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Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm (1786-1859) were philologists and folklorists. The brothers rediscovered a host...

Professor Verity invents a machine which makes its subjects tell the truth. soon the professor has many clients who wish to use...

A guide to London past and present. From markets and shops, architecture and sightseeing to restaurants and nightlife....

This traditional tale tells how Sam the builder is unhappy and wants to be powerful. He tries being the sun, a cloud and a stone...

In this traditional tale about co-operation and sharing, a traveller uses a magic stone to make soup. Everyone in the market...

1860 - England. Two frightening ghost stories.
The Signalman
A visitor comes to a signal-box next to a railway tunnel. The...

Why does an old builder leave all his money to a young lawyer? Who gives a government document to enemy spies? How is a young man...

Tom, Holly, Mum, Dad and the baby go to stay on Grandma and Grandad's farm in the holidays. There is a lot of rain and they find...

Lunch at the Zoo is a Level 2 reader. It's fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and...

Charlie's family is poor, so he cannot go to school. He works as a shoeshine boy and dreams of being rich. Then one day, he has a...

A romantic adventure story set in south-west England in the 1600s. John Ridd swears revenge upon the evil Carver Doone who...

This collection of five stories explores a variety of different literary approaches to the genre of horror. From a violent spirit...

1757 - Lake Ontario, North America.
A second adventure with the scout, Hawk-eye, and his friend, Chingachgook.
Mabel Dunham...

A retelling for students of English of one of Dickens's best-known novels, this is an upper intermediate-level Macmillan Reader....

In the first of two stories, baby Daisy emerges from a dinosaur egg. The second story shows how she always manages to get into...

In the first story, Daisy the Dinosaur is ill. Mum and Danny try to make her feel better. In the second story, Daisy and Danny...

One windy day, Daisy the Dinosaur goes to the hill with Mum, Dad and Danny. Daisy and Danny fly their new kites. Then Daisy sees...

In these two linked stories, Daisy visits the beach and the park. With a little help from her family she has a good time and also...

Five short stories set in America in the 1920s and 1940s. The Cut-Glass Bowl,Bernice Bobs Her Hair,Gretchen's Forty Winks,...

Crazy Cat and Fat Old Rat decide to race from the pond to the big rock. Crazy Cat is sure that he will win, but he is lazy and...

One night Crazy Cat looks at the beautiful stars and decides that he wants to visit them. Over the next few days, Fred the Fox,...

In this Holly and Tom story about bullying and friendship, Holly and Tom go to the park with Mum and Dad to ride their bikes....

Pyke returns in a gripping tale of brutal murder and deception, set in the back streets of Victorian London and the cane fields...

Can you ever forgive the unforgivable? In 1962, Emil Clement comes face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament in...

'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their...

The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and...

A lively picture book that examines the issue of not listening in an amusing but reassuring way through animal characters -...

Chateau Blissac, on its hill above St Roque, is in a setting where every prospect pleases. But it doesn't please its current...

The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by...

Rebecca and Sue like skiing. The sun's shining. There's lots of snow. They are good skiers.
But Mark and David are good skiers...