Product Information Teaching Resources Learning Resources

For Graded Readers (53)

Refine by
View mode:
List view Grid view

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Level 1: Usain Bolt Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1-A2

In 2008, Usain Bolt became the fastest man in the world. He won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games that year - and he did it again in 2012, and in 2016. So how did a boy from a little Jamaican village become the world's greatest athlete? And why do his fans love him so much?

Word count 5,494

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Level 1: Usain Bolt

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1-A2

In 2008, Usain Bolt became the fastest man in the world. He won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games that year - and he did it again in 2012, and in 2016. So how did a boy from a little Jamaican village become the world's greatest athlete? And why do his fans love him so much?

Word count 5,494

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: Ellis Island: Rosalia's Story

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2-B1

New York, 1925. While her children play, Rosalia unpacks boxes in the family's new apartment. In one of them, she finds her old sketchbook, and when she looks at the pictures, they take her back to her journey to America from Italy by sea in 1910, as a fourteen-year-old girl...

Word count 8,707

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: Ellis Island: Rosalia's Story Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A2-B1

New York, 1925. While her children play, Rosalia unpacks boxes in the family's new apartment. In one of them, she finds her old sketchbook, and when she looks at the pictures, they take her back to her journey to America from Italy by sea in 1910, as a fourteen-year-old girl...

Word count 8,707

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 1: Pompeii: Tiro's Story

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1-A2

It is early morning on a warm day in Roman Italy. Sixteen-year-old Tiro gets the water, makes breakfast, and works in the kitchen - like he does day after day. Tiro is a slave. But today is different. He is going to Pompeii for the first time. He is excited, but it is AD 79: and on Mount Vesuvius, very bad things are beginning to happen...

Word count 4,793

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 1: Pompeii: Tiro's Story Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1-A2

It is early morning on a warm day in Roman Italy. Sixteen-year-old Tiro gets the water, makes breakfast, and works in the kitchen - like he does day after day. Tiro is a slave. But today is different. He is going to Pompeii for the first time. He is excited, but it is AD 79: and on Mount Vesuvius, very bad things are beginning to happen...

Word count 4,793

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Level 2: Malala Yousafzai

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2-B1

Malala loved going to school. But in Pakistan, the Taliban became very important and they did not want girls to have an education. Malala was not afraid to speak out against the Taliban. In 2012, she was shot in the head and survived, and now more than ever she wants to fight for education for every child.

Word count 8,183

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Level 2: Malala Yousafzai Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A2-B1

Malala loved going to school. But in Pakistan, the Taliban became very important and they did not want girls to have an education. Malala was not afraid to speak out against the Taliban. In 2012, she was shot in the head and survived, and now more than ever she wants to fight for education for every child.

Word count 8,183

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Level 3: Anne Frank e-book

Catalog

1000-Word Vocabulary

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Online resource

Language Level: Beginner to advanced, A1-C1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 1: Hachiko: Japan's Most Faithful Dog Audio pack

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Retold by Nicole Irving

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1 - A2

The story of Hachiko, Japan's most famous dog, begins in the early 1920s, when he comes to live in Tokyo with Professor Ueno.

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 1 Hachiko: Japan's Most Faithful Dog

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Retold by Nicole Irving

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1 - A2

The story of Hachiko, Japan's most famous dog, begins in the early 1920s, when he comes to live in Tokyo with Professor Ueno.

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: Twelve Years a Slave Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Solomon Northup Retold by Clare West

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A2 - B1

Solomon Northup left home in 1841 as a free man. But it was the start of a terrible journey into kidnap and slavery.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: Twelve Years a Slave

Catalog

Third Edition

Graded readers for secondary and adult learners

Solomon Northup Retold by Clare West

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2 - B1

Solomon Northup left home in 1841 as a free man. But it was the start of a terrible journey into kidnap and slavery.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: Red Dog Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

700-Word Vocabulary

Louis de Bernières
Retold by Jennifer Bassett

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A2/B1

They are all true stories - some are funny, some are sad, but all are unforgettable. Everybody should have a friend like Red Dog.

Dominoes Three Dian and the Gorillas Audio Pack

Catalog

Second Edition

Norma Shapiro

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: B1

Over the years hunters, poachers, and war have killed many of the gorillas of central Africa. But there are still a few hundred living high in the mists of the Virunga Mountains.

Useful and free

Dominoes Two Saladin Audio Pack

Catalog

Second Edition

Nina Prentice

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A2/B1

'Well, Yusuf, are you sure that you want to be a soldier?' 'I'll do my best, Uncle.'

Useful and free

Dominoes Starter Blackbeard Audio Pack

Catalog

Second Edition

Retold by John Escott

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1

'The Governor of Virginia wants us all dead!' Blackbeard thinks. 'But can he kill me - the most famous pirate in the Caribbean? No!'

Dominoes One The Travels of Ibn Battuta Audio Pack

Catalog

Second Edition

Janet Hardy-Gould

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1/A2

'My first journey was a pilgrimage to Mecca. I got on a donkey and said "Goodbye" to my parents in Tangier when I was 21. My mother cried.'

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 3: The Mysterious Death of Charles Bravo Audio Pack

Catalog

1000-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: B1

Charles Bravo died from the poison antimony. He took three days to die, and the doctors could do nothing to help him.

Useful and free

Dominoes Starter William Tell and Other Stories Audio Pack

Catalog

Second Edition

Retold by John Escott

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1

The men and the woman in this book - William Tell, Tom Blood, Lord Bao, King Matthias, Johnny Appleseed, and Lady Godiva - are all real people from history.

Dominoes Starter Mulan Audio Pack

Catalog

Second Edition

Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1

Wearing men's clothes and riding a horse, Mulan leaves her family and fights bravely for the Emperor in her father's place.

Dominoes Quick Starter The First Flying Man Audio Pack

Catalog

Second Edition

Retold by Elspeth Rawstrong

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1

Two Istanbul brothers dream of flying. Which of them can be the first flying man?

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 1 Ned Kelly: A True Story Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

400-Word Vocabulary

Christine Lindop

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1/A2

Some say Ned Kelly was a bad man. Some say he was a good man but the law was bad. This is the true story of Australia's most famous outlaw.

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: William Shakespeare Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

700-Word Vocabulary

Jennifer Bassett

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A2/B1

William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: Amelia Earhart Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

700-Word Vocabulary

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1/A2

Life is always exciting for Amelia Earhart. At forty-one, she is nearly ready to slow down, but she wants to make one last important flight...

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Mary, Queen of Scots Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

400-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A1/A2

What an exciting and dangerous time to be alive, and to be a queen.

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2 The Love of a King Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

700-Word Vocabulary

Peter Dainty

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A2/B1

The King had to choose: to be King, or to have love... and leave his country, never to return.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: Grace Darling Audio Pack

Catalog

Third Edition

700-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Mixed media format

Language Level: A2/B1

This is the true story of Grace Darling - a girl who became a famous heroine on that stormy night.

Useful and free

Dominoes: The Travels of Ibn Battuta

Catalog

Second Edition

Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary

Janet Hardy-Gould

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1/A2

Dominoes are perfect for reading practice and language skills development in class or during individual study.

'My First journey was a pilgrimage to Makkah. I got on a donkey and said "Goodbye" to my parents in Tangier when I was 21. My mother cried.'

In this way Ibn Battuta, one of the greatest travelers in the world, begins telling his story to his nephew, Ahmed.

His many journeys take him to new and interesting places far from home. He sees many strange and wonderful things, has many funny and frightening experiences, and meets many different people along the way.

This is his story

Dominoes, New Edition: Saladin

Catalog

Second Edition

Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

Nina Prentice

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2/B1

'Well, Yusuf, are you sure that you want to be a soldier?'
'I'll do my best, Uncle.'
When Yusuf went to Aleppo to learn to fight under General Shirkuh, no one knew what this young man would do with his life. But years later, Yusuf became the great and chivalrous general, Saladin - the man who helped to bring Muslims together to win back the holy city of Jerusalem from the Franks. This is his story...

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library: Red Dog: Level 2

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

Louis de Bernieres

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2/B1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Dominoes: Revolution

Catalog

Second Edition

Level 3: 1,000-Word Vocabulary

Jann Huizenga and Linda Huizenga

Format: Paperback

Language Level: B1

'All men are created equal...'

When Thomas Jefferson wrote these words in June 1776, in the American Declaration of Independence, he started something that was very much bigger than he imagined.

This book looks at the history around that Declaration, and at the Revolution that led to the birth of the United States of America.

Useful and free

Dominoes, New Edition: My Family and Other Animals

Catalog

Second Edition

Level 3: 1,000-Word Vocabulary

Gerald Durrell
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler

Format: Paperback

The weather in England that summer had been so awful that Gerald's mother sold the family house and took her children to live on the Mediterranean island of Corfu. Between lessons, the ten-year-old Gerald was free to walk round the sunny island and discover the wonderful people and animals living there. This is the story of Gerald's adventures with the fascinating animals of Corfu, and, of course, with his surprising family and their friends.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: The Everest Story

Catalog

Level 3: 1000-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Paperback

Language Level: B1

It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour or more scream across it day and night, while the temperature falls to -20 °C or lower. Every year, some who try to climb the highest mountain in the world do not return. But for a century people have been coming to climb Everest - some alone, some in groups, but all with a dream of going to the highest place in the world. This is their story.

Dominoes

Catalog

Second Edition

English graded readers series for upper-primary / lower-secondary

Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter

Language Level: Dominoes are carefully graded from Quick Starter Level to Level Three according to the Bookworms syllabus.

Build your language skills through reading Dominoes, the interactive readers series.

Useful and free

The Great Fire of London: The Great Fire of London

Catalog

Second Edition

Starter Level: 250-Word Vocabulary

Janet Hardy-Gould

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1

It's London, 1666. It's a hot, dry summer. A small fire starts in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Soon the city of London is burning and the fire-fighters can't stop the fire. People are running from their houses down to the River Thames. But how does the fire begin and who can stop it? What is the King of England doing to help?

Useful and free

Dominoes, New Edition: Mulan

Catalog

Second Edition

Starter Level: 250-Word Vocabulary

Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould

Format: Paperback

When the Emperor calls every man to join the army and fight the enemy, Mulan's father is old and ill, and cannot go. Wearing men's clothes and riding a horse, Mulan leaves her family and fights bravely for the Emperor in her father's place.

She is soon a hero for all the soldiers in the Chinese army. One of them, Ye Ming, is her best friend. But does he know that she is a woman? And can Mulan fall in love with a friend?

Useful and free

Dominoes, New Edition: Blackbeard

Catalog

Second Edition

Starter Level: 250-Word Vocabulary

Retold by John Escott

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1

The year is 1717. It is a bad time to be the captain of a ship in the Caribbean because of pirates. The most frightening pirate on the sea is Edward Teach, or 'Blackbeard'.

'The Governor of Virginia wants us all dead!' Blackbeard thinks. 'But can he kill me - the most famous pirate in the Caribbean? No!'

This is his story...

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library: Desert, Mountain, Sea

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 4: 1400-Word Vocabulary

Sue Leather

Format: Paperback

Language Level: B1/B2

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Oxford Bookworms Library: The Brontë Story

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 3: 1000-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Paperback

Language Level: B1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Oxford Bookworms Library: William Shakespeare

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

Jennifer Bassett

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2/B1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Oxford Bookworms Library: Grace Darling

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2/B1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Oxford Bookworms Library: Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

John Escott

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2/B1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Oxford Bookworms Library: The Love of A King

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

Peter Dainty

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2/B1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Oxford Bookworms Library: Cry Freedom

Catalog

Level 6: 2,500 Word Vocabulary

John Briley and Rowena Akinyemi

Format: Paperback

Language Level: B2/C1

They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry "Freedom", and who are not afraid to die.

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 1: The Witches of Pendle

Catalog

Third Edition

400-Word Vocabulary

Rowena Akinyemi

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1/A2

Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it... and a few weeks later you are dead.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library: Mary, Queen of Scots

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1/A2

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library: Mutiny on the Bounty

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1/A2

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library: Ned Kelly - A True Story

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary

Christine Lindop

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1/A2

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library: The Coldest Place on Earth

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary

Tim Vicary

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A1/A2

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library: The Death of Karen Silkwood

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

Joyce Hannam

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2/B1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Oxford Bookworms Library: Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Catalog

Third Edition

Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

Janet Hardy-Gould

Format: Paperback

Language Level: A2/B1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Useful and free

Oxford Bookworms Library

Catalog

Best adaptations of classic and modern literature

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Language Level: Beginner to advanced, A1-C1

Bookworms are the World's Best Leveled Readers Series.

Useful and free