. Her mother has big ideas about Hollywood, but Tina is not happy. One day she goes away on a train. Who doe...

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This is the funnies book that you will reade about English people! Why are the English different from Europeas? George Mikes´ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English ...

American English Available February 2008 O. Henrys stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma ... Money and love are often problems. But how is a story going to finish You neve...

Tom Sawyer loves adventures. He has them at home, at school, and with his friends - Huck Finn, Joe Harper, and Becky Thatcher. Tom has one adventure in a graveyard, one in an old house, one in a cave....

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

British English Hapu lives in Ancient Egypt. Hapus father is ill, but they havent got any money for a doctor. Hapu makes a beautiful necklace for Queen Cleopatra and takes it to her. But a guard says,...

Is Alix´s new husband really goingo to muder for her money? Who has killed the young Englishman on his return from American? And why have a young couple suddenly disappeared form their home? In this c...

Kim is running through the streets of the old town. She is frightened. A man with dark eyes and a knife is looking for her. He is going to catch her. This holiday in beautiful Barcelona is suddenly ve...

Maisie King lives in the Bahamas. Her mother and father work at an Animal Hospital. Maisie has a new friend. His name is Ben and hes a dolphin. Ben is very ill. Maisie helps him. Then Maisie has a big...

British English Tommy Grant is a taxi driver. One morning his boss telephones him. Can you be at the Ritz hotel at 9 oclock he asks. The 12-year-old son of a film star is in London. His name is Dino. ...

Pam and Martin visit Cambridge. Pam takes a photo, but a man walks in front of her. Later Martin sees a picture of a man in a newspaper. The police want this man. Is he the same man And where is he no...

Original British English Joanna Jimbuku is a nurse in Australia. She works with a Flying Doctor. One day a baby is very ill. Joanna takes the baby to Sydney. Its her first visit to a big city, and sh...

Blue Moon Valley: Li Sun is living happyly in Blue Moon Valley, but her grandmother thinks it is time for her to go to the big city and work in her uncle`s circus. The Emperor`s visit to the circus ch...

Simon Simple is going on holiday and the police are looking for a spy. On the train, Simon meets a beautiful girl. He likes her and she likes him. But the spy is there too. Simon and the police cant s...

Mark Jackson is on holiday in Turkey. He visits the old city of Troy and finds a yellow stone. I know this stone, he thinks. It comes from from ... Suddenly Mark goes back in time. He can see a beaut...

Marcel is a French mouse, and a detective. One evening, at the Louvre museum, he sees a man steal a famous painting the Mona Lisa. Marcel follows the thief to Venice and risks his life to get the pai...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

It´s Saturday morning, and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Laura´s wedding! Charles is always late, and he is always going to his frind´s weddings. He wonders if he will ...

Fifteen-year old John renchard lives in a quiet village. But after dark, Moonfleet is a village with secrets. A dead man walks the streets, and smugglers do their work. When John accidentally learns a...

Kate Grant comes from Canada. She is visiting Europe with her mother and father. One evening she sees two men in a museum. They are taking a very famous pictureGirl with a Pearl Ear-ring. What can Kat...

Norma is always right. But has she got the right train tickets What happens when Mrs Roberts has coffee with Mrs Price And is David ready for his wedding The answers are in these six sketches.

Hannah loves her job on old Mr Duvals small boat. The boat takes people to the beautiful coral reef every day. Then a rich man arrives with a big new boat. Suddenly, there isnt any work for Hannah and...

Billy and his sister want new bicycles, but they don’t have any money. Then their grandmother has an idea. There’s a competition in Palace magazine. The first prize is £500. ‘What do you think?’ Billy...

Contemporary British English Mark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secret. He knows where a body is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous that its better not to tell. But its just as dangerous ...

* Business English Pair Work consists of sixty-five photocopiable pair work activities for learners of business English. All activities, which include information gap, discussion, role-play ...

Contemporary British English Aldous Huxleys Brave New World is one of the great works of science fiction. It is the year After Ford 632 in the New World. People are born and live by scientific method...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Original British EnglishA girl sees a quiet good-looking boy on the boat to Spain. She loves his shy smile and she wants to see him again. The boy wants to be with her too, but there are problems. Ca...

On the beach near Nicks home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the prize and go to Australia. But Nicks father is not happy. Can Nick win the...

One day, Farmer Hogget wins a young pig. He likes the pig, but he is a sheep farmer not a pig farmer. Mrs Hogget wants the pig for the dinner table. The little pig has other ideas, and he’s a very cle...

A rich man leaves his farm and returns to England, but is that really where he´s gone? A farmer gets revenge on a man who steals his animals, but how? A photographer disappears - what has happened? Th...

Princess Diana, one of the most famous and popular women in the world - the People´s Princess. Read here about Diana´s short life, her marriage to Prince Charles, her "war" with the Royal Family and ...

Amity is a quiet town near New York. One night a woman goes for a swim in the sea. The next morning somebody finds her body on the beach. Brody is the Amity policeman. He thinks there’s a killer shark...

The Russian Revolution - four young people, Yury, Tonya, Lara and Pasha, find love and lose it in this extraordinary time. Their heart-breaking stories make Dr Zhivago one of the greatest romantic boo...

Babe leaves the farm for the city. He wants to male some money "But nobody wins in the city", says Bob, a chimpanzee. "And nobody helps anybody. Understand?" Babe doesn´t understand, because he always...

* Dragonheart: Evil King Freyne is killed in battle and young Prince Einon is badly hurt. His mother Queen Aislinn asks a dragon to save his life, promising that Einon will be a good king to his peopl...

* Amistad: In 1839, a young man called Cinque leads a group of Africans to take control of the slave ship Amistad. * They want to return to their homes in Africa but instead they land in America and...

Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years later. One dark night, Ichabod Crane is riding home and sees a man on a black horse behind hi...

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language lea...

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language lea...

A bad fairy puts a spell on a beautiful princess. Only her true prince can wake her from the spell.

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language lea...

* Washington Square: Catherine Sloper lives quietly with her father and aunt in New York. When her father dies she will be a rich woman. One day Catherine meets a handsome young man called Morris To...

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language lea...

*Tom`s Cake and Kate`s lunch - Tom is allone at home and decides to bake a cake but it isn`t as simple as he expected.

Pelé is the number one player in the story of soccer. He won the World Cup three times with Brazil and the fans loved him. Today, Pelé is famous in every country of the world. In 1950, he was a young ...

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language le...

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language le...

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language lea...

Susie has freckles, and she hates them. Her best friend, Donna, has pretty hair, nice teeth and blue eyes. Donna never has problems with boys. Now there is a new boy at school, and Donna is interested...

* Dick Whittington is poor, then he comes to London and is rich and happy.

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language le...

* Ghosts - Read what ghosts are and see how they look.

Classic British English Scrooge is a cold, hard man. He loves money, and he doesnt like people. He really doesnt like Christmas. But when some ghosts visit him, they show him his past life, his life ...

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*Happy Granny & The Wood Circle - Tim`s grandmother comes to stay and he is very embarassed by her. She wears jeans and listens to rock music. But when bulies stop Tim winning a competition, he re...

* Shapes - Look! Circles and balls, squares and cubes, triangules and pyramids.

*Story Shop-Winners and Losers - A selection of photostories, cartoons and articles`concerned with sport and competitive games in the magazine-style Reader with quizzes and activities for each secti...

Learn about ten colors. In Rainbows two children find color on a walk. The Monster likes yellow food!

* Families - Mums and Dads, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, cousins and grandparents.

*Aladdin and The Lamp - Aladdin has a magic lamp. It makes him rich, but a mad man wants it too.

* The Golden Goose - There is a good brother and a bad brother. The Golden Goose makes the good brother happy and rich.

*Seasons - Penguin Young Reades - Level 2 - When and where it is hot and dry, wet or cold, around the world.

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language le...

Tom Ripley is bored with life in New York, so when Mr. Greenleaf asks him to go to Italy and find his son, Dickie, he is delighted. Tom and Dickie become good friends, but there are soon problems - wh...

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language lea...

Marcel and his friend Céline are on holiday in Los Angeles. They are staying in the home of Arnold Waldman, a famous film director. But on the first night of their holiday, kidnappers take away Arnold...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

It is 1800. Jenny Tinker arrives in New York with her father, Sam. The Tinkers are English. Theyre starting a new life in America. They want a farm, but they havent got any money. What can they do

Original American English Ricardo and Gisela are going home to Rio. Gisela likes reading and quiet people. Ricardo likes noise ... and he likes Gisela. In Rio, a thief takes Giselas bag. What can Ric...

The mummified body of Imhotep wakes once again and continues his campaign of rage and terror.

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Silas Marner loves only one thing ?his money. Each night he takes it out from his hiding place and counts it. Then two things happen to change his life ?his gold coins are stolen and a little girl com...

60 tests to practise using prepositions in English * Wide variety of tests, including gap-fills, multiple choice, matching exercises, cartoons, and full answer key * Tips to guide you on which preposi...

One of Hollywoods most successful actors, Tom Cruise has starred in numerous films since his début in Risky Business. Read about his life and career, his major film roles, his involvement with Sciento...

Jim Hawkins and his parents have a quiet inn by the sea. Then one day, an old sailor arrives at the inn. What is he afraid of Dangerous men come to the inn. Jims quiet life changes, and he goes across...

One of nine books in the Test Your series - language practice with a difference! Ideal for self-study and classroom use.

Ebenezer Scrooge is rich and mean. At Christmas, he is visited by three ghosts, who show him his past, present and future. Scrooge realises it is better to be generous and happy than mean and miserabl...

Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) James D. Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of the double helix, the structure of DNA. In this book, James D. W...

It was the quiet ones you had to watch. Thats where the real passion was lurking. They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take ...

Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, started Microsoft in 1975 with a friend when he was only nineteen years old. Twenty years later he wrote this book about the future of computers and the Inter...

Grounded! On the way back to Earth, Leo and Mel discover enemies in the spacecraft. Lost in Time Exciting adventures on Planet Xylos.

Jake sees a tall beatiful girl at the carnival in London. Their eyes meet and she smiles at him. It´s love! How can he talk to this beautiful girl? And who is she?

A young boy, Pete Morgan, is on holiday in the Caribbean with his parents. They are staying on their boat called the Summer Sun. It is the only boat near Blue Sea Island. Or is it One day, Pete has a ...

A story by Stephen King the master of horror. Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes´s favourite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him ...

Original British English Available May 2008 Ali wants to take photos of people and places in Istanbul, but he has a big problem. He hasnt got a camera. How can he get one

Danuta, Pablo and Ling are not happy. They live on Mars and there are no visitors to their planet. Why not Mars isnt boring What can they do Ling has an answer...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls number 23, is very famous. And he can fly Maybe he is the best basketball player of all time. But where did he come from How did he start in basketball Read about his...

Sherlock Holmes is a very clever man. When people have strange, difficult problems, they come to him. Where is Mr Hosmer Angel Which student saw the exam paper before the exam Why is somebody followin...

From the animated TV series Alex O´Connell and his family are in Egypt. They are looking for treasure, but first they have to fight the terrible Mummy, who has come alive after four thousand years. He...

Sephy Hadley and Callum McGregor are two young people in love. But Sephy is a Cross, daughter of a government minister, and Callum is a Nought. In their world, Crosses and Noughts cannot be friends. M...

Only the Woman in White knows the truth of Laura Fairlies cruel husband. Can Walter Hartwright discover the terrible secret From the moment Walter meets this mysterious woman, his future and that of L...

ROOM WITH A VIEW

Classic British English One hot summer day, Alice sees a white rabbit and runs after it. She follows it down a rabbit-hole - and arrives in Wonderland. Here, caterpillars can talk and rabbits have wa...

Original American English Most people around the world today know something about American life. The United States is a big country. Not all Americans are the same In this book you will see the many ...

Gulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people. What will they do with him How will he talk to them And why are the Big-enders fig...

After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to live with his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour. Ebenezer is a dangerous man. He puts David on a ship to America, and a difficult time begins. Can the mysterio...

Contemporary British English These stories paint colourful pictures of life in Britain and America in the past. We meet some unusual people. Theres the dreamy boy who wakes up one day to find a bird ...

Classic British English The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who ha...

British English It is 1942 in Holland and the Germans have invaded. All Jewish people are frightened for their lives, so the Frank family hide. Life is dangerous but they hope for the best - until the...

The Scorpion King is an exciting story and a great movie. Memnon, the Teacher of Men, is taking countries and killing everybody in them. He wants the world. Mathayus is a fighter too - but he is a goo...

Clay Carter has worked in the Office of the Public Defender for years for low pay when he defends another murderer. But things are not what they seem. This is his opportunity to make money and a reput...

Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the detective story and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental il...

Contemporary / American EnglishThe horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you.Seventy-year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi.

Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian w...

Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale A...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Jane and Elizabeth Bennet are the oldest of five sisters in need of husbands, but it isnt easy to find the right man. Are Mr Bingley, Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham all that they seem Will pride and prejudic...

Two babies are born on the same day in England. One boy is a prince and the other boy is from a very poor family. Ten years later, they change places for a game. But then the old king dies and they ca...

Robinson Crusoe is at sea when there is a great storm. His ship goes down, and his friends die. The sea throws Crusoe onto a beach. He is on an island. But which island Are there other people on it An...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

A family of wolves take a little boy into their home in the jungle. The child learns and plays with the other cubs. But can he really live in the jungle Will the other wolves want him to stay And will...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Mandy Brown is in the desert with Abdullah, and an oryx ranger. But there are poachers in the desert too and a mother oryx is dead. Can Mandy and Abdullah catch the poachers And can they find the dea...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Memoirs of a Geisha is one of the great stories of our time.We follow Sayuris life her early years in a small fishing village and as a geisha in Gion.And throughout her struggle, we know of her secret...

Penguim Active Reading provides reading and language learning at five levels, through full-dolour, beautofully illustrated Readers. As well enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of i...

Penguim Active Reading provides reading and language learning at five levels, through full-dolour, beautofully illustrated Readers. As well enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of i...

Penguim Active Reading provides reading and language learning at five levels, through full-dolour, beautofully illustrated Readers. As well enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of i...

Find out what happens around the world at Halloween and its history.

In London, Christmas is coming and the people in this story have love on their minds. Some have found love some have lost it. Some accept their loneliness others live in hope. Even the new British pri...

His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagins gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends ...

One winters day a mysterious stranger arrives in the quiet village of iping. He wears a long coat and gloves. His head is covered with bandages and his eyes are hidden behind dark glasses. He spends m...

Paul is shy and Judy has no friends. Oliver is afraid of other boys. Jane and Leo cant talk about their feelings, and Sue lies to her boyfriends. These five short plays tell the stories of young peopl...

The stories in this book are exciting and sometimes very strange. Some are sad and some are happy. We meet many interesting people a young man in love, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy soldier. Str...

The Time Traveller construiu uma máquina do tempo e tem ido para o futuro, para o ano de 802.701. Ele espera encontrar um mundo melhor com pessoas altamente inteligentes e grandes invenções. Em vez di...

Only the next king can pull the sword out of the stone. Many people try, but they cannot move the sword. Then young Arthur tries, but it comes out easily. Now he will be king. But will he be a good ki...

There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost Is the ghost a man or a monster ...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Classic British English Anna Karenina, one of world literatures greatest novels, tells the story of a beautiful young woman who is unhappily married to a man much older than herself. When she falls i...

In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will anyone believe her Can she stay alive...

Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she Why does a dead man walk through his house each night An old woman has a house with a tower. Why doe...

Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. The...

Johnny English is a Secret Service agent. He often makes very bad mistakes. But now hes got an important job security for the Queen and her crown. There are problems a lot of problems. But is Johnny ...

Thousands of years ago,the Empire of Atlantis was a wonderful place. The people of Atlantis built computers, amazing buildings, and fantastic flying machines. Then one day, a great storm came to Atlan...

When the sky fell on Chicken Little the people listened to him. When aliens came the people did not listen to him. Now, Chicken Little needs to save them from the aliens. Will his father listen to the...

There is a danceat the big house today Cinderella is sad. Her sisters are at the dance POUF It is the Fairy Godmother. Does Cinderella go to the dance Does she see the Prince

Dumbo is a baby elephant with bigears. Big, BIG, BIG EARS Dumbois sad. A bird gives Dumbo a feather,a magic feather. Dumbo flies

Master, cant I go outside Quasimodo asked. No. Youre an ugly monster, Frollo told him. Out there, people will laugh at you. This is your sanctuary. When your mother left you here, I brought you inside...

Inventors are special people. They see everyday objects and imagine something better. They solve old problems with new ideas. Their inventions can help people or destroy them, but only the greatest id...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Classic British English Edmond Dantes is a clever young seaman, but he has enemies who tell lies about him. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, Edmond is thrown into prison. There he...

The man has been shot many times. Who wants to kill him, and why The man cant remember. As he begins to learn about his past, he becomes even more confused. Does he have a future Or will he be killed ...

Saving Private Ryan one of the greatest war films ever made Steven Spielberg Academy Award winner for Best Director Its June 9 1944,three days after D-Day.On the orders of the government,Captain Joh...

Contemporary American English Jim Braddock is a successful boxer in New York. But in October 1929 the American economy fails, and at the same time Jim starts to lose in the boxing ring. Does the true...

With over 60 titles in a variety of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, horror or romance, biographies and big film tie-ins, the Penguin Active Reading series will make learning the English langua...

A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some of the frightening things in these stories by M. R. James, one of the ...

Leaving his home in a Welsh mining village for the last time, Huw Morgan remembers his childhood. The valley was green then, unspoilt by waste from the mine. The happiness of his family and friends ha...

Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priests evil plans for ...

A man fell from a very tall building. Why didnt he die Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken under her hat What fell out of an old mans ear, and why did everybody laugh And how did a cow fly Find...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

British English Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll Who is the evil little man And why does he seem to have power over the doctor After a terrible murder, everyone is looking...

British English Katy and her boyfriend Tom are happy in their band, Steel City. But then Tom gets a new guitar and the trouble begins. Suddenly he can play very well, but he seems to be a different pe...

Jack Sparrow, captain of the Black Pearl, is back in a new adventure. This time he, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Commodore Norrington are all looking for a chest that belongs to the terrible Capt...

British English Count Dracula is a vampire. He drinks peoples blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then he comes to England and strange things start happening. Peop...

Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the ...

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Allie Fox hates the United States and he hates the twentieth century. He takes his wife and children to the jungle in Honduras to find a new, simpler way of living. But things go wrong, and their live...

In Egypt Imhotep, High Priest of the Dead, stays in the ground for 3215 years. Then he wakes up from his half-life and he starts to kill. Evelyn works in a museum. Rick is a soldier. Can these very di...

Katie likes beans. They are her favorite vegetable. She gets a small jar, some paper towel, and a bean seed. Does the seed grow

Amy and Jack are on vacation. They are visiting Max. It is dark. They cannot sleep. Suddenly, Amy points. Look she says. What are they Bats, birds, butterflies, moths... Learn about animals of the nig...

A festival is a celebration, to have a party on a special day. Visit different festivals in the world. Scotland, New Zealand, Africa, and more..... Which is your favourite festival

Can you balance on one foot Can you balance on two hands Can you run Can you stretch Yes, you can Learn about different sports and champions...and try some activities with your friends

Every year, millions of tourists visit New Yorkthe most exciting city in the world. Read about its history, its sights and its people. What makes New York the city that never sleeps

American English There are five stories in this book. The Fall of the House of Usher and The Barrel of Amontillado are stories of madness The Maelstrom describes fear of death during a storm on the oc...

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories in the world. But it is more than a great love story. It is also about life and death, happiness and sadness, and the terrible hate between two ...

Contemporary British English Gordie Lanchance and his three friends are always ready for adventure. When they hear about a dead body in the forest they go to look for it. Then they discover how cruel...

The town is busy today. Swish-swash Beep Beep Wooo Wooo Ring Ring Two wheels, four wheels, six or eight Is it a car, a bicycle, or a bus

Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government a...

Rudolf Rassendyll, a daring young Englishman looking for adventure, arrives in Ruritania for the new kings coronation. The two men meet by chance the day before and are shocked to find that they look ...

When Harrys teacher asks the class to do a project about clothes, he is worried. Then he thinks about clothes today, and at different times in history, and what they are made of. Before long, Harry di...

A penguin decides to look for a new home. Somewhere quiet, with more space. Lets go with her on a journey to different islands around the world... And see what we discover...

Mechanics have coveralls, and chefs can have tall hats. Some vets wear white coats, and a dentist wears a mask. Uniforms are clothes at work. We see them all the time. Do you wear a uniform...at home,...

Tom loves the harbor. Every weekend, he buys an ice cream and watches the boats. What can he show you What can he see with the binoculars There are big boats, small boats, and strong boats.

There are old homes, new homes, and mobile homes. Green homes, intelligent homes, and strange homes, too Theres a home made from bottles. A treehouse made from glass. Palaces for kings and queens. And...

When they are hunting, or when they are prey, lots of different animals hide in different ways. An Octopus changes color, insects look like sticks. Seahorses hide in coral and lizards with two heads C...

Bambi and Thumper meet a skunk. His name is Flower. The three friends play and learn about the forest. One day, all the deer are in the forest. Suddenly, there is a loud noise. BANG Bambi runs quickly...

Lightning McQueen was red, handsome, and fast. He was a fantastic race car and he knew it. He loved attention. He wanted to be the most famous race car in the world. He wanted to win the Piston Cup. J...

It was a beautiful morning in 1607. John Smith was on a new ship. He loved the ocean. He was excited about traveling again from England to the new land for more adventures. The sailors were excited, t...

Duchess and her kittens live in one of the finest houses in Paris with Madame Bonfamille. OMalley is a cat with no home and no owner. And he lives a long way from Paris. Edgar, the butler, wants Madam...

Lady lives in a house and has a collar. Tramp is very different than Lady he is a street dog. One day a baby arrives in Ladys house Ha A baby arrives and the dog has to leave says Tramp. Can Tramp a...

A long time ago on Mount Olympus, Hercules was born to Zeus and his wife, Hera. Zeus was the greatest of the gods, and baby Hercules was already very strong. Hades was the god of the dead and the othe...

Suddenly, Alice heard a new voice. Im late said the voice nervously. Im late, for a very important date Something ran by. It was a white rabbit. He wore clothes and he held a big watch in one paw. Im ...

A hot air balloon is an aircraft. A helicopter moves in an interesting way. An A380 jet plane has 22 wheels. Lets read and learn about flying....

You use your brain all the time. It is like a very intelligent computer inside your head. What does your brain look like What does it do Come on, lets exercise your brain

This great story is set against the background of the French Revolution. Two men one French, one English, but very similar in appearance are in love with the same woman. The three of them, like the ...

Gaz and five others decide to form a strippers´ group. none of the men have stripped before. Gaz must make sure the local women come to the show, so he tells them that the group will take their clothe...

Bea lives under a bridge. She watches people but they don´t look at her. Then, one day, a policeman stops and talks to her. Bea doesn´t like talking and she doesn´t remember much. But he is looking fo...

When Frank McCourt becomes a teacher in New York, he finds himself standing in front of bored, confused, angry students. Will he fail as a teacher Or can he use his miserable Irish childhood to help h...

Detective Philip Marlowe is looking for Derace Kingsleys wife, Crystal. Is she dead or not Marlowe finds more than one dead body and learns about women, drugs, men in love, and a police cover-up. Who ...

Who killed Charles McCarthy at Boscombe Pool And why Detective Lestrade from Scotland Yard thinks it was McCarthys son, James. Things do not look good for James. But the famous English detective, Sher...

Heidi lives with her grandfather in his little wooden house, high up in the mountains of Switzerland. One day Heidi’s aunt arrives and takes her to Clara’s home in Frankfurt. Heidi likes her new frien...

Classic British English Always be good, so people will love you. Always work hard and do your best. These were the words of Black Beautys mother to her son when the two horses lived with Farmer Grey....

A mysterious stranger has come to the island where Costas lives. Why is the man there, and why is he looking at Eagles Rock Costas wants to be the first person to climb the dangerous rock. But will th...

This wonderful story of fairies, dreams and lovers is as popular today as it was in Shakespeares time. In a wood outside Athens, four young people are following their dreams, while fairies play strang...

Winnie the Pooh is hungry.He looks in the house.Oh, no There is no honey here.The bees have honey

Lord Cutler Beckett thinks that pirates are very bad for business.Hewants to take command of the oceans. The Pirate Lords, of course, have other ideas. But can they fight him and wintogether They need...

With over 60 titles in a variety of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, horror or romance, biographies and big film tie-ins, the Penguin Active Reading series will make learning the English langua...

Shakespeares plays are famous all over the world in the theatre, in film and in the classroom. What do we know about the man What kind of life did he have Who were his friends Why can we still laugh ...

Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive. Later that day some coins are missing from the s...

Katherine Mansfield is one of the most famous short story writers in the English language. These four stories take place about a hundred years ago in England and New Zealand. They are sometimes funny,...

My Fair Lady is the story of a poor young flower-seller and a professor who doesnt like women. The professor decides to teach the flower-seller to speak better English. He wants to change her from str...

Thumbelina is a very small girl. She sleeps in a shell next to the window.One night, an ugly toad takes her. She is scared, she wants to go homeShe meets fish, insects and a bird ... Can she find a...

Jane Eyre, a poor girl, leaves her cruel aunt’s house and goes away to school. Later, she becomes a teacher and works for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him. He loves her too,...

Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. His heart is filled with sadness and pain. Why Only his two best friends, Horatio and Marcellus, know the true reason. The new king, Claudius, murdered Hamlets father ...

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters. Marianne loves excitement and always shows her feelings Elinor is quiet and has more good sense. They both fall in love and both suffer bro...

John Steinbeck wrote some of the best and most famous American stories ever. Jody Tiflin is often alone and he knows little of the world. But one day he gets a pony. He learns how to love and his whol...

In 1891, the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, disappeared in Switzerland while working on a dangerous case. Everyone thought that he was dead. But three years later, he returned to England. Holmes an...

Winston is a magic wizard. He does a magic spell. "Oh no! My black cat is a dog now! Where is my wand? Where is my magic?" "I want my cat!"

One day, a great storm takes Dorothy, and her dog Toto, to Oz.They have to follow the yellow brick road and find the Wizard of Oz to go home.Dorothy meets new friends a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lio...

Original / British English Charles Hatfield Baker III, one of the richest men in New York City, suddenly disappears. His daughter, Julia, wants to find him. The directors of his company want power and...

Rory is a dinosaur. He wants a pet. He wants a cat, a bird, or an elephant. What is the big ball in the kitchen It moves Is it a pet

Lorikeet is a sad bird. ´I´m a grey bird. I like colours - red, blue, green and yellow!´ He sees colours in the sky. It is a beautiful rainbow! Now, his head is blue and his tail is green. He is a bea...

Young Pirate Patch finds a treasure map in a bottle in the ocean. Patch and his friends read the map and look for treasure - but bad Captain Blackbeard is following them, and sharks are near their boa...

Orphan Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her cold, unhappy Aunt Polly. She plays the glad game - it helps her find things to be glad about. Before long, Pollyanna is helping people in the town pla...

Ronan and Patrick Dooley are brothers. In 1921, they leave their family in Ireland to start a new life and a better future in New York City in America. Between 1892 and 1924, 12 million immigrants arr...

From the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets - now, we know more about them than we ever have. Today, people can train to be astronauts, work in space, or join...

Original British English Farm work isnt Joes idea of holiday fun. He wanted to spend the summer surfing. But when he finds himself in the middle of a disagreement about GM genetically-modified crop t...

Paperback. Language: English Publisher:.. Pearson Jane. a 20-year-old writer falls in love with Tom Lefroy who studies law Jane´s romance inspired her to write Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensib...

These are the stories of some of Shakespeares most famous plays. We travel to Venice, Greece, Denmark and Rome, and meet many different people. There is a greedy money-lender, a fairy king and queen, ...

Classic British English When a fisherman opens an old jar, a giant comes out. When a donkey opens its mouth, gold falls out. There is magic in these five fairy tales. Good people are often very unhap...

DArtagnan wants to be a musketeer. He wants to fight for his king and his country. But the Queen has a problem with the Cardinal, so dArtagnan and his new friends have to help her. The Cardinal is a v...

Inventors are special people. They see everyday objects and imagine something better. They solve old problems with new ideas. Their inventions can help people or destroy them, but only the greatest id...

Britain is a small country but it has a long history. Two thousand years ago it was part of the Roman Empire. In the 1930s the British Empire was the biggest empire in world history. In the past, king...

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After the death of his beautiful wife Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home i...

At a small-town carnival, two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed "Jason Bourne." Only they know Bourne´s true identity and understand th...

Donte Drumm is four days away from execution for a murder that he didn´t commit, when the real murderer decides to confess to the crime. But will the lawyers, judges, and politicians listen to his c...

This is the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus. One day, Nemo finds three men in the sea. For months the men live on the Nautilus. They find a town on the sea floor, beautiful coast...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Classic / British English [Available February 2008] Fifteen-year old John Trenchard lives in a quiet village. But after dark, Moonfleet is a village with secrets. A dead man walks the streets, and smu...

The houses in Newton Road are small, but the people are happy there. They are neighbours, and friends, too. But one day everything starts to change. A man from the Town Hall comes. He´s going to knock...

A strange enigma is discovered on the moon. The discovery has great implications and men are sent out deep into the solar system. But things begin to go horribly wrong ... Arthur C. Clarke collaborate...

*Penguin Young Readers - Is a series for young leaners of English from 5 to 11 years age. *The books are carefully graded and designed to provide an enjoyable, challenging and enriching language lea...

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One winter´s morning in New York State, there is an accident on an icy mountain road. Thirteen-year-old Grace and her much-loved horse, Pilgrim, are very badly hurt. Grace´s mother beleives her daug...

Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government...

Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi from St. Petersburg to Cairo. Jim is a runaway slave so they have to be careful. They have a lot of adventures on the river. They even meet a king But is he re...

All kinds of people, from shopkeepers to kings, want the help of Sherlock Holmes in these six stories about the adventures of the famous detective. Who put a diamond in a chicken Why is there a club f...

During one hot summer on Long Island, Jay Gatsby throws an amazing party every weekend. He is an extremely wealthy man, although no one knows where he or his money have come from. But Gatsby has a pur...

In this collection of Roald Dahls finest stories we meet some quite ordinary people who behave in extraordinary ways. There is a man who is sure he can hear plants scream and the wife who discovers a ...

* TEST YOUR VOCABULARY - There are 700 new words and phrases at each level, except Book 5 which has 1,500. * Book 3 provides ideal vocabulary practice for the Cambridge FCE exam, Book 4 for the...

It is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on the ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US. Must they return to t...

Mark Twain is one of Americas most famous and best-loved writers. He wrote about every important subject of his time. Twains stories are usually amusing but with a serious message too. You will read a...

Is there intelligent life in other worlds? What special powers do our minds have? How can people suddenly disappear? Are there really monsters and ghosts? Read about some of the world´s most frighteni...

British English This book is the life story and family history of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline was born in China at a time of great change and trouble. At the same time, she suffered terrible unkindness f...

On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This is the full story. Why did the Titanic sink so quickly Why did so many people die What are the stories of all those people, yo...

Around the third century BC,Ying Zheng, king of Qin, becamethe first emperor of China. Hehad new ideas and made newlaws. He built big palaces - anda great wall. But life was difficultfor his people an...

Harry Black steals a milliondollar picture and hides it ina newspaper in his room.But Janey is keen on recyclingold papers.

Around the world there are many beautiful places. There are famous buildings, old and new. Some are interesting some are important. Some are the tallest or biggest in the world. The Great Wall, Machu ...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Sherlock Holmes is a great detective. There are few cases that he cannot solve. In these three stories we meet a young woman who is terrified of a mysterious speckled band, a family who think that fiv...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...