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Penguin Readers 1: Surfer

Original / British English On the beach near Nick`s home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the prize and go to Australia. But Nick`s father is not happy. Can...

Penguin Active Reading 3: The Incredible Journey

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...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Marcel and the Mona Lisa

Original / British English Marcel is a French mouse, and a detective. One evening, at the Louvre museum, he sees a man steal a famous painting the Mona Lisa. Marcel follows the thief to Venice and risks his life to...

Penguin Active Reading 2: Mr Bean

A famous painting is going to the Grierson Gallery in LA and they want a top man to come to the United States. He can talk about the artist. The National Gallery in London send Mr Bean. But something is very wrong...

Penguin Readers 6: Great Expectations

Classic / British English Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings one with an escaped convict and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with...

Penguin Active Reading 3: Frankenstein

Frankenstein is probably the most famous horror story in the world. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who creates a monster from parts of dead bodies. At first the monster looks for love and wants to be kind....

Penguin Readers 4: Cinderella Man

Jim Braddock is a successful boxer in New York. But in October 1929 the American economy fails, and at the same time Jim starts to lose in the boxing ring. Does the true story of Jim Braddock — the Cinderella Man —...

Penguin Readers 3: Psycho

Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) Anna Scott is an American film star. She is rich, beautiful and very famous. William Thacker is a shy man who has a small, unsuccessful bookshop in London....

Penguin Active Reading 2: Water for Life

Water. We drink it. We cook with it. We wash with it. We can`t live without it. Most of us don`t think about it much. But it is not there for everybody, and our world is changing fast. We have to think very carefully...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Who Wants to be a Star?

Original / British English (Available February 2008) Tina Daniels is thirteen years old and a star. She sings beautifully, and everyone loves her. Her mother has big ideas about Hollywood, but Tina is not happy. One...

Penguin Readers 3: Vanity Fair

Classic / British English Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough for her. She has big plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Tinker`s Farm

It is 1800. Jenny Tinker arrives in New York with her father, Sam. The Tinkers are English. They`re starting a new life in America. They want a farm, but they haven`t got any money. What can they do?

Penguin Active Reading 1: Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue was a star a famous singer with a lot of money and beautiful clothes. And then, in 2005, the music stopped. Kylie had cancer. People waited. And then she came back. Read her story, from her early days in...

Penguin Active Reading 1: The Rainbow Serpent

In an old Australian story, the Rainbow Serpent opened her eyes and looked at the young Earth. There were no animals or birds, no rivers or trees. Then a Man and a Woman came, and the Rainbow Serpent was their...

Penguin Readers 3: The Canterbury Tales

Classic / British English We`ll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree.` The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for...

Penguin Readers 5: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give...

Penguin Active Reading 4: The Odyssey

The great hero Odysseus has been away from his family for twenty years when the goddess Athene decides to help him find his way back to the island of Ithaca. But the journey will not be easy. Odysseus must face...

Penguin Readers 3: Billy Elliot

Contemporary / British English Eleven-year old Billy Elliot is different from other boys. He is not very clever or good at sport. Then, one day, he discovers ballet dancing. Finally he has found something that he can...

Penguin Readers 4: Lorna Doone

In 1673 young John Ridd meets a little girl called Lorna Doone. Seven years later they meet again, and fall in love. But the Doones are a family of robbers and murderers. One of them, Carver, killed John`s father and...

Penguin Readers 5: 2001 - A Space Odyssey

A Space Odyssey a great film and a famous novel. An object is found on the Moon. Who made it? Men travel into space to find out a billion kilometres to the rings of Saturn. Something is waiting for them.

Penguin Active Reading 4: Body in the Library

Early one morning the Bantrys wake to find the dead body of a young woman in their library. Who is she? How did she get there? The police are called, of course, but Dolly Bantry quickly invites her friend Jane Marple...

Penguin Readers 2: The Room in the Tower and Other Ghost Stories

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she ? Why does a dead man walk through his house each night? An old...

Penguin Readers 3: Forrest Gump

Contemporary / British English Everybody tells Forrest Gump that he`s an idiot. But he`s a great football player, and he plays the harmonica beautifully. He`s also a brave soldier. But can he ever marry the girl he...

Penguin Readers 3: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man`s Chest

Contemporary / American English Jack Sparrow, captain of the Black Pearl, is back in a new adventure. This time he, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Commodore Norrington are all looking for a chest that belongs to...

Penguin Readers 6: East of Eden

Classic / American English All novels are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves between good and evil. John Steinbeck, one of America`s greatest writers, considered East of Eden to be his most important work....