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…
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…
Freddy Finds the Thief gives children their first taste of English in the form of a play: they read and act out the adventures of Freddy, who helps the king to unveil a thief in the castle. They will meet an assortment of lively characters who add colour to the story and personality to the script. In addition, the exercises offer the opportunity to ‘play’ with words, listen to and act out a series of amusingsketches and above all, lose their inhibitions and develop fluencywhen speaking English.
A team of scientists headed by none other than Doctor Frankenstein create a tender-hearted monster which a group of nosy children find in the school lab. Special features include: a picture dictionary at the beginning of each chapter, activities in each of the four language skills, a crossword, a rap chant, a recording of the text and additional listening activities.
Some festivals are popular all over the world. Festivals! tells children how Christmas, Easter, Halloween and other festivities are celebrated in many countries of the world.
