Reading
Five Plays for Today
Tonya Trappe
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?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Missing Coins
John Escott
Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Later that day, some coins are missing and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete.
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaWhite Fang
Jack London
White Fang is a wolf from the mountains of Canada. His life is hard but he is happy in his world. Then he is taken to the world of men. There he learns to fight and to kill. White Fang knows nothing about love. But one day he meets Scott...
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaCaptain Corelli’s Mandolin
Louis De Bernieres
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.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans
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?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaInventions that Changed the World
David Maule
Inventors are special people. They see everyday objects and imagine something better. They solve old problems with new ideas. Their inventions can help people or destroy them, but only the greatest ideas will change the world. This book has many of the most interesting and important inventions from 2,500 years ago to the present day.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaRound the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. There are many dangers along the way, and a detective who wants to arrest him!
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Earthquake
Elizabeth Laird
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?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Princess and the Frog
Marie Crook
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?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Incredible Journey
Sheila Burnford
The country is wild and dangerous. Mountains are high, rivers run fast, and there are strange animals in the woods. But three family pets, two dogs and a cat, begin a long, long walk through western Canada. They miss their family and they are trying to get home. But will anyone see them again?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
Two babies are born on the same day in England. One boy is a prince and the other boy is from a very poor family. Ten years later, they change places for a game. But then the old king dies and they cannot change back. Will the poor boy be the new King of England?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Velveteen Rabbit
Audrey McIlvain
Tim loves his toy rabbit and plays with it every day. Then Tim gets sick and his mom puts all his toys in the garden. Poor toy rabbit! Poor Tim! Does Tim find his toy rabbit again?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaSpiderman: The Swashbuckling Spider
Bringing thrilling Super Hero action to the English classroom.
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaGuardians of the Galaxy: vol. 2
Aa.Vv.
Experience the joy of reading with our Marvel Readers, carefully written and graded to thrill and motivate learners of English!
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaJack and the Beanstalk
Coralyn Bradshaw
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?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Gwendolen thinks that she loves Ernest. Cecily thinks that she loves Ernest too. But who is Ernest really? What kind of man is he? This is a wonderfully funny play by one of the greatest writers of his time. This book is written in a play script format.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe New Adventures of Tom Thumb
Lynne Doherty Herndon
Tom is as small as a thumb. He is so small he can ride on a butterfly. It takes him to a palace where he meets a princess. What do they do there? How does Tom help her?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaUp in the Air
Marie Crook
A hot air balloon is an aircraft. A helicopter moves in an interesting way. An A380 jet plane has 22 wheels. Let’s read and learn about flying...
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Railway Children
Edith Nesbit
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?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaAnimal Camouflage
Caroline Laidlaw
When they are hunting, or when they are prey, lots of different animals hide in different ways. An octopus changes color, insects look like sticks. Seahorses hide in coral and lizards with two heads! Can you think of any more animals that use camouflage?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaExtreme Sports
Michael Dean
Up in the air! Down on the ground! Under the water! Extreme sports are new, exciting, and dangerous! Learn about extreme sports from aerial ballet to zorbing. Read about the crazy people who love extreme sports. Are extreme sports for you?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaVoyages of Sindbad the Sailor
Aa.Vv.
Sindbad the Sailor went to sea seven times and his voyages were always dangerous. He met giant men, snakes and birds, and the Old Man of the Sea. He visited different countries and strange islands and he told wonderful stories about his journeys.
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaStranger Than Fiction: Urban Myths
Phil Healey, Rick Glanvill
A man fell from a very tall building. Why didn’t he die? Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken under her hat? What fell out of an old man’s ear, and why did everybody laugh? And how did a cow fly? Find the answers in these strange stories.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaAli and His Camera
Raymond Pizante
Ali wants to take photos of people and places in Istanbul, but he has a big problem. He hasn’t got a camera. How can he get one?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - Narrativa