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...

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...

These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.

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...

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 ...

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...

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. ...

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...

For six years, Vers has lived as a Kree on their planet, Hala. Now a trained soldier, she joins a team fighting with the Kree against their enemies, the Skrulls. But Vers has terrible, frightening dre...

Thanos, a cruel, violent warlord, is searching the universe for the Infinity Stones, which will give him unbelievable power and allow him to achieve an unspeakably evil goal. The greatest super heroes...

Part of the Penguin Active Reading series, this book provides a range of integrated activities designed to develop reading skills and consolidate vocabulary, and offers personalised project work.

The Avengers are superheroes with very special powers who defend the world against its enemies. Recently, though, they have made mistakes. Governments decide that the team will need permission for fut...

kim loves running and shes very fast. She works hard at the athletics club and wins more and more prizes. But Kim has to make a difficult choice and she knows that it will hurt the people who love h...

Original British English For a number of years, William plays a game with a ghost before he goes to sleep. The ghost is a poltergeist that William calls Poldy. At the beginning William and Poldy play...

Thanos, a cruel, violent warlord, has used the Infinity Stones to destroy half of all life in the universe. The remaining Avengers feel guilt and pain at the loss of so many lives. Is there anything t...

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,...

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...

Marcel is a mouse and a famous detective. He lives in Paris. One evening, two thieves steal a very expensive diamond ring the White Star. Then they steal a car. Marcel follows them across Paris to a ...

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...

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...

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...

During the Great Depression in the United States, and after the loss of their farm in Oklahoma, the Joad family is faced with a journey of more than one thousand miles to California in search of a bet...

The older son of Odin, King of Asgard, is strong and brave — but also proud and thoughtless. When Thor’s actions put Asgard in great danger from its enemies, Odin sends him away, without his powers, t...

When Peter Quill finds the Orb, he doesn’t know that it is a stone with unimaginable power that everyone is looking for. Soon he is being chased by outlaws and aliens. But the real enemy is Ronan the ...

Pearson English Readers series offer an incredible range of popular titles and best-selling authors across a range of genres written for teenage and adult learners. Perfect to enjoy reading for pleasu...

This reader is accompanied with a CD that contains the full audio of the text in MP3 format. The Doctor and Clara have to save a Viking village from space warriors from the future, the Mire. Without t...

Pearson English Readers series offer an incredible range of popular titles and best-selling authors across a range of genres written for teenage and adult learners. Perfect to enjoy reading for pleasu...

Everybody tells Forrest Gump that he’s an idiot. But he’s a great football player, and he plays the harmonica beautifully. He’s also a brave soldier. But can he ever marry the girl he loves? This stor...

Tara, Tessa and Tim are going to Parrot Island in their boat, but suddenly, their boat stops. Oh no They can see their home, but they cannot get there Tim has a great idea can the children make a new ...

Steve Rogers wants to fight for his country, but he is a small, weak man. The United States Army doesn’t want him. Then a super serum changes him—suddenly, Steve is tall and very strong. Can the new S...

When Dr. Stephen Strange, one of the world’s greatest surgeons, has a terrible car accident, his life changes completely. His hands are badly damaged, and he cannot work as a surgeon again. Then Stran...