Stephen Rabley

"Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students...

Original / British English 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?

Original / British English Hapu lives in Ancient Egypt. Hapu?s father is ill, but they haven?t got any money for a doctor. Hapu makes a beautiful necklace for Queen Cleopatra and takes it to her. But a guard says, ?Go home?. How can Hapu meet the Queen and get a doctor for his father?

Original / British English Felix is not a happy bird. He comes from Brazil but he doesn?t live there. He lives in New York in a cage. Then one day his cage opens and Felix says goodbye to New York. Can he find his family in Brazil again?

Original / British English Tommy Grant is a taxi driver. One morning his boss telephones him. ?Can you be at the Ritz hotel at 9 o?clock?? he asks. The 12-year-old son of a film star is in London. His name is Dino. ?Be very nice to the boy,? Tommy?s boss says.

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 get the painting back again.

Original / British English Marcel is a mouse and a famous detective. He lives in Paris. One evening, two thieves steal a very expensive diamond ring - the ?White Star?. Then they steal a car. Marcel follows them across Paris to a cafe. Can he get the ?White Star? and bring it back?

"Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students...

Original / British English 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?

Original / British English Hapu lives in Ancient Egypt. Hapu?s father is ill, but they haven?t got any money for a doctor. Hapu makes a beautiful necklace for Queen Cleopatra and takes it to her. But a guard says, ?Go home?. How can Hapu meet the Queen and get a doctor for his father?

Original / British English Felix is not a happy bird. He comes from Brazil but he doesn?t live there. He lives in New York in a cage. Then one day his cage opens and Felix says goodbye to New York. Can he find his family in Brazil again?

Original / British English Tommy Grant is a taxi driver. One morning his boss telephones him. ?Can you be at the Ritz hotel at 9 o?clock?? he asks. The 12-year-old son of a film star is in London. His name is Dino. ?Be very nice to the boy,? Tommy?s boss says.