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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
“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.
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.
This is a short story for learners of English. The text is below the video!
Caroline is fifty-five years old. When she was young, she had brown hair. But now that she is fifty-five, she has a lot of grey and white hairs. Caroline doesn’t like the grey and white hairs. She thinks they make her look old. So she goes to the hairdresser and has her hair coloured.
The brown hair dye hides the grey and white hairs.
Caroline moved to a new town. She had a new job and a new house. She was very busy. One morning, when she was doing her make up, she looked in the mirror. Oh my hair! she thought. I haven’t been to the hairdressers for a long time. So many grey and white hairs! I need a hair colour.
Caroline looked online. She found a hair salon near her office. She made an appointment for Saturday afternoon. That will be very good, she thought. I finish work at lunchtime on Saturdays. I will have lunch and then I will go to the hairdressers. I am going to a party on Saturday night, so I will look my best with brown hair and a new hairstyle.
She went to the hairdressers. It was very small. There was only one hairdresser. He was a young man. He said his name was Leon. Caroline thought he was very nice.
“I want a hair cut, a hair colour and a blow wave please,” she said.
“No problem,” said the young man.
Caroline looked around the salon. “I am your only customer today,” she said.
Leon smiled. “I only opened this salon today. You are my first customer!”
Leon cut Caroline’s hair. Then he put the hair colour on her head. “Please wait twenty minutes,” he said.
Caroline read a magazine. Then Leon came and washed her hair.
“Come to the mirror,” he said. “And I will blow dry your hair.”
Caroline sat in front of the mirror and Leon picked up the hair dryer.
“My hair is blue!” shouted Caroline.
“Oh no!” said Leon. “I made a terrible mistake with the hair colour! I am so sorry!
I will fix it.”
“How can you fix it?” asked Caroline.
“I can take all the colour out of your hair. Then it will be white. Then I can colour it brown.”
“No,” said Caroline. “Maybe my hair will fall out. Maybe it will turn green. I don’t want you to do anything to it.”
“Can I dry it for you?” asked Leon.
“Yes, OK,” said Caroline. “But please don’t do anything else!”
When Caroline left the hair salon and got into her car, she looked in the car mirror many times. Blue hair! It’s crazy! And I’m going to a party.
She saw a department store and drove into the car park. She went into the store and bought a hat. When I have this hat on, I can’t see my blue hair. I feel better.I will look strange at the party tonight. No one wears a hat to a party.
But Caroline didn’t wear the hat to the party! When she was dressed up and put on her makeup for the party, she looked in the mirror in her bedroom. She took off the hat.
I think I like my blue hair. It’s a new look.
Everyone at the party admired her hair. “You look great,” they said.
This is a short story for learners of English. We hope you enjoy it!
Caroline is fifty-five years old. When she was young, she had brown hair. But now that she is fifty-five, she has a lot of grey and white hairs. Caroline doesn’t like the grey and white hairs. She thinks they make her look old. So she goes to the hairdresser and has her hair coloured.
The brown hair dye hides the grey and white hairs.
Caroline moved to a new town. She had a new job and a new house. She was very busy. One morning, when she was doing her make up, she looked in the mirror. Oh my hair! she thought. I haven’t been to the hairdressers for a long time. So many grey and white hairs! I need a hair colour.
Caroline looked online. She found a hair salon near her office. She made an appointment for Saturday afternoon. That will be very good, she thought. I finish work at lunchtime on Saturdays. I will have lunch and then I will go to the hairdressers. I am going to a party on Saturday night, so I will look my best with brown hair and a new hairstyle.
She went to the hairdressers. It was very small. There was only one hairdresser. He was a young man. He said his name was Leon. Caroline thought he was very nice.
“I want a hair cut, a hair colour and a blow wave please,” she said.
“No problem,” said the young man.
Caroline looked around the salon. “I am your only customer today,” she said.
Leon smiled. “I only opened this salon today. You are my first customer!”
Leon cut Caroline’s hair. Then he put the hair colour on her head. “Please wait twenty minutes,” he said.
Caroline read a magazine. Then Leon came and washed her hair.
“Come to the mirror,” he said. “And I will blow dry your hair.”
Caroline sat in front of the mirror and Leon picked up the hair dryer.
“My hair is blue!” shouted Caroline.
“Oh no!” said Leon. “I made a terrible mistake with the hair colour! I am so sorry!
I will fix it.”
“How can you fix it?” asked Caroline.
“I can take all the colour out of your hair. Then it will be white. Then I can colour it brown.”
“No,” said Caroline. “Maybe my hair will fall out. Maybe it will turn green. I don’t want you to do anything to it.”
“Can I dry it for you?” asked Leon.
“Yes, OK,” said Caroline. “But please don’t do anything else!”
When Caroline left the hair salon and got into her car, she looked in the car mirror many times. Blue hair! It’s crazy! And I’m going to a party.
She saw a department store and drove into the car park. She went into the store and bought a hat. When I have this hat on, I can’t see my blue hair. I feel better.I will look strange at the party tonight. No one wears a hat to a party.
But Caroline didn’t wear the hat to the party! When she was dressed up and put on her makeup for the party, she looked in the mirror in her bedroom. She took off the hat.
I think I like my blue hair. It’s a new look.
Everyone at the party admired her hair. “You look great,” they said.
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