Just So Stories (Green Apple Starter)

TheGREEN APPLE series includes both adaptations of classic texts and original stories, suitable for young teenage readers. Striking illustrations are very important in this series both for the comprehension of the text and in related activities.

Just So Stories
Author: Rudyad Kipling

Have you ever wondered why elephants have such long noses and why leopards have spots? Do you know why kangaroos hop around Australia and who gave camels their humps? Read these five delightfully funny stories and find out.

This reader uses the Expansive Reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:
A biography of Rudyard Kipling.
A wide range of activities practising the four skills.
Dossiers: The Animals of Australia and Whales.
Projects on the web.
KET-, YLE Flyer-style and Trinity-style activities (Grades 1, 2).

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