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250 Headwords • CEFR A1
Average word count: • 1125 Story length: 17 pages • Cambridge English: Starters
Cambridge English: Movers • IELTS 1.0 – 2.0 • TOEIC 120 – 215 · TOEFL 8 – 23
Dominoes
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
Hans Christian Andersen
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
Word count 1,032
ISBN 9780194610063
British English
MERLIN
Janet Hardy-Gould
Word count 1,458
ISBN 9780194610070
British English
ZOMBIE ATTACK!
Lesley Thompson
Word count 1,488
ISBN 9780194610315
American English
THE FIRST FLYING MAN
Retold by Elspeth Rawstron
Word count 1,528
ISBN 9780194249416
British English
PERSEUS
Retold by Bill Bowler
Word count 1,144
ISBN 9780194249355
British English
THE SKATEBOARDER
Christine Lindop
Word count 1,489
ISBN 9780194610186
American English
ALI BABA AND THE
FORTY THIEVES
Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould
Word count 1,099
ISBN 9780194249324
British English
CRYING WOLF AND
OTHER TALES
Aesop
Text adaptation by Janet Hardy-Gould
Word count 916
ISBN 9780194249539
British English
PEBBLES ON THE BEACH
Alex Raynham
Word count 1,139
ISBN 9780194249478
American English
LISA’S SONG
Lesley Thompson
Word count 1,426
ISBN 9780194249508
British English
TROY
Retold by Bill Bowler
Word count 1,573
ISBN 9780194249546
British English
THE SORCERER’S
APPRENTICE
Retold by Bill Bowler
Word count 1,145
ISBN 9780194249607
American English
THE SELFISH GIANT
Oscar Wilde adaptation by Bill Bowler
Word count 1,440
ISBN 9780194249294
British English
‘Be careful with Morfran,’ Princess
Adhan tells her young son, Merlin.
Morfran, the son of the Enchantress
Ceridwen, is a bully. Then one day,
Merlin drinks one of Ceridwen’s
magic potions. How can Merlin’s
magic powers help him to fight his
old enemy?
It’s a cold winter’s day, and a poor
little girl can’t sell any of her matches
to people in the street. She can’t go
home with no money. But how can
she stay warm?
‘Professor Clark’s work usually helps
people. But this is something new.’
Clark’s helper – Tasha Kiara – is
telling Chaz – a local TV reporter
about the Professor’s new serum.
Then an earthquake hits Clark’s
California lab, and his serum brings
dead bodies in the cemetery alive.
‘I love Owen’s skateboarding,’
Hannah thinks. ‘I want to jump and
do tricks, too.’ When a skatepark
opens near her house, Hannah
is suddenly very interested
in skateboarding. How do
Mom, Dad, brother Evan,
and cousin Justin feel about this?
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