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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

[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.

[New Graded Reader] Made by Minty

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Our 108th graded reader “Made by Minty” (Level 2) is now available!

A fashion mystery! Minty and Dina share an apartment. Dina is a policewoman and Minty is a student at a design college. Minty makes all her own clothes. They are very interesting and unique. One weekend when Dina is away, robbers break into their apartment. It is very strange. The robbers only take Minty’s clothes. Then Minty and her friend Kirsten discover that someone is selling Minty’s clothes online! Are the robbers selling her clothes? Will Minty get her clothes back? In the end, Dina, Kirsten and Minty think the robbery was a good thing!

[Graded Reader of the Week] Andre’s Dream

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In this video, I read a chapter from Andre’s Dream – Level 2 graded reader from I Talk You Talk Press.

Andre’s Dream

Andre lives in Slovakia. He wants to marry his girlfriend Sofia, but there is a problem. He does not have a house. Sofia says, “If I will be a married woman, I want a house.”

Andre does not have enough money to buy a house, but if he works very hard, he will find a way to make his dream come true.

While he is working hard, he meets new people and has new experiences. His view of life changes. Will his dream of marrying Sofia change too? 

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[New Graded Reader] The Secret Door

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Our latest LEVEL 2 (A1/A2) graded reader is now available!

Ella and Mike were teenagers. They moved into a big old house in London with their parents. They liked the house, but the neighbours told them there was something strange about it.
The family had no problems but then, one night when Ella and Mike were home alone, everything changed.

The lights turned on and off. They felt a cold wind. Then, they found a secret door and heard a man’s voice. What happens when they go through the secret door? Can they solve the mystery of the house?

[New Graded Reader] Children of Another Planet

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Our new Level 3 graded reader is now available from Amazon and Kobo!

Ai Hayashi is a normal Japanese high school student. Or is she? Ai has strange powers. She can’t tell anyone about her secret life until she meets Sei, a new student at her high school.

Sei has secrets too. The two young people are caught up in a mysterious world that they don’t understand. There will be surprises. They will face danger. Can they fulfill their destiny? Or will their mission result in their deaths?