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Let''s Go to the Zoo! is a review of animals that can be found in the zoo. The child knows their names in English while learning to identify the characteristics of each.Lets Go to the Zoo! es un ritmico repaso de los animales que podemos encontrar en el zoo. El niño conoce sus nombres en ingles a la vez que aprende a identificar las caracteristicas de cada uno de ellos.

Hal works at the zoo every day and his life isn t exciting until he meets Tim. Tim is a movie star. He has a difficult life and he is unhappy until he meets Hal. But when they meet and agree to change places interesting things start to happen. And by changing places the two men learn what is truly important in their lives.

Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens - and one night she learns what is behind the locked door.

In the mountains of Transylvania there stands a castle. It is the home of Count Dracula - a dark, lonely place, and at night the wolves howl around the walls. In the year 1875 Jonathan Harker comes from England to do business with the Count. But Jonathan does not feel comfortable at Castle Dracula. Strange things happen at night, and very soon, he begins to feel afraid. And he is right to be afraid, because Count Dracula is one of the Un-Dead - a vampire that drinks the blood of living people . . .

There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life. After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to be the wife of Henry VIII of England.

In Hamburg Germany Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth. This is the beginning of one of Jules Vernes most exciting stories. Is this message true We must go to Iceland and see says Lidenbrock excitedly. But his nephew Axel wants to stay at home. Can Lidenbrock and Axel and their Icelandic guide Hans find the centre of the Earth And can they all get home alive after their many underground adventures.

When the Emperor calls every man to join the army and fight the enemy, Mulan's father is old and ill, and cannot go. Wearing men's clothes and riding a horse, Mulan leaves her family and fights bravely for the Emperor in her father's place. She is soon a hero for all the soldiers in the Chinese army. One of them, Ye Ming, is her best friend. But does he know that she is a woman? And can Mulan fall in love with a riend?

'Give me the money,' says the robber to the Los Angeles security guard. The guard looks at the gun and hands over the money. The robber has long blond hair and rides a motorcycle - and a girl with long blond hair arrives at Kenny's motel - on a motorcycle. Is she the robber?

Rory and Granda have looked after one another ever since Rory s dad walked out. These days it s Rory who has to look after the old man, and both of them dread being split up. But when he s told his grandad needs to go into a home and that he will be fostered, Rory is galvanised into setting out on the run with Granda. But where are they going, and where can they hide when their faces are plastered all over the newspapers and TV?

Everyone seems to be leaving the Welsh village of Manod, and now Dylan Hughes is the only boy left in the village. As he worries whether he will ever find anyone to play football with again, his parents struggle to keep their petrol station afloat. So when the government takesover the old quarry in the mountain to store priceless paintings evacuated from a flooded London, everyone is pleased. The petrol station has customers and Dylan may even get the chance to have a kick-around. But then Dylan''s dad leaves home and desperate measures are called for - which is how Dylan gets talked into committing? The Perfect Crime?

This book is supported by a MultiROM, containing a complete dramatized audio recording of the story plus interactive activities.

Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

Pre-1900 and modern writers are compared and contrasted in pairs. Authors include: D.H. Lawrence, V.S. Naipaul, Penelope Lively, Doris Lessing, Susan Hill, Graham Greene, Edgar Allan Poe, Dylan Thomas, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens and others.

Two plays by Jamaica s leading dramatist. His sparkling, original talent has won acclaim from critics and audiences worldwide.

* A compelling first-person narrator and football theme hooks boys interest, while a feisty female character ensures that girls have a strong character to empathise with. * Themes include family, government oppression, discrimination, asylum seekers, dreams vs. reality, relationships and responsibility. * Ideal for mixed ability classes.

Here is a guide that many managers and teachers CDI waiting !101 English for young people aged 13 to 18 novels are selected for their themes and interests with indications of levels required , biographical notes on the author, a summary of the text and an excerpt to realize if the style of the book match the capabilities of students with useful information about the work and suggestions for further reading.At the end of the book a thematic classification allows you to find the book that the best wishes of the teacher and the class will meet . Also note the existence of a dedicated website with articles and activities related to the readings. It is especially noted that the book of Christian Holzmann differs from all production on the subject, because it does not offer a selection of many classics and repeatedly studied but novels by contemporary authors read and appreciated young English. It contains , for example , among the proposals , books of Melvin Burgess, Philip Pullman, RLStine , Clive Barker, Joyce Carol Oates, Nick Hornby, Anthony Horowitz , Sherman Alexie , Terry Pratchett , Mark Haddon etc ...

''Conan!'' cried Valeria. ''What are you doing here?''When Conan the Barbarian follows Valeria the Pirate south, he surprises her. Together they escape from a fierce dragon, and enter a strange city in the desert, looking for treasure. Two enemy clans live there, and Conan and Valeria are soon asked to join in the war between them. This adventure story - full of battles, magic, and terrible monsters - is about two friendly fighters. But who are their enemies? And what is the secret of the black pillar with the red nails in it?

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George is fascinated by World War Two. Even evacuation and rationing has got to be better than living in dreary old Witchfield. He is looking forward to a school trip to a World War Two museum. But he doesn't realise quite how authentic this trip will be.

Confronting the unknown - whether in outer space, a harsh desert, or the New York subway - these writers show us people in demanding, and often thrilling situations. William Wordsworth, Freya Stark, D H Lawrence and Paul Theroux and other major writers illustrate the unique excitement of travel writing.