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CATALOGUE
Black Cat Readers
BLACK CAT publishes reading materials for learners of different ages, needs and interests, from school children to business people.
Black Cat readers contain stimulating activities and dossiers, explore links with other subject areas and use internet projects to increase students' knowledge. Stunning artwork, dramatised
recordings and CD-ROMs help to create educational and entertaining reading material.
EXPANSIVE READING
The following symbols are used to indicate the features in each title.
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Dear Teacher,
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Intensive and extensive reading have been the two major approaches to reading for a long
time. But Black Cat readers use an exciting new approach which we call EXPANSIVE
READING.
Expansive reading goes beyond the text to expand learning in many directions. Apart from
activities which check comprehension, and provide practice in the four skills, structures
and vocabulary building, Black Cat readers offer:
• Beautiful illustrations and dramatised recordings, which aid understanding of the text
and create a stimulus to read.
• Detailed explanations of the cultural background of the text.
• Cultural comparisons and analysis of film versions.
• Cross-curricular links, reflecting the value now given to Content and Language Integrated
Learning (CLIL).
• Projects on the web exploiting the Internet’s resources to the full.
• Exam-style activities to help prepare students for international language qualifications.
• Audio CD-ROMs for selected titles which ensure entertaining learning.
NE New edition
Reading Shakespeare
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Audio CD/CD-ROM
Summary Based Activities
SBA downloadable free
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KEY Key English Test-style activities
PRELIMINARY
FIRST
Preliminary English
Test-style activities
First Certificate in English-style
activities
ADVANCED
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from our website
YLE-Flyers-style activities
Certificate of Advanced
English-style activities
Internet project(s)
Written and recorded in American
English
Visit our website at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net
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CD-ROM
audio
TRINITY Trinity spoken English-style activities
American English and British
English
8 Video tutorials on how
to get the most from our
graded readers
6 Video tutorials on using
the Interactive Whiteboard
Videos of talks given by
our teacher trainer and
series editor Robert Hill at
international conferences
Black Cat Guide to Graded
Readers downloadable for
free
F Forthcoming
Enter Black Cat’s new world
of WEBACTIVITIES,
via our website. Available
for selected readers.
Experience the future
of interactive learning using
a range of online activities
testing a variety of skills at
different levels.
Use technology to make
learning English fun
and interactive.
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free audio title downloadable free
download
Mp3
from our website
Audio recording of missing
chapter(s) downloadable in
Mp3 format free from our
website
Recording of key chapters
CD** only
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audio
CD
Free WebActivities
Audio CD
P Playscript
ET Exit Test
FREE monthly lesson
which include topics such as festivals,
anniversaries and current affairs
SUMMARY-BASED ACTIVITIES for
selected readers
EXTRA Activities free FOR YOU
Free downloadable material: answer keys,
playscripts, audio and more
Earlyreads
The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children
from seven to twelve years of age and
contains original stories and traditional
favourites, as well as some cultural readers,
graded over five levels. All the readers can
be easily dramatised. The majority are
accompanied by playscripts which can be
downloaded free from our website.
Grading of Earlyreads
subject matter and by structural and lexical
criteria.
The chart below shows the major structures
used at each level. Level 5 represents a good
elementary ability (full competence at level A1
of the Common European Framework of
Reference).
For a complete explanation of the grading
criteria used, see The Black Cat Guide to
Graded Readers.
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8-9 years
9-10 years
10-11 years
11-12 years
Present Continuous
can/can’t
must/mustn’t
shall in interrogatives
would/wouldn’t like
going to for future reference
Comparison of adjectives & adverbs
Past Simple of to be & common verbs
will for future reference
University of Cambridge Young
Learners English
Exam preparation: Starters
150
Exam preparation: Starters
200
Exam level: Starter
Exam preparation: Movers
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300
Level 5
7-8 years
Level 4
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Headwords
Level 2
Suitable for
age group
to be & have got
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Imperatives
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Level
by topics
Earlyreads are graded according to their
Features:
• Beautiful illustrations, to encourage
reading and actively help children to
understand the story.
• Picture dictionaries, for active
vocabulary work.
• Fun activities and games, often for more
than one participant, which practise
vocabulary and grammar structures
used in the story.
• A recording of the whole text, either on
an accompanying CD or downloadable
for free from our website
www.blackcat.vicensvives.net
LEVEL
“ Striking artwork and pleasant stories
interspersed with activity pages”
David R. Hill, in Survey Review
of Graded Readers in English.
Earlyreads
Exam preparation: Movers
Exam level: Movers
Trinity
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CD: Audio CD • N: New • F: Forthcoming • WA: Free Web Activities • P: Playscript • FAD: Audio recording of
entire title downloadable free from our website
A Trip to the Safari Park • FAD • P
Dorothy • FAD • P
Monsters in the Box • CD • P
The Enormous Turnip • FAD • P
The Gingerbread Man • FAD • P
The Magic Pot • FAD • WA • N
The Star and the Colours • FAD • WA • P
The Ugly Duckling • FAD • P
Henny Penny • FAD • WA • P
Little Red Riding Hood • FAD • P
Miss Grace Green and the Clown Brothers • FAD • WA • P
Mowgli Learns to Swim • CD • P
Rapunzel • FAD • WA • P
The Mad Teacher • CD • P
The Owl’s Song • FAD • P
Bugaboo The Wicked Witch • CD • P
Cinderella • FAD • P
Maggie and Max Visit the Haunted Castle • FAD • WA • P
Peter and the Wolf • FAD • WA • P
The Jungle Book • CD • P
The Little Mermaid • FAD • P
Aesop's Fables • FAD • P
Christmas Fun • FAD
Dracula and his Family • CD • P
Festivals! • FAD • P
Frankenstein at School • CD • P
Freddy Finds the Thief • CD • P
Halloween Holiday • FAD • WA • N
Puss in Boots • FAD • P
Sleeping Beauty • FAD • P
Space Monsters • CD
The Magic Computer Mouse • CD • P
Aladdin • FAD • P
Ali Baba and the Forthy Thieves • FAD • P
Nasreddin Ten Stories • FAD • P
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • FAD • P
The Canterville Ghost • CD • P
Two Monsters • CD
Zed the Magician • CD • P
The alphabet
Animals
The body
Colours
The family
Festivals
Food
Friendship
The funfair
Geography
The house
Jobs
Magic
Monsters
Numbers
The park
School
The time
Toys
Travel
Weather & seasons
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Earlyreads
A Trip to the Safari Park
Monster in the box
The Gingerbread Man
The Ugly Duckling
Little Red Riding Hood
Gigliola Pagano
Cristina Ivaldi
Jennifer Gascoigne
Retold by Ruth Hobart
Retold by Ruth Hobart
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-0886-2
Book + CD (32 pages)
978-84-316-0925-2
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-1012-4
Book (32 pages)
978-84-316-9019-9
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-0479-6
Miss Grace Green and
the Clown Brothers
Mowgli Learns
to swim
The Mad Teacher
Bugaboo
The Wicked Witch
Cinderella
Paola Traverso
Ruth Hobart
Cristina Ivaldi
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-1090-2
Book + CD (32 pages)
978-84-316-8434-1
Book + CD (32 pages)
978-84-316-9020-5
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-0493-2
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Cristina Ivaldi
Book + CD (32 pages)
978-88-775-4573-2
Retold by Ruth Hobart
Earlyreads
Peter and the Wolf
The Jungle Book
Aesop’s Fables
Dracula and his Family
Frankenstein at School
Retold by Ruth Hobart
Rudyard Kipling
Retold by Ruth Hobart
Gaia Ierace
Gaia Ierace
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-1089-6
Book + CD (32 pages)
978-84-316-8451-8
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-0511-3
Book + CD (48 pages)
978-84-316-0982-5
Book + CD (48 pages)
978-88-775-4448-3
Puss in Boots
Aladdin
Two Monsters
Retold by Ruth Hobart
Ali Baba and
the Forty Thieves
The Canterville Ghost
Retold by Judith Percival
Oscar Wilde
Cristina Ivaldi
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-0693-6
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-0510-6
Retold by Catherine E. White
Book + CD (48 pages)
978-84-316-0761-6
Book + CD (32 pages)
978-84-316-8450-1
Book (32 pages)
978-88-530-0626-4
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GREEN APPLE is a series of lavishly illustrated graded
readers especially designed for young teenagers. Many of
the readers are adaptations of classic stories, but there
are also some original stories and non-fiction readers.
The readers are graded into three levels – Starter, Step 1
and Step 2 – according to structural and lexical criteria, as
well as the suitability of the subject matter for the different
age groups. The lexis contained in the readers is checked
against the vocabulary lists specified for the Cambridge
ESOL exams; Flyers and KET for the readers at Starter and
Step 1 levels and PRELIMINARY for those at Step 2.
Black Cat step
Some titles contain extra features, which are indicated on the back
cover of the titles in question:
• Playscript at the back of the book.
• Audio CD/CD-ROM containing extra interactive language and
cross-cultural activities.
Grammatical structures
Present Simple & Continuous -Future reference with Present
Continuous & Simple, & going to -Imperative with 2nd person &
CEFR: A1 Breakthrough
let’s - Infinitives & gerunds after common verbs -Co-ordination with
CESOL: Exam preparation: Flyers and/or KET but, and, or & and then - Subordination with because & when Quantifiers
Trinity: Grades 1, 2
Starter (ST)
Step 1 (S1)
CEFR: A2 Waystage
CESOL: Exam level: Flyers and/or KET
Trinity: Grades 3, 4
Step 2 (S2)
CEFR: A2 Waystage/ B1 Threshold
CESOL: Exam preparation: PRELIMINARY
Trinity: Grades 4, 5
Past Simple & Continuous - Future reference with will - Passive
forms in Present & Past Simple - Subordination with if (zero & 1st
conditionals) - Defining relative clauses with who & where Comparison of regular & irregular adjectives - Formation of regular
& irregular adverbs
Present Perfect Simple with ever, never, yet, already, still, just, for,
since - Verb + object + infinitive (e.g. I want you to go) - Defining
relative clauses with which, that & zero pronoun - Clauses of time
with when, while, until, before, after & as soon as -Clause of
purpose: (in order) to - Comparison of regular & irregular adverbs
Green Apple Structural Grading
The full lists of the grammatical structures for each level can be found on our website (www.blackcat.vicensvives.net),
in The Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers, and at the back of new editions of Green Apple readers. The list here only
shows the main structures.
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Bathsheba the Witch • K • @ • YF • T • CD-ROM
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Beauty and the Beast • K • @ • T • CD
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Black Beauty • K • @ • T • CD
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Five Children and It • K • @ • T • CD
ST
Halloween Horror • K • @ • AM • T • CD-ROM
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Just So Stories • K • @ • YF • T • S • CD-ROM
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Peter Pan • NE • K • @ • CD • WA
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Sandokan • K • @ • T • CD
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The Ghost Ship of Bodega Bay • K • @ • AM • T • CD-ROM
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The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
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The Jungle Book • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
ST
The Nutcracker • K • @ • T • S • CD-ROM
ST
The Secret Garden • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
ST
The Secret of the Stones • NE • K • @ • T • CD • WA
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The Tempest • K • @ • T • CD
ST
The Wind in the Willows • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
ST
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz • K • AM • T • CD-ROM
ST
Zorro! • K • @ • AM • T • CD
ST
A Midsummer Night’s Dream • K • YF • @ • T • S • CD-ROM
S1
Akron House Mystery • K • @ • AM • T • CD-ROM • WA
S1
American Folk Tales • K • AM • T • CD
S1
British and American Festivities • K • @ • AM/BR • T • CD •
S1
Davy Crockett • K • @ • AM • T • CD
S1
Ghastly Ghosts! • K • @ • AM/BR • CD
S1
Great Expectations • K • CD • P
S1
Halloween… Magic, Witches and Vampires • K • @ • AM • T • CD S1
I Want To Be You • K • @ • T • S • CD-ROM • WA
S1
Jason and the Argonauts • K • @ • AM • T • S • CD-ROM
S1
Legends from the British Isles • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
S1
Little Women • K • @ • AM • T • CD
S1
Mystery in San Francisco • K • @ • AM • T • CD
S1
Project Vampire • K • @ • T • CD-ROM • WA
S1
Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow • K • @ • AM • T • CD S1
Robinson Crusoe • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
S1
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle • K • @ • T • S • CD-ROM
S1
Mystery & horror
Love
Legend
by topics
Human interest/ Tragedy
Green Apple
Festival
• Introduction about the author and his/her times.
• Wide variety of interesting activities to help understand the text,
and to provide practice in all four language skills and lexis.
• Activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams.
• Cross-curricular dossiers.
• A recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with
extra listening activities.
• Extensive vocabulary footnotes, often illustrated.
• Guided Internet projects.
• Free downloadable answer key with exit test on our website.
Adventure
Eylem Coklu, Teacher, Turkey
Features:
LEVEL
“Green Apple books are beautiful, full of activities and
have fascinating dossiers: perfect for my lessons!”
History
Green Apple
Fairy tale & Fantasy
Green Apple
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
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Anne of Green Gables • N • K • AM • T • WA • CD
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer • K • @ • AM • T • S • CD-ROM • WA
The American West • K • @ • AM • T • CD
The Black Arrow • K • @ • T • CD
The Bottle Imp • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
The Great Adventure at Yellowstone • N • K • AM • T • CD • WA
The Last Unicorn • K • @ • T • S • CD-ROM • WA
The Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay • K • @ • AM • T • S • CD-ROM
The Prince and the Pauper • K • @ • T • CD
The Railway Children • K • @ • T • CD
The Treasure of Franchard • K • @ • T • S • CD-ROM
The True Story of Pocahontas • K • @ • AM • T • CD
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • PR • @ • AM • T • CD
David Copperfield • PR • @ • Mp3 • T • CD
Great English Monarchs and their Times • PR • @ • T • CD
King Arthur and his Knights • PR • @ • T • CD-ROM
Macbeth (Green Apple Drama) • @ • S • CD
Oliver Twist • NE • PR • @ • T • CD • WA
Oscar Wilde’s Short Stories • PR • @ • T • CD
Pirates • CD
Robin Hood • PR • @ • T • CD
Romeo and Juliet (Green Apple Drama) • @ • CD • P
The Call of the Wild • PR • @ • AM • CD
Tom and Co’s Adventures in Cyberespace • PR • @ • CD
Treasure Island • PR • @ • T • CD
White Fang • PR • @ • AM • T • CD
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S2
S2
S2
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S2
S2
S2
S2
S2
S2
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Mystery & horror
Legend
Love
History
Human interest/ Tragedy
Festival
LEVEL
by topics
Adventure
Green Apple
Fairy tale & Fantasy
Green Apple
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Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland
Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
J. M. Barrie
Lewis Carroll
Book + audio/CD-ROM (64 pages)
978-84-316-9915-4
Book + CD (64 pages)
978-84-682-2260-8
The Happy Prince
The Selfish Giant
The Secret
Garden
The Secret of the
Stones
Oscar Wilde
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Victoria Heward
Book + audio/CD-ROM
978-84-316-7334-5
Book + audio/CD-ROM (64 pages)
978-84-316-9375-6
Book + CD (80 pages)
978-84-682-2623-1
Book + audio/CD-ROM (64 pages)
978-84-316-9283-4
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Peter Pan
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N: New • NE: New edition • F: Forthcoming • RS: Reading Shakespeare
T: Trinity (Trinity spoken English-style activities) • YF: YLE-Flyers-style activities
K: KET (Key English Test-style activities) • PR: Preliminary (Preliminary English Test-style activities)
@: Internet project(s) • AM: American English (Written and recorded in American English
AM/BR: American English and British English • CD-ROM: Audio CD/CD-ROM
S: SBA (Summary Based Activities downloadable free from our website
Mp3 (Audio recording of missing chapter(s) downloadable in Mp3 format free from our website
WA: Free Web Activities • CD: Audio CD • P: Playscript
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Green Apple
The Tempest
The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz
A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
American Folk Tales
Adapted by George Gibson
Charles Dickens
L. Frank Baum
William Shakespeare
Book + audio/CD-ROM (80 pages)
978-84-316-8150-0
Book + audio/CD-ROM (80 pages)
978-84-316-9947-5
Book + CD (80 pages)
978-84-316-8148-7
Book + CD (112 pages)
978-84-316-9102-8
Legends from
the British Isles
Little Women
Mystery in San
Francisco
Robinson Crusoe
Sherlock Holmes
and the Red Circle
Adapted by Deborah Meyers
Book + CD (80 pages)
978-84-316-0993-1
Gina D. B. Clemen
Book + audio/CD-ROM (80 pages)
978-84-316-9052-6
William Shakespeare
Book + CD (80 pages)
978-84-316-8175-3
Book + audio/CD-ROM (96 pages)
978-84-316-9023-6
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Louisa May Alcott
More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net
Book + CD (80 pages)
978-84-316-7708-4
Daniel Defoe
Great Expectations
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Book + audio/CD-ROM (80 pages)
978-84-316-9373-2
Green Apple
The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer
The Lost Treasure
of Bodega Bay
The Prince
and the Pauper
Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
David Copperfield
Mark Twain
Gina D. B. Clemen
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Book + CD** (96 pages)
978-84-316-7686-5
Book + audio/CD-ROM (80 pages)
978-84-682-0631-8
Book + audio/CD-ROM (80 pages)
978-84-316-9867-6
Book + CD (80 pages)
978-84-316-1024-1
Book + CD (80 pages)
978-84-316-8208-8
King Arthur
and his Knights
Oliver Twist
Oscar Wilde’s
Short Stories
Robin Hood
Treasure Island
Adapted by Sally M. Stockton
Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by George Gibson
Book + CD (96 pages)
978-84-682-2259-2
Oscar Wilde
Book + CD (96 pages)
978-84-316-7753-4
Book + CD (112 pages)
978-88-7754-927-3
Book + audio/CD-ROM (80 pages)
978-84-316-7339-0
Charles Dickens
Book + CD (96 pages)
978-84-316-7182-2
Charles Dickens
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Reading & Training
Reading & Training
“Spectacular productions with excellent
background materials”
David R. Hill,
in Survey Review of Graded Readers
in English.
The READING & TRAINING series consists of beautifully illustrated graded readers, aimed at teenagers and
adults. The majority of the books are adapted classics,
but there are also some original stories – especially at
lower levels – and the occasional non-fiction reader.
The readers are graded into six levels according to internationally recognised criteria for structural grading.
READING SHAKESPEARE is a series dedicated to the
works of Shakespeare. These readers may also contain
activities related to staging the plays.
Features:
• Introduction about the author and his/her times.
• Wide variety of motivating activities.
• Activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and
Trinity exams.
• Fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the
text.
• A CD recording of the text in British and/or American
English, with extra listening activities.
• Extensive vocabulary footnotes.
• Exit tests.
• Guided Internet projects.
• Answer key and exit test downloadable free from our
website:
www.blackcat.vicensvives.net
Some titles contain extra features, which are indicated
on the front and/or back cover of the titles in question:
• Audio CD/CD-ROM containing extra interactive language and culture activities.
Black Cat step
Grammatical structures
Step One (S1)
Present Simple & Continuous – Past Simple & Continuous – Future reference with Present Continuous & Simple, going to & will – Present Perfect Simple with ever & never – Imperative with 2nd person & let’s –
Infinitives & gerunds after common verbs – Co-ordination with but, and,
or & and then – Subordination with because, when, if & zero conditionals
– Defining relative clauses with who, which, that, zero pronoun & where
– Quantifiers – Comparison of regular & irregular adjectives & adverbs
CEFR: A2 Waystage
CESOL: Exam level: KET
Trinity: Grades 3, 4
Present Perfect Simple with yet, already, still & just – Past Perfect
Simple in reported speech – Passive forms with going to & will –
Verb + object + infinitive (e.g. I want you to go) – Reported stateCEFR: B1 Threshold
CESOL: Exam preparation: PRELIMINARY ments with say & tell – Time clauses introduced by when, while,
until, before, after & as soon as – Clauses of purpose: so that; (in
Trinity: Grades 4, 5
order) to
Step Two (S2)
Step Three (S3)
CEFR: B1 Threshold
CESOL: Exam level: PRELIMINARY
Trinity: Grades 5, 6
Step Four (S4)
CEFR: B2 Vantage
CESOL: Exam preparation: FIRST
Trinity: Grade 7
Step Five (S5)
CEFR: B2 Vantage
CESOL: Exam level: FIRST
Trinity: Grade 8
Step Six (S6)
CEFR: C1 Effective
CESOL: Exam level: ADVANCED
Trinity: Grades 9, 10
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Present Perfect Simple with for & since – Past Perfect Simple for
narrative – Causative: have/get + object + past participle – Reported
questions and requests/orders with ask & tell – 2nd Conditional: if +
past, … would(n’t) – Zero, 1st and 2nd conditionals with unless – Nondefining relative clauses with who & where – Clauses of result with
so, so… that & such… that – Clauses of concession with although
& though – Clauses of comparison with (not) as/so… as; (not)…
enough to; too… to
Sherlock Holmes
Stories
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Book + audio/CD-ROM (96 pages)
978-84-316-0951-1
Present Perfect Simple with the first/second/etc. time that … – Present Perfect Continuous with for & since – Passive forms with the
Present Perfect Simple – Reported speech with precise reporting
verbs (e.g. suggest, promise, apologise, etc.) – 3rd Conditional: if +
past perfect, … would(n’t) have – All conditionals with may & might
– Non-defining relative clauses with which & whose – Clauses of
concession with even though, in spite of & despite
Present Perfect Simple for negative duration (haven’t… for ages) –
Present Perfect Continuous for recent activities leading to present
situation – Past Perfect Continuous – Passive forms with Past Perfect Simple & with unrestricted use of modal verbs – Reported
speech introduced by more examples of precise reporting verbs
(e.g. threaten, insist, complain) – Wish, if only & it’s time + past tense
– Mixed conditional sentences – Complex sentences with more than
one subordinate clause
Future reference with Future Continuous & Future Perfect – Passive (all
tenses) in continuous forms – Wish & if only + would or past perfect –
Inversion of had in 2nd and 3rd conditional sentences without if – Inversion
of word order after initial negative adverbs (No sooner…; Hardly…; etc.)
– Non-finite -ing clauses – Complex sentences with no restriction on
number of subordinate clauses
Alice´s Adventures in
Wonderland
Lewis Carrol
Book + CD (112 pages)
978-88-530-1327-9
Tales from The Thousand
and One Nights
Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne
Book + audio/CD-ROM (96 pages)
978-84-316-0926-9
William Shakespeare
Book + audio/CD-ROM (96 pages)
978-84-316-8949-0
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Kim • PR • @ • T • S • CD
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Home for Christmas • K • @ • T • CD
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Miami Police File: the O’Nell Case • K • @ • AM • T • CD-ROM
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Missing in Sydney • K • @ • T • CD
Recipe for Success • N • K • T • CD • WA
Sherlock Holmes Stories • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
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Tales from The Thousand and One Nights • K • @ • T • CD-ROM
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The Truth about Professor Smith • N • K • T • CD • WA
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Tristan and Isolde • K • @ • T • CD
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A Dream Come True • PR • @ • T • CD
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland • NE • PR • T • CD • WA
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Animal Tales • PR • @ • T • AM/BR • CD
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Around the World in Eighty Days • PR • @ • T • CD
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Hamlet • RS • PR • @ • T • CD-ROM
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Kidnapped • PR • T • CD-ROM
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Murder at Coyote Canyon • PR • @ • AM • T • CD-ROM • Mp3
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Mystery in New Orleans • N • PR • AM • T • CD • WA
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Rob Roy • PR • @ • T • CD
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The Fisherman and his Soul • PR • @ • T • CD-ROM
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The Jumping Frog • PR • @ • AM • T • CD
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The Lost World • PR • @ • T • CD-ROM
The Mutiny on the Bounty • PR • @ • T • CD
The Rajah’s Diamond • PR • @ • T • CD
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Stories of Suspense • PR • @ • AM • T • CD
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Tales of the Supernatural • PR • @ • AM/BR • T • CD
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The £1,000,000 Bank Note • PR • @ • AM/BR • T • CD
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The Canterville Ghost • PR • @ • AM/BR • T • CD-ROM • P
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The Diamond as Big as The Ritz • PR • @ • AM • T • CD
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The Final Problem and Other Stories • N • PR • T • CD • WA
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The Phantom of the Opera • PR • @ • CD
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The Pickwick Papers • PR • @ • T • S • CD • WA • Mp3
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The Prisoner of Zenda • PR • @ • T • CD
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes • PR • @ • T • CD
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The Scarlet Pimpernel • PR • @ • T • CD
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde • PR • @ • T • CD
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The Three Musketeers • PR • @ • T • CD • WA • Mp3
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The Tragedy of Richard III • RS • PR • @ • T • S • CD • WA
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The Vampire’s Tear • PR • @ • AM • T • CD
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True Adventures Stories • PR • @ • T • CD
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Twelfth Night • PR • @ • T • CD • P
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A Midsummer Night's Dream • RS • FT • @ • T • CD • P
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Time Games • N • PR • @ • T • CD • WA
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Alien at School • AM • CD
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Classic Detective Stories • PR • @ • T • CD • Mp3
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Great Mysteries of Our World • PR • @ • T • CD
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Gulliver’s Travels • PR • @ • T • CD
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Humour & Comedy
Fairy tale & Fantasy
Crime
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by topics
Adventure
Tragedy
Mystery & horror
Love
Legend
Human interest
Reading & Training
A Message from a Ghost • K • @ • T • S • CD • WA
The Ransom of Red Chief and Other Stories • PR • @ • AM • T • CD S2
Hamlet
Prince of Denmark
Humour & Comedy
Crime
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PR: Preliminary (Preliminary English Test-style activities) • FT: First (First Certificate in English-style activities)
A: Advanced (Certificate Advanced English-style activities) • @: Internet project(s)
AM: American English (Written and recorded in American English • AM/BR: American English and British English
CD-ROM: Audio CD/CD-ROM • S: SBA (Summary Based Activities downloadable free from our website
Mp3 (Audio recording of missing chapter(s) downloadable in Mp3 format free from our website
WA: Free Web Activities • CD: Audio CD • P: Playscript
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Beowulf • FT • T • CD • WA
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Daisy Miller • FT • @ • AM • T • CD
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Dracula • FT • @ • T • S • CD • Mp3
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Famous British Criminals • FT • @ • T • CD
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Katherine Mansfield Short Stories • N • FT • T • CD • WA
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Le Morte d'Arthur • FT • @ • CD
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Macbeth • RS • FT • @ • T • CD • P
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Moby Dick • FT • @ • AM • T • CD
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Much Ado About Nothing • RS • FT • @ • T • CD • P
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Northanger Abbey • FT • @ • T • CD
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Othello • RS • FT • @ • CD • P
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Power and Ambition in Shakespeare• RS• FT• @ •T • CD• WA• Mp3
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The Big Mistake and Other Stories • CD
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The Portrait of a Lady • FT • @ • AM/BR • T • CD
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The Canterbury Tales • NE • FT • @ • AM • T • CD • WA
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The House of the Seven Gables • FT • @ • AM • T • S • CD
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The Last of the Mohicans • FT • @ • AM • T • CD
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The Merchant of Venice • RS • FT • @ • T • CD • P
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The X Files: Squeeze • AM • CD
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The Moonstone • FT • @ • T • CD • Mp3
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Vanity Fair • FT • @ • T • CD
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The Secret Agent • FT • @ • T • CD • Mp3
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Wuthering Heights • FT • @ • T • CD
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The Sign of Four • FT • @ • T • CD
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Silas Marner • @ • CD
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The Tempest • N • FT • T • CD • WA
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The Valley of Fear • FT • @ • T • CD
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The Woman in White • FT • @ • T • CD • Mp3
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Three Men on the Bummel • FT • @ • T • S • CD • WA
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Tom Jones • FT • @ • T • CD
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Washington Square • AM • CD
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Wicked and Humorous Tales • FT • @ • T • CD
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A Passage to India • FT • @ • T • CD
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A Tale of Two Cities • FT • @ • CD
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Emma • FT • @ • T • CD
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Frankenstein • FT • @ • T • CD
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Lord Jim • FT • @ • T • CD • Mp3
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Middlemarch • FT • @ • T • CD
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Pamela • FT • @ • T • CD
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Persuasion • FT • @ • T • CD • Mp3
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Pride and Prejudice • FT • @ • T • CD
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Robinson Crusoe • FT • @ • T • CD • Mp3
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Sense and Sensibility • FT • @ • T • CD
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Mystery & horror
Tragedy
Love
Humour & Comedy
Legend
Fairy tale & Fantasy
Human interest
Crime
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Adventure
Reading & Training
Tragedy
Mystery & horror
Love
Humour & Comedy
Legend
Human interest
Crime
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Adventure
Reading & Training
Fairy tale & Fantasy
Reading & Training
Journey to the Centre
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978-84-682-0302-7
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T: Trinity (Trinity spoken English-style activities) • K: KET (Key English Test-style activities)
PR: Preliminary (Preliminary English Test-style activities) • FT: First (First Certificate in English-style activities)
A: Advanced (Certificate Advanced English-style activities) • @: Internet project(s)
AM: American English (Written and recorded in American English • AM/BR: American English and British English
CD-ROM: Audio CD/CD-ROM • S: SBA (Summary Based Activities downloadable free from our website
Mp3 (Audio recording of missing chapter(s) downloadable in Mp3 format free from our website
WA: Free Web Activities • CD: Audio CD • P: Playscript
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The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
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978-84-316-8887-5
Reading & Training
Stories of Ghosts
and Mystery
The Secret Garden
J. S. Le Fanu, R. Kipling,
N. Hawthorne
Book + audio/CD-ROM (96 pages)
978-84-316-9414-2
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Book + CD (112 pages)
978-84-316-9439-5
Great Mysteries of Our
World
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Tales of the
Supernatural
Gina D. B. Clemen
Book + audio/CD-ROM (112 pages)
978-84-316-8948-3
Ch. Dickens, E. A. Poe, E.
Nesbit, F. M. Crawford
Book + CD (96 pages)
978-84-316-8033-6
Book + CD (96 pages)
978-84-316-0752-4
The Strange Case of
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
A Christmas Carol
American Horror
Macbeth
Charles Dickens
Five Terrifying Tales
William Shakespeare
Robert Louis Stevenson
Book + CD (112 pages)
978-84-316-7758-9
Edgar Allan Poe
Book + CD (112 pages)
978-88-530-0839-8
Book + CD (96 pages)
978-84-682-0884-8
Book + CD (112 pages)
978-84-682-0077-4
Much Ado About
Nothing
William Shakespeare
Book + CD (128 pages)
978-88-530-0154-2
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Reading & Training
The Big Mistake
Frankenstein
Robinson Crusoe
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Silas Marner
Nella Burnett-Stuart and Bruna Deriu
Mary Shelley
Daniel Defoe
Oscar Wilde
George Eliot
Book + CD (128 pages)
978-84-316-4245-7
Book + CD (144 pages)
978-88-530-0837-4
Book + CD** (144 pages)
978-88-530-0841-1
Book + CD** (144 pages)
978-84-316-1278-8
Book + CD** (112 pages)
978-88-775-4934-1
Reading & Training Discovery
Reading Classics
Reading & Training Discovery
Reading Classics
Reading & Training Discovery is a series of factual readers. It is designed for
This series of 19th- and 20th-century classics from the world of British and American literature is edited by Paolo
Bertinetti, Dean of the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Turin.
teenagers, young adults and adults who, through reading about subjects of interest, can improve their English and broaden their knowledge at the same
time. The series covers a range of interesting subject matter, from famous people to places such as cities, countries and natural wonders.
These readers use Black Cat’s expansive reading approach. The dossiers, activities and internet projects enable the reader to expand his/her knowledge
and understanding beyond the information provided by the text.
The Discovery series is graded grammatically and lexically according to
the levels in the Reading & Training series and for 2014 there are titles
available at Steps One to Three.
Level
Common European University
of Cambridge ESOL
Framework
Examinations
of Reference
Trinity
Level
Step One A2 Waystage
Exam level: KET
3, 4
Step Two B1 Threshold
Exam preparation:
PRELIMINARY
4, 5
Step Three B1 Threshold
Exam level: PRELIMINARY
5, 6
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READING CLASSICS are aimed specifically at non-native speakers of English who wish to improve their language
skills by analysing major novels, short stories and plays. Each volume guides the reader towards comprehension and
appreciation of the literary work.
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In-depth bibliography providing a springboard for further study.
Detailed chronology giving a complete view of the author’s life and works.
Wide variety of activities encouraging response to the text and aiding language acquisition.
Numerous footnotes with phonetic transcriptions of some difficult words.
Dramatised recording of selected extracts by native speakers in American or British English.
Key to the exercises online.
Level
Common European
Framework of Reference
University of Cambridge
ESOL Examinations
Upper intermediate,
and above
C1/C2
Effective and Mastery
Exam level: ADVANCED
and PROFICIENCY
Easyread
Easyread
“Lots of interesting information, facts and visuals in a light, handy
format. My students ask for more”
Birgit Kammerhofer, Teacher, Austria
The EASYREAD series is aimed at young teenagers and above. It offers a range of attractive, full-colour, nonfiction graded readers; the subject areas are art and design, geography,
history, ICT, music, religious studies, science and social and environmental studies.
Suitable for young people studying English at secondary school, but aso interesting subjects
for young adult and adult readers with an elementary or early pre-intermediate level of English
(levels A1/A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference). Teachers, too, can take advantage of the crosscurricular approch or “Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)”.
There are two levels in the EASYREAD series, with controlled grammatical structures and lexis:
level 1 uses present tenses only, while level 2 introduces past tenses. As far as lexis is concerned, apart from some special vocabulary required by the reader topic, the maximum number of headwords used at level 1 is 300 words, increasing to 400 words at level 2.
Castles and Knights
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History
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The Story of Big Cities • K • @ • FAD • ET
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The Story of Moving Pictures • K • @ • FAD • ET
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Vikings • K • @ • FAD • ET
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Gina D. B. Clemen
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978-88-530-0316-4
Exit Test
Book (24 pages)
978-88-530-0829-9
Exit Test
Book (24 pages)
978-84-316-8151-7
Exit Test
The Life and Times
of Shakespeare
The Story
of Popular Music
The Story of Tea
Chiara Pizzorno
Jennifer Gascoigne
Book (32 pages)
978-84-316-8155-5
Exit Test
Book (32 pages)
978-84-316-8157-9
Exit Test
Book (24 pages)
978-84-316-8158-6
Exit Test
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Social & Environmental Studies
Geography
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Music
Art & Design
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Easyread
Religious Studies
• Controlled grammatical structures and lexis divided into two levels.
• KET Key English Test-Style activities.
• Topic-specific illustrated glossary for easy reference.
• Visual support - specially commissioned artwork, photographs and period illustrations to aid
comprehension of the text.
• Manageable length (24/32 pages) makes them ideal for extensive reading.
• Internet projects to encourage further research.
• Free downloadable recording of the whole text and answer key on our website.
• Exit test.
The Story of Coffee
Gina D. B. Clemen
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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBBIE THE ROBIN
A series of Books that aims to make reading fun
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBBIE THE ROBIN is a collection of 15 books aimed at
children aged 8 to 12 years who have a good level of English (A2/B1).
Titles in the series
11. Robbie’s trip to the seaside
These beautifully illustrated stories, all come with vocabulary footnotes and
activities for before, during and after reading, as well as a downloadable audio version.
12. Robbie’s adventure in the woods
Through reading the stories, children are taught educational values, such as helping
others or looking after the environment, which are promoted in the stories.
14. Robbie’s Christmas adventure
13. Robbie and the snowman
15. Robbie adventures in the country
Additional activities in the book include:
• An Educational Value activity to consolidate children’s awareness of the value(s)
represented in the story.
• A Picture Dictionary to reinforce key vocabulary in the book.
16. Robbie meets Tommy Tortoise
17. Robbie and the toboggan ride
18. Robbie andOllie Owl
19. Maggie Magpie and the missing ring
• Fun Games to provide children with an even greater fun learning experience.
10. Robbie meets Harry Hedgehog
• A Fact File activity to expand on children’s knowledge of the topic(s) covered in the
book.
11. Robbie meets Oswald Otter
12. Robbie goes on holiday
13. Robbie and Sammy Squirrel
Features:
14. Robbie and the Carnival
• 1000 to 1400 headwords per book.
• Free dramatised recording of thetext - downloadable from our website.
• The habits and habitats of the animals in the stories are drawn from nature,
therefore there is something to be learnt from each story.
• Beautiful illustrations to aid comprehension.
• Extensive vocabulary footnotes.
• Wide variety of interesting activities at the back of each book.
• Emphasis placed on educational values.
• Answer key - downloadable fromour website
15. Robbie and the Easter eggs
The author
Susan J. Roberts is a British-born writer, poet and former ELT professional. She has been writing short stories and
poetry since she was in her teens, some of which have been published in anthologies and magazines in the UK.
Her latest work is this collection of children’s books, “THE ADVENTURES OF ROBBIE THE ROBIN”.
Her love of birds and other animals began when she was a child living in a village in the south of England. Her
fondness for birds, especially robins, inspired her to write this collection of books for children to enjoy.
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