AUDIO ON APP ONLINE ACTIVITIES ON CEFR A1/A2 A LITTLE PRINCESS FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT HELBLING READERS THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Kenneth Graham Adapted by Geraldine Sweeney Recording in British English When Mole wakes up after winter he meets friendly Rat and wise Badger. Together the three friends start on a series of adventures as they try to keep the not-so-clever Toad out of trouble. Can Toad’s friends help him? Find out in this classic story of adventure and friendship. Level 1 · A1 Adventure · Friendship 76 pages ISBN 978-3-85272-943-5 THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ L. Frank Baum Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne Recording in British English Dorothy thinks she is lost when a terrible cyclone carries her and her dog Toto to the magical Land of Oz. So she decides to go to the Emerald City and ask the Wizard of Oz to help her go home again. On the way she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion who all have a special wish to ask the Wizard. Will the Wizard make their wishes come true? And will Dorothy find her way home? Level 1 · A1 Fantasy · Friendship 100 pages ISBN 978-3-7114-0227-1 A LITTLE PRINCESS Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted by Liz Uttley Recording in British English Rich and kind Sara Crewe tries to make friends in her new boarding school, thousands of miles from her beloved father. When her father dies leaving her penniless, her life changes completely. Sara becomes a servant and lives in the attic. Can her imagination help her survive? And what happens when an Indian gentleman moves next door? ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Lewis Carroll Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne Recording in British English It is a hot afternoon and Alice is bored. She follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and arrives in a strange place called Wonderland. Here nothing is as it seems: animals can talk, cakes and drinks can make you bigger and smaller and the Queen of Hearts can cut off your head. Can Alice find her way home again? Level 2 · A1/A2 Friendship · Human interest 84 pages ISBN 978-3-7114-0236-3 Level 2 · A1/A2 Fantasy · Human interest 96 pages ISBN 978-3-71140-158-8 Level 2 · A1/A2 History · Time Travel 88 pages ISBN 978-3-99045-936-2 FREE ONLINE ACTIVITIES MARK TWAIN with AUDIO CD A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT CEFR A1/A2 HELBLING READERS A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT Mark Twain Adapted by Scott Lauder & Walter McGregor Recording in American English Hank Morgan is hit on the head in America in the late nineteenth century. When he wakes up, he is in sixth-century England, during the time of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Here Hank Morgan uses his knowledge of the future to escape from a series of misadventures. But can he help the people of Britain improve their lives? And does he return to his own time? Illustrations help create connections with the students’ inner world and with their life experiences. • accent: a way of talking in the place you are from, for example a French accent • fluent: able to speak a language easily and well • furious: very angry • giggled: laughed (usually children) • shocked: very surprised when something bad happens ‘Sara,’ said Miss Minchin, ‘come here. You’re going to have your first French lesson today.’ ‘I don’t need French lessons,’ said Sara. In fact, she spoke fluent• French. Her mother was French, and her father often spoke to her in French. ‘Yes, you do,’ said Miss Minchin, angrily. ‘Take this book and look at it until the French teacher arrives.’ ‘Is this a new pupil for me, Madame?’ asked Monsieur Dufarge when he arrived. ‘Yes,’ said Miss Minchin. ‘But I’m afraid she doesn’t want to learn French.’ ‘I’m sorry about that, Mademoiselle,’ he said kindly to Sara. Sara looked at Monsieur Dufarge with her big, green eyes. Then she spoke to him in fluent French. She told him about her mother and she told him she loved French. Miss Minchin looked shocked•. Monsieur Dufarge smiled. She spoke so beautifully, he felt he was in France. ‘Ah, Madame,’ he said to Miss Minchin, ‘I can’t teach her French. She is French. Her accent• is perfect.’ The girls all giggled•, and Miss Minchin was furious•. ‘Be quiet!’ she said. ‘Be quiet at once!’ And from that moment on, Miss Minchin didn’t like Sara. 25 GLOSSARY MARCH 2024 27 CLASSICS HELBLING READERS CATALOGUE 2024
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