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Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, move to a house near a railway line after their father disappears. The children make new friends, but will they be reunited with their father?

Ebenezer Scrooge is rich but he is a mean old man with no friends. It is Christmas Eve but he’s still in his office counting money. He doesn’t like Christmas – it costs too much! Later that night, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. They show him scenes from his life. They show him the present, Christmas Eve in Victorian England where both rich and poor are enjoying Christmas with family and friends. They show him a frightening, lonely future. In this famous story by Charles Dickens, Christmas brings a surprising change in Ebenezer Scrooge…

One day, Ali Baba sees some thieves going into a cave. After they have gone he goes inside and finds it’s full of gold and silver! He is rich at last! But the thieves want their treasure back and think of a clever way to get it.

There is going to be a big storm and Jenny’s son John loves storms. John counts the seconds between the thunder and the lightning. This tells him how far away the lightning is. Their dog, Patty, is scared because thunder is louder for dogs! Do you know how hailstones form? How to stay safe in a tornado? Why sandstorms are so dangerous? Or how big a hurricane can be? John does and now you can too!

Gabriel loves Silvia, but Silvia loves Marco. Marco wears expensive clothes and drives a fast car. He’s more exciting than Gabriel. Then, one evening, something terrible happens. It changes the lives of everybody in the city. Where are Marco and Gabriel? What will happen to Silvia?

During their Christmas holidays in the “red heart” of Australia, Penny and Bob set out to look for a very special boomerang that is missing from an Aboriginal museum near Ayers Rock. The situation gets serious and they get lost in the unfriendly Australian bush. There they meet Sel, a young Aborigine, and his grandfather who give them clues about the location of the boomerang. From then on their cultural holiday turns into an exciting adventure!

This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia’s fiancé is fighting the Italian army. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin has been made into a film, starring Nicolas Cage.

One winter’s morning in New York State, there is an accident on an icy mountain road. Thirteen-year-old Grace and her much-loved horse, Pilgrim, are very badly hurt. Grace’s mother believes her daughter will only recover if her horse can be saved. Can Pilgrim be nursed back to health? Can the Horse Whisperer work his magic?

Geppetto, the carpenter, makes a wooden puppet. He calls the puppet Pinocchio. Pinocchio has many adventures but there is one thing he really wants. How can Pinocchio save Geppetto from danger and get what he wishes for?

One day Jack meets a man who gives him five magic beans. The beans grow very tall and Jack climbs up the beanstalk. Fee, Fi, Fo, Foy, says the giant at the top, I can smell a boy. How does Jack get away from the giant?

Bringing thrilling Super Hero action to the English classroom.

The Russian Revolution. Four young people, Yury, Tonya, Lara and Pasha, find love and lose it in this extraordinary time. Their heartbreaking stories make Dr Zhivago one of the greatest romantic books, and films, of the twentieth century.

One day a princess loses her golden ball in a pond. A frog finds it for her and she promises to give him anything he wants. The frog wants to come into the palace with her but the princess is not happy about that. Does she keep her promise?

It is Nicky’s first trip to New York, and he plans to stay with his aunt. But things quickly go wrong like a bad dream. Will Nicky find what he’s looking for in New York?

Raskolnikoff, a young student, is forced to give up university studies because of lack of money. He withdraws from society and develops a plan to murder a greedy old moneylender. Surely the murder of one worthless old woman would be excused if it made possible a thousand good deeds? But this crime is just the beginning of the story...

The Amazon Rain Forest is the largest rain forest in the world. It is 10,000,000 years old and many different kinds of plants and animals live here. The forest is important for the world’s weather and wildlife, but it is disappearing fast. Read this book and learn about this wonderful forest and its problems. What will its future be?

Paul is shy and Judy has no friends. Oliver is afraid of other boys. Jane and Leo can’t talk about their feelings, and Sue lies to her boyfriends. These five short plays tell the stories of young people with problems. Are there any answers? What do you think?

Young Prince Einon is dying. Only the Great Dragon can help him! But first the boy has to say, ‘I won’t be a cruel king. I’ll love my people and be kind to them’. But Einon is cruel, and everybody in the country is afraid. Now the Dragon, good Sir Bowen and the peasants have to fight in a great battle between Good and Bad.