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One day, in India, nine-year old Mary wakes up and finds that she is completely alone. Back home in England, she is sent to live with an uncle she has never met. His house is a strange, lonely place...

In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bront shows us the destructive power of hatred and revenge, but she also explores love in its many forms and, in the end, her story is about hope.Topics covered Love and Ha...

Do you believe in ghosts? Well, the Otis family didnt until they met the Canterville Ghost. This is a story of life, death and love - of a ghost trapped in the present because of the bad thing he did ...

This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the boss of a factory in late 19th century Connecticut, who awakens to find himself transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the leg...

Its the summer holidays and Lizzie is excited about going to the beach with her friends. But her parents have other plans for her and she has to spend the summer in the countryside with a woman she do...

The next day, the old witch put Hansel in a cage. Gretel had to cook lots of food for Hansel.The witch wanted a fat Hansel. But Gretel was clever. She had a plan, too. Hansel and Gretel are lost in th...

Part of the Real Lives collection.Meet Ricardo, a young boy from Bolivia who wants to tell you about his homeland and what life is like in a small Bolivian village. Then join Ricardo and his friends f...

What would you do if you found a baby dinosaur in your oven?This is what happens to Sally and her brother and sister. Sally and Orry, the dinosaur, quickly make friends. But how can the children prote...

Part of the Real Lives collection. Written with Action Aid International Italia.Smile with me in the Congo. Join Ça Depend, a young boy from the Congo. Discover his country, in the heart of Africa, an...

Heart of Darkness is classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the ´100 best novels´ and part of the Western canon. Marlow, a man who has spent his life at sea, tells the story of a j...

When The Call of the Wild was published the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately and it is still one the best known stories written by an American author.Buck, a happy, quiet dog livin...

Oh! says Alex, a little surprised. Dont you feel African at all? No, not at all! Marquat replies firmly. Just because Im black doesnt mean Im not British. I am British, just like you!Marquat, born in ...

When Uncle Jack and the children find some homesick baby meerkats, sad and lonely in a cage, they decide to take them home to the Kalahari Desert. Getting there is easy in Uncle Jacks balloon. But the...

Real beauty comes from inside. This is the story of a wicked queen and her magic mirror. Snow White runs away and goes to the forest. She meets seven kind dwarfs. But does the queen find Snow White? W...

I can call him Mowgli, she said to her husband. Mowgli is LittleFrog in the language of the jungle.The real story of the Jungle Book isnt funny. You dont laugh when you read the real story... They wen...

These are two traditional stories around getting the ingredients to make soup.In the first one, retold in a famous version by Aleksey Tolstoy, who will help grandpa pull up a huge turnip to make soup ...

‘The small dog has the football! Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Can you get the ball for Paul?’ This is a story about Granny Fixit and a boy who loses his ball. There’s a skateboard chase through the t...

Can the children save a baby whale on the beach with the help of some Viking children? And a little help from Granny Fixit, of course!.When the children go with their mother to a Viking archaeological...

Wow! A date! This is my first date. Maybe next year my diary will be full of photos and secret letters like all my friends. Please come, Luke. Oh, Im so excited. I cant wait to phone Sally and tell he...

In this story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a young girl called Mary starts out as unloved and unlovable.She moves home and, through her contact with country life and people, she gradually changes. She ...

We dont stop at any towns for days and days. We just keep going down the river.This is the story of Huckleberry Finn and his adventures on the Mississippi river. Hucks father kidnaps him from his new ...

Join Irene and Camilla in the beautiful Italian city of Florence.Theres lots to see! Read also about how the girls spend their days and about their special hobby playing the piano!

This story by Mark Twain explores the saying The grass is always greener on the other side! A poor boy and a prince swap places with unforeseen consequences.Through the story, the reader empathises wi...

Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form.When Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, he soon realises that he has made a big mistake. What is happ...

The stories of ten people who have changed the world from protecting world peace and the rights of women and children to saving the environment. It is possible to change the world and the stories of t...

Discover my Perù. Juanita has a dream she hopes her alpaca will have two little babies, one for her and one for her brother. But usually alpacas only have one baby at a time Lets find out more about t...

Two police officers, Harry and Emma, are sent to investigate an ancient Egyptian tomb where stolen gold is hidden. Harry is not happy and his mood gets worse when he finds out that a young girl is goi...

Step back in time to experience the adventures of a group of people to Canterbury in this stunning reconstruction of 14th Century England.In 1387, a group of people went to Canterbury. On their way, t...

PB3 finds that helping isnt always as easy as it seems and its important to think before you act!PB3 and his robot, Robin, are with their Earth friends, Ben and Sue finding out about life at the beach...

Newland felt more and more embarrassed. The men were all staring into the box where May was sitting between her mother and her aunt, he didnt recognise the lady in the strange dress, and he didnt know...

How we look after water is something that will greatly affect the future of our Earth and the wellbeing of its inhabitants.This book asks children to think about the questions What do you know about w...

Everybody knows that it is true that any rich, single man must definitely want a wife. And, of course, all mothers think this rich, single man is the perfect partner for one or another of their daught...

The four Bremen Musicians like the little house in the forest. Its their home now. And every day they sing and play together! This is the story of a donkey who runs away to Bremen to play music in a b...

Jules Verne was a master of adventure stories. He also wanted children to think about nature.This story asks them to wonder what is under the ground and if there is another world there. It is told by ...

This isnt going to stop us! Were definitely going to find Wills!Where is he? Where have they taken him? No one knows where Wills has gone and his best friends, the twins Harry and Camilla, are very wo...

Use this play-script version to prepare a fun and amusing stage version of the English legend of Robin Hood.Follow Robin Hoods adventures in Sherwood Forest in this easy-to-follow drama version based ...

PB3 finds that recycling definitely has advantages! But will it help him find what he needs to fix Robin?When PB3s robot, Robin, stops working, the doctor on Planet P3 tells PB3 to throw her in the ru...

The unmissable story of four sisters whose father is fighting in the American Civil War. Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are the four March sisters, all very different, but always there for each other. With the...

Aladdin is a poor boy who plays all day long in the streets with his monkey, but something will change his life.Aladdin loves Bulbul but his love is impossible. She is a princess and he is just a poor...

A true story of bullying and friendship.Hello! My name is Michael, and this is my secret diary. Well, its not really a secret, because I want you to read it. This is my story, but its also everybodys ...

Its late. Sophie is asleep in her bed and she is having a lovely dream. She is dreaming about a day at the circus. In her dream she meets Giggles the clown and Juliet the ballet dancer.What would happ...

Join us on an A-Z journey around the festivals of Britain! Would you like to learn about the biggest dog show in the world? Or how many fire festivals there are in Britain? Do you want to know what ha...

In Real Lives, aimed at Young A2 and Teen A2-B1 readers, real children and teenagers from different countriesand continents present their daily life and environment. The series is specifically geared ...

Dont worry, my child. Ive heard your words of love and Im happy for you both Ferdinand, I only wanted to see if your love for my beautiful, sweet daughter Miranda was true... Prospero lives on a stran...

We all need friends. Friends are important. Friends are fun. Friends are there when we need them. You can have one friend or you can have many friends. The important thing is to be a good friend!But w...

After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the u...

You must start packing, Ned, says his mother, We are leaving early tomorrow... the mountains, remember?Ned is not happy when his parents take him on holiday to a small mountain village - he wants to s...

Lets all go to the Big Apple! Come with us on our A-Z journey to one of the most exciting and fun cities in the world. Do you want to know whats the tallest building in New York? Or what New Yorkers l...

Katie has some special friends Regazza the doll and Monty the mouse. They live in the Land of Forgotten Toys, the place where toys go when they are thrown away or are left forgotten in a toy box for a...

Put your elbows up stamp your feet on the ground make circles with your shoulders and turn around do the Armour Jive and count to five 1 2 3 4 5 HEY!In this amusing story Harry, the reluctant hero, br...

Vancouver is Canadas gateway to the Pacific Rim. Allan introduces us to the city, his family, and friends. His days are filled with sports, school, and everyday family life. Join Allan and his friends...

A man goes back to the house where he grew up and becomes a little boy again.Tom visits the house he lived in when he was a little boy, and he finds an old newspaper in the wardrobe. He picks it up, a...

Joyces first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time.An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a gir...

Martha the mammoth and her prehistoric animal friends are playing happily together in the wood when Martha discovers a baby woolly rhino called Ryan who has lost his mum and dad. While Martha and her ...

Jim lived with his mother at the Admiral Benbow hotel. One night a stranger came out of the storm. Little did Jim imagine that this was the beginning of an exciting adventure filled with pirates and s...

The Woman in White is the first English sensation novel full of mystery and dark secrets. After meeting a strange woman one night in London, Walter Hartright begins to realise that this mysterious wom...

The bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.One day, in Canada, an eleven year old girl, Anne, arrives at Green Gables. She is going to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, who ar...

The novellas impact is such that it has become a part of the language.Jekyll is a famous London doctor, but something unusual is happening in his house. Who is his strange young friend? Why does Jekyl...

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet.After Hamlet sees his fatherâs ghost, he begins to act in a strange way. He now knows the terrible secret o...

Ant house is small and very nice. In summer its cool and in winter its warm. Grasshopper hasnt got a house. She livesoutside. She doesnt think about winter. She likes singing! She sings all day! Its v...