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[New Graded Reader!] Roommates

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Our new English level 3 graded reader is now available!

Lena and Sylvie share an apartment. Lena is a night nurse at the hospital. Sylvie always hears Lena come back to the apartment early in the morning. Then one morning, Lena doesn’t come home. At first, Sylvie isn’t worried. But as time passes, there are more strange events. Why is Lena’s phone in her bedroom? Who cut the electricity supply? Who is the mystery man with a key to the apartment?

Sylvie is sure Lena is in trouble, but she doesn’t know what to do. When Sylvie gets a strange phone call from Lena, she goes into action. There are answers to all of Sylvie’s questions and some of them are very
surprising.

See here for a sample and more details!

[New Graded Reader] Billy

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Our new graded reader “Billy” (Level 3) is now available!

Billy grows up in a children’s home. He doesn’t know his real name. He doesn’t know anything about his real parents or where he came from. When he is eighteen, he has to leave the children’s home. Before he leaves the home, the manager gives him a clue about his history. Maybe he has a connection to a village called Corphingfield.

One weekend, Billy takes a day trip to Corphingfield. He finds a job in the village and makes new friends. There is a strange woman who lives in the village. He wants to know more about her. Does she know Billy’s family history?
Maybe Billy will learn secrets about his past at last.

[New Graded Reader] Tiffany and Max Solve a Mystery

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Our new Level 2 (A1/A2) graded reader is now available from Amazon!

Tiffany and Max Solve a Mystery

Tiffany and Max are back with another mystery to solve. Max’s brother, Owen, met his girlfriend Marissa on a dating site. They are planning to get married. But Max and Owen’s father thinks something is wrong.
He asks Tiffany and Max to investigate. Max discovers that everything Marissa put on the dating site is not true. Why? What is Marissa’s secret?
Read Tiffany and Max Solve a Mystery to find out the answers!

By I Talk You Talk Press – Easy English Reading

[New Graded Reader] The White Cottage

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Our 111th graded reader “The White Cottage” (Level 3 – A2/B1) is now available!

Old Jack is back! In this story, Old Jack takes us back to a time in his childhood, and tells us why he likes ghost stories so much. When he was fourteen, Jack and his family went on holiday to North Wales. It is Jack’s first holiday and he is excited. One day, when riding a bicycle around the countryside, he gets lost. Some kind people help him, but he later discovers that the beautiful countryside of North Wales holds a strange secret. Enjoy another ghost story from Old Jack!

By I Talk You Talk Press

[Christmas Graded Reader] Stories for Christmas

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Merry Christmas! Here is our Level 3 graded reader “Christmas Stories”!

There are five special Christmas stories in this book.

It is Christmas Eve and Rick has not bought a present for his wife yet. All the shops are closed. What is he going to do? Then, he sees one shop that is still open. The hardware shop. But what can he buy for his wife in the hardware shop? Luckily for Rick, the present he chooses saves the family’s Christmas!

The brass band girls play Christmas music in the town. Everyone loves their music, especially one old lady. When the old lady tries to give the girls some money, something terrible happens. Can the girls help the old lady to give her a happy Christmas?

 Kath and her family go to the beach for Christmas. But who is the little boy on the beach? Why is he alone? When Kath and her family find the answers, they have to hurry to save someone’s life.

 Enjoy these stories and two more in Stories for Christmas!

[Christmas Graded Reader] Christmas Tales

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Here is another of our Christmas graded readers! “Christmas Tales” (Level 2)

There are five Christmas stories in this book. The stories are heartwarming and sometimes funny. There’s some sadness and loneliness too, but at Christmas every story has a happy ending!

Ken is a university student in Tokyo. All his friends are going to a Christmas party. Ken wants to go to the party, but there is one problem. He doesn’t have a girlfriend, and he doesn’t want to go to the party alone. He decides to buy some Christmas cake. When he is returning from the cake shop, he sees a young woman. She is crying. Ken tries to help her, and finds that happiness can come from sadness.

Maddie and Kirstie are excited. The most handsome man in the office has invited them to his Christmas party. They spend a long time preparing for the party. They buy new clothes, and plan a beauty makeover. They are having fun, but then ……

Walter is an old man. He is Santa in a department store. One day, a young boy comes to see him. Walter says to him, “Tell me what you want for Christmas.” They boy answers, “Santa, please bring me a grandfather for Christmas.” Walter is shocked. He wants to help the boy, but what can he do? Then, he has an idea…

Enjoy these stories and two more in Christmas Tales!

[Christmas Graded Reader] The Christmas Present

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Would you like to read a Christmas graded reader? Here is The Christmas Present! (Level 1 – A1/A2)

(For children and adults.)

Kevin loves Christmas. Every year, the people in Kevin’s street put up Christmas trees and they put Christmas lights on their houses.

But this year, one house in his street is dark and sad. Mr Evans has decided to cancel Christmas.

“Cancel Christmas? You can’t cancel Christmas!” says Kevin.

Kevin wants Mr Evans to feel happy, so he makes a plan to bring some magic into his life.

[New Graded Reader] The Silver Coin

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“The Silver Coin” a new Level 1 (A1/A2) graded reader from I Talk You Talk Press!

Christie is having a bad time. Everything in her life is wrong. No job, no money, no boyfriend, no car. Then her neighbour gives her a silver coin. Christie’s life gets better. Everything goes well. Is the silver coin lucky? Christie learns an important lesson about life and people.

[New Graded Reader] A Wife and Mother

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Our 109th graded reader “A Wife and Mother” (Level 4) is now available!

Libby Blake is beautiful, talented and very popular. She lives in a small town called Salma. Libby is married with two children. People in Salma think she is the perfect wife and mother. But one night, she disappears. It seems that she walked out the house leaving everything behind.

Questions are flying around the town. Was she kidnapped? Was she murdered? Did she kill herself? Did she have a secret lover? Nobody knows. She is never heard from again.
Years pass, nobody is looking for the woman called Libby Blake. She is almost forgotten. Then a strange coincidence brings all of the people involved together. Finally the mystery is solved.