This series of Bookworms offers younger readers the chance to enjoy lively and accessible adaptations of the best classic and modern fiction. Each title is highly illustrated to engage the reader in the world of the book and help with specific vocabulary. Accompanying exercises make all these titles suitable for use in class or at home.
This book features in the following series: Oxford Booksworms Green, Oxford Bookworms, Swallows And Amazons .
There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published in 1995 by Oxford University Press .
Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. He was in Russia in 1917 and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children s literature of all time. "
This book contains the following story:
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing. No going outside the harbour. And back the day after tomorrow. Promise.'But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North Sea, adrift and in the main shipping lanes. Suddenly, it's real adventure and only their sailing skills can help them now.
This book is in the following series:
Oxford Booksworms Green
Swallows and Amazons
In 12 books the Swallows and Amazons series tells the adventures of a group of children. Set between the two World Wars, the stories revolve around outdoor activities, largely sailing. Most were set in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads.
Oxford Bookworms
Oxford Bookworms is a seven-stage graded readers ELT series offering over 200 adapted and original English texts for secondary and adult students. The series begins with the Starter Stage and goes through to Stage 6. Students seeking to extend their English language skills can do so through extra reading at a language level that is appropriate. Because of this, Oxford Bookworms are written to a carefully designed language syllabus.