Synopses & Reviews
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.
Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.
Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.
Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Synopsis
You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover that you also hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respectable Dr Jekyll?
About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) is a well-known Scottish author, who wrote novels, short stories, travel books, poetry and plays. His most famous books include
Kidnapped,
Treasure Island, and
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which has been filmed many times.