This book is intended for young teenage students of English as a foreign language.
The Elves and the Shoemaker: Based on the Story by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
The story of a poor shoemaker who works hard but does not prosper until he has only enough leather left to make one pair of shoes.
“ Just Bujama Hill , the bridge over the river and we are nearly home , ' said Pa Mininda . The car started down the long , steep hill . The driver braked to slow the car . The brakes did not seem to work . He pumped the brakes harder .
First published in 1958, A Bear Called Paddington is the first novel by Michael Bond, chronicling the adventures of this lovable bear.
Far out in the Spanish Main, Blackbeard sails in search of buried treasure.
In this story Joshua makes some money by collecting illegally at a church meeting. Then Martha steals it from him.
A small dog, abandoned near a trash dump and captured by a dog catcher, finds a place for herself when she is befriended by a circus clown whose act needs improving.