C'est une collection de premières lectures illustrées et tout en anglais, avec un lexique en fin d'ouvrage. Chaque titre est réalisé avec le concours d'un enseignant.
Dans chaque ouvrage :
La présentation des personnages
Un coup de pouce en français pour démarrer la lecture
L'histoire illustrée rédigée tout en anglais sur la Légende du roi Arthur et des chevaliers de la Table Ronde.
Un lexique en fin d'ouvrage avec la phonétique des mots
A télécharger :
Une version audio, téléchargeable gratuitement sur le site Larousse
Des fiches d'exercices à destination des enseignants à télécharger sur l'espace enseignant du site
I remember thinking, this is silly, you haven't got your safety harness on, you haven't got your lifejacket on. You shouldn't be doing this ... I was in the cold of the sea before I could even open my mouth to scream.' Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls up and closes his eyes ready for the end.
Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children''s novel - War Horse.From the nation''s favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.
In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. One horse has the seen the best and the worst of humanity. The power of war and the beauty of peace. This is his story. War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture with Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway.
A great way of introducing young readers to the realities of WWI. Look out for Morpurgo''s other war fiction including Friend or Foe, Waiting for Anya, King of the Cloud Forests and An Eagle in the Snow.
War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who ''has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers'' (The Guardian).
Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children''s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.
He stood up and walked slowly to the couch by the window. He picked up his violin on his drawn-up knees. He plucked a string or two and tuned it.«I will tell you a story,» he began. «After it is over you will need to ask me no more questions. Someone once told me that all secrets are lies. The time has come, I think, not to lie anymore.»
Heroism or cowardice? A stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller
''Full of warmth as well as grief, conveying vividly how precious it is to be alive'' Sunday Times
As young Thomas Peaceful looks back over his childhood from the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life deep in the countryside. But the clock is ticking, and every moment Tommo spends remembering how things used to be, means another moment closer to something that will change his life for ever.
Marooned on a sandbank, a boy faces certain death. With the sea closing in and the current about to drag him to a watery grave, his final wish is to see heaven. Waking in a strange bed, the boy meets an old man. It is Arthur, the warrior king of legend, a
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.br>br>br>Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.br>br>br>The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers'' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.br>br>The Puffin Keeper, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.br>br>Visit the Penguin Readers websitebr>Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.br>br>Five-year-old Allen Williams arrives on Puffin Island and meets an old man, Benjamin Postlewaite. Ben is the lighthouse keeper, and Allen is soon friends with him. Allen travels back to the island many years later and finds Ben is keeping a puffin. Allen helps Ben to change from lighthouse keeper to puffin keeper.>
From masterful storyteller, Michael Morpurgo, and world-class illustrator, Benji Davies, comes a magical new story. This truly beautiful tale will enchant readers of all ages.
A tale of kindness triumphing over cruelty, of resilience, friendship and the value of looking forward rather than behind you - from a master storyteller 'Pitch perfect' Daily Mail When Patrick saves a greyhound puppy from drowning in the canal, he gives
A tense and thrilling ghost story from the internationally acclaimed author of War Horse. It all began with a necklace, made of glistening pink cowrie shells. A long, long necklace that had taken Cherry days - weeks - of careful, painstaking work. It was
Adventure storiesA brand new edition with a beautiful and fresh new cover, featuring a dramatic new pho photographic cover, with highlighted tonal colours. This is one of Morpurgo's best-loved stories. Ages 9+
Adventure storiesGracie and Daniel have always been warned to stay away from the Birdman. But they soon discover that he is not who they thought. Should they believe him when he says the island is cursed? Find out in this brand new edition of a Michael Morpurgo favourite. Ages: 8+
Fiction/Life skills & personal awareness, general studiesMichael Morpurgo's inspiring new story of Robbie, a boy in a coma after a car accident. Locked inside his own head, able to hear but not move or speak, he tries to keep himself from slipping deeper into unconsciousness...
From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated in stunning colour by the award-winning Emma Chichester Clark, comes a surprising, charming and uplifting twist on "The Wizard of Oz", told by a very special and unforgettable character: Dorothy's
The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the nation's favourite storyteller 'Michael Morpurgo's best book in years' Observer When six-year-old Arthur is shipped to Australia after the Second World War, he loses everything he knows. Subjected to brutal hardship on a working farm before finding a home with the eccentric Aunty Megs, Arthur is eventually called back to the sea. Now Arthur has built a yacht for his daughter, Allie, who is determined to sail to England to find her father's long-lost sister.
A thrilling and moving new novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion!
When Yannick learns that he is to stay with his Aunt Mathilde in the South of France, he cannot believe his luck. If the paintings of his mother's beloved Cezanne are to be believed, surely Provence is paradise itself. So begins an idyllic month for the young boy: roaming the gentle hills and rolling valleys of Aix-en-Provence, daydreaming about his beautiful cousin Amandine; helping in his aunt and uncle's bustling village inn;
A moving tale of secrets and survival bound together by the power of music, from a master storyteller. When Lesley is sent to Venice to interview world-renowned violinist Paulo Levi on his fiftieth birthday, she cannot believe her luck. She is told that she can ask him anything at all - except the Mozart question. But it is Paulo himself who decides that it is time for the truth to be told. And so follows the story of his parents as Jewish prisoners of war, forced to play Mozart violin concerti for the enemy; how they watched fellow Jews being led off to their deaths and knew that they were playing for their lives. As the story unfolds, the journalist begins to understand the full horror of war, and how one group of musicians survived using the only weapon they had - music.
