There Goes the Bride

DescriptionThe Sword in the Stone Level 5-7England goes through a bad time. There is no king. Many nobles want to be king, but Merlin says they can't. Only the one who can take a seord from a stone ca

DescriptionBritish English/Classic Mary Lennox goes to live with her uncle in a big old house in the country. There are many gardens around the house. One day Mary finds a garden that has high walls a

When soldiers try to kidnap Lord Oda's beautiful young bride, only one person can save her: the young samurai Kai. But as the two of them run from their pursuers, Kai and Lady Abe find there is someth

"'The bride wore a long white dress, with flowers in her hair. After the wedding, there was a party, and people gave presents to the bride and groom.' This wedding was nearly two thousand years ago, i

Mike goes to the zoo and starts to annoy the animals there. The zoo keeper yells at him, but Mike gets into even bigger trouble later on.

Would you believe … ?A woman gets a phone call, but it is the wrong number. How does this call save her life?A man parks near a “No Parking” sign and gets a ticket. Every day he goes back to the “No Parking” sign and parks there, and every day he gets a ticket. Why does he keep going back?A woman is driving on a highway at 100 mph, and she cannot slow down. What does she do?More very low-level yet high-interest stories! These stories, selected from mainstream news sources, are humorous, poignant, astounding -- and all true! They are told as simply as possible -- exclusively in the present tense -- and all stories are less than ? page long.All New Very Easy True Stories, by Sandra Heyer, is an ideal first text for students with little experience with English. It is a companion book to Very Easy True Stories, which is at the same level but features different stories and exercises. These two parallel readers give students the option of lingering at the low-beginning level. They can go bac