Japan - Oxford Bookworms - Stage 1

What is Japan? It is everything new and modern: the Tokyo Sky Tree, 634 metres high; amazing cameras and phones; karaoke and manga; trains going past at 300 kilometres an hour. And it is everything ancient too: beautiful palaces; high mountains and hot springs; cherry blossom

Text adaptation by Bill Bowler

Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from home, alone on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. They want to return to Milan…

Then, one day Prospero sees a ship near the island carrying his greatest enemies. Prospero, with the help of his magic and the island spirit, Ariel, makes a magic storm – tempest – to bring them to the island.

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Kings and Queens of England. Book 1

Written by L Du Garde Peach, with superb illustrations by Frank Hampson which really bring mediaeval England to life, and first published in 1968 by Ladybird, this book should be a treasure for any child interested in history.
The reigns of kings and queens in this book cover more than six hundred years, from the accession of Saxon King Alfred to the death of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth.

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Lucky Break - Penguin Readers

Tom breaks his leg in a football game - it's not his lucky day. Later, Tom has a chance to see his favorite movie star, but things go wrong. Reporters take pictures

Food For Thought - Penguin Readers - Level 3

Joe is working on his uncle's farm for the summer holidays. Then someone starts ruining the crops on the neighbouring farm because they are GM (genetically modified). Who is behind this destruction and why? Find out in this intriguing ecological story