The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Longman Classics)
great classic book for children of all ages!
In this classic, Mark Twain (alias Samuel Clemens) brings us his life growing up in the Mississippi area through the eyes of his fictional and much beloved mischief maker Tom Sawyer and his sidekick Huck Finn.
If you loved this book as a kid, rest assured while there are no witches, goblins, vampires and magic in this book, your kids will love it too. It’s entertaining reading, and I am sure your kids will see part of themselves in these characters. A true piece of Americana of a time and a place that is no more. I loved it, hope you and/or others will too!
Longman Classics (Alice In Wonderland)
The story is deeply but gently satiric, enlivened with an imaginative plot and brilliant use of nonsense, as it relates Alice’s adventures in a bizarre, topsy-turvey land underground. There she encounters a cast of strange characters and fanciful beasts, including the White Rabbit, March Hare, and Mad Hatter, the sleepy Dormouse and grinning Cheshire Cat,the Mock Turtle, the dreadful Queen of Hearts, and unusual creatures.
Oliver Twist – Longman
This series provides a stimulating introduction to the great classic stories of literature and the best in children’s fiction. The books are easy and enjoyable to read, and feature full-page, full-color pictures and photographs. Each title includes interesting information about the authors, and comprehension questions to spark discussion.
Swiss Famili Robinson-Longman
This classic has been simplified, the vocabulary controlled to a level of approximately 1300 words, and the sentence structures chosen with care for this pre-intermediate stage. The introduction gives information on the author and story, and exercises for comprehension and discussion are included.
Five Famous Fairy Tales-Longman
A Fairy Tale was once “a story about fairies and other small magical people”, as perhaps your dictionary still tells you. Today we often mean a story for children with some magic in it when we call something a fairy tale. There is certainly magic in each of the stories in this book.
Stories From Shakespeare-Longman
The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet and Julius Caesar are the two comedies and two tragedies in this collection. Set in Venice, Athens, Denmark and Rome they tell the stories of Antonio, a merchant and his friends; a night of magic and enchantments in the forest; of ghosts, madness and murder; and finally of power and betrayal.
Jane Eyre – Macmillan
HIS NOVEL was first published in 1847. The author’s name was given as ‘Currer Bell’, and it was only later known to have been written by Miss Charlotte Brontë, one of the five daughters of a clergyman in Yorkshire. Charlotte Brontë had an intense and lively imagination, and in Jane Eyre she has projected much of her own character and experience. Like Jane she was little and plain, and like Jane she went to a charity school and later became a private governess