Published 2016. 150 Headwords - CEFR A1. Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This new edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than 30 beautifully illustrated stories - now with accompanying: E-Books, Audio Packs, Activity Books and Plays Project the story and accompanying audio onto the Interactive Whiteboard - a digital 'Big Book'! Students can also watch and listen to the story on their home computer or tablets - great for children who prefer computers to books... Follow the adventures of the famous duckling. Why is he big, strange, and ugly?
Sue Arengo Book order (chronological)






The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Find out what happens when Town Mouse comes to the country and Country Mouse goes to the town ...
Peach Boy
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching. With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.
Classic Tales Second Edition: Level 2: The Ugly Duckling : Ugly Duckling Beginner Level 2
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This new edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than
Classic Tales 1 The Magic Cooking Pot (2nd)
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This new edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more th
Classic Tales 1 2e: Rumpelstiltskin
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This new edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than 30 beautifully illustrated stories - now with accompanying: e-Books Audio Packs * Activity Books and Plays Project the story and accompanying audio onto the Interactive Whiteboard - a digital 'Big Book'! Students can also watch and listen to the story on their home computer or tablets - great for children who prefer computers to books...
Classic Tales 1 Three Billy-goats ABPlay
- 16 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Published 2012. Illustrated books offering classic stories retold for children accompanied by e-Books, audio, and Activity and Play books. Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This new edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through 30 beautifully illustrated stories now with accompanying: E-Books with Audio Packs Activity Books and Plays Project the story and accompanying audio onto the Interactive Whiteboard a digital 'Big Book'! Or play the audio on a CD player. Students can also watch and listen to the story on their home computer, great for children who prefer computers to books. Key Features: Storybook: a classic story retold with engaging new illustrations, accompanied by activities and an updated picture dictionary or glossary. E-Book with Audio Pack: a storybook plus an easy-to-use MultiROM with Audio. Activity Book and Play for every story: extra activities related to the tale, and the story adapted as a play. Use the playscript in class or on stage! Teacher's website: offers advice on using Classic Tales in your classroom and provides answers to the exercises in the Storybook and Activity Book.
Lownu mends the sky
- 16 pages
- 1 hour of reading
This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching. With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.
Classic Tales - Beginner 2: Big Baby Finn
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Favourite traditional stories retold for younger learners.
Classic Tales - 2: Amrita and the Trees
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Classic Tales graded readers are richly illustrated traditional stories which children are eager to read. Language and drama activities also make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging tale. . Full-color illustrations bring Classic Tales to life and make it easy to follow the story . Familiar characters appeal to children's imagination . Activities and puzzles encourage students to look more closely at the text . Glossary with illustrations and examples . Big Books (selected titles) allow the whole class to share the reading experience"
The Princess and the Pea
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
This series of well-loved fairy tales for children aged 5 to 12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching with listening, speaking, reading, writing and drama activities.Classic Tales are brought to life through magical illustrations, making it easy for children to follow the storyline. Children love looking for the details and finding their favorite characters in the pictures. An illustrated glossary teaches the meaning of key words.Activity Books offer a variety of reading, writing, and speaking activities to exploit the language presented in the Storybooks.Big Books add a new dimension to classroom story time, making it easier for the whole class to share the reading experience.Audio of each story, available in British or American English develop children's pronunciation and enable them to enjoy the stories at home.With Classic Tales, you can create a complete language lesson based around the story.
The Goose Girl
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
A beautiful princess rides away to marry a prince. On the way her maid takes her dress and her magic horse, Falada. She is going to be the princess and the princess is going to be her maid. At the castle, the princess looks after the geese. Nobody knows who she really is. Is the maid going to marry the prince or will the princess tell her story?
The Little Red Hen
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Enjoy the tale of the hard-working hen and her three unhelpful friends ..
These traditional favorite stories are ideal for children. Each beautifully illustrated story is retold in language that students easily understand. Each book includes activities, puzzles, and an illustrated glossary.The Activity Books provide additional reading, writing, and pronunciation practice of the key vocabulary, and language structures.
Aladdin
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Aladdin must have work, the magician told Aladdin's mother. He can work for me. The magician took Aladdin to the hills. He told him to get an old lamp from a cave. Aladdin was afraid so the magician put a ring on his finger to help him. Aladdin got the lamp, then... bang The magician closed the door of the cave. By accident Aladdin rubbed the ring and suddenly a big red genie appeared. How did the genie of the ring and the genie of the lamp help Aladdin? How did a poor boy marry a princess? And what happened when the magician heard about all this and came back to China to get the lamp?
Little Red Riding Hood
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Paperback. Pub 1996 23 Oxford University Press A little girl went into the forest to visit her Grandma Her mother told her not to stop and play and not to leave the road. But the little girl met a wolf. told the wolf where she was going. and left the path to pick some flowers. The wolf ran to Grandma's house. ate her. put on one of her nightdresses. and got into Grandma's bed. Does the wolf eat Little Red Riding Hood. too What happens when Little Red Riding Hood's father finds the wolf
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- 31 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Snow White's stepmother, the Queen, was jealous. Her magic mirror said that Snow White was more beautiful than the Queen. She told a huntsman to kill the girl, but he couldn't do it. Snow White went to live with seven dwarfs. But the Queen tried to kill her with a tight ribbon, a poisoned comb, and a poisoned apple. Show White looked as if she was only asleep, so the dwarfs put her in a glass box. A Prince fell in love with her but how did he save her?
Sleeping beauty
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
One day, this little princess will prick her finger on a spindle and she will die! said the bad fairy. So they burnt all the spinning wheels in the country. But nobody knew about the old spinning wheel in the old tower. One day, the Princess pricked her finger on a spindle, and fell to the floor. The good fairy came and said some magic words. The Princess and everyone in the castle slept for a hundred years. Who did the Princess see when she opened her eyes?
These traditional favorite stories are ideal for children. Each beautifully illustrated story is retold in language that students easily understand. Each book includes activities, puzzles, and an illustrated glossary.The Activity Books provide additional reading, writing, and pronunciation practice of the key vocabulary, and language structures.
Beauty and the Beast
- 31 pages
- 2 hours of reading
A man came to a strange palace. He saw nobody but, before he left, he picked a rose for Beauty, his youngest daughter. Then he saw a terrible, angry beast. The Beast wanted one of the man's daughters to come and live with him. If not, the man must die. Beauty went to live with the Beast. He wanted to marry her, but she could not love him. Beauty leaves him, but she dreams that he is dying. At last she understands that kindness is more important than a beautiful face.
Action-packed and fun to encourage reading for enjoyment.
The Fisherman and His Wife
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
A fisherman finds a magic fish. The fisherman's wife wants a cottage. The fisherman asks the fish and they have it. A week later she wants a house. A week later she wants a palace and she wants to be Queen. The fisherman's wife cannot be happy. She wants to be Emperor of the entireworld.
The Ugly Duckling
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
The ugly duckling runs away from the farm. He runs away from men with guns and dogs to an old hut. He hasn't got any eggs, so he must go. In the winter he's cold and he can't swim. Poor ugly duckling! Nobody likes him. In the spring he flies down to a river and sees his face in the water. He'snot an ugly duckling any more!
The Magic Cooking Pot
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
A little girl and her mother have no food and no money. An old woman gives the little girl a magic cooking pot, and tells her the magic words. One day the little girl's out for a long time and the mother wants some porridge. She can tell the pot to cook, but she can't make it stop. She doesn't know the right words.
The Enormous Turnip
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
A man puts a seed in the ground. It's an enormous turnip. He pulls the turnip but it doesn't move. "Come and help " he says. A woman, a boy, a girl, a dog, and a cat all come and help, but the turnip doesn't move. Then a little mouse helps.
Three Billy-Goats
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Three goats want to go over the troll's bridge. Please don't eat me! says the little goat. Wait for the next goat. He's big. And the little goat goes over the bridge. The big goat says, Wait for the next goat. He's very big. And the big goat goes over the bridge. What does the very big goat say to the troll?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Three bears went out of their house, and a naughty little girl pushed open the door and went in. Father bear's porridge was hot, mother bear's was cold, but baby bear's was just right and she ate it. Father bear's chair was high, mother bear's was low, but baby bear's was just right. She sat on it and broke it. Father bear's bed was hard, mother bear's was soft, but baby bear's was just right and she went to sleep. What happened next?
Cinderella
- 23 pages
- 1 hour of reading
A retelling of the classic story for young learners of English.
Kitty Blackmore is not really ill. At least that is what Anne Harrison is told when she goes to work for the famous author as a privte nurse. Or is she? Is someone trying to poison her? Why are the servants in the house so strange? Soon it becomes a matter for the police and Nurse Harrison finds herself involved in a murder.
























