Archivos anuales: 2018

'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.' Soon Richard Hannay is running for his...

'We have to leave our house in London,' Mother said to the children. 'We're going to live in the country, in a little house near a railway line.' And so begins a new life for Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis. They become “The Railway Children” - they know all the...

A man runs away in the night from prison. Police pursue him desperately. Police want to catch him. Police want to shoot him. But he continues the running away all the way. Presently police are confused because they find truth... Jennifer Basset tells us the complete story of “The President's Murderer”. Acompañado por un...

An artist paints a picture of the young and handsome Dorian Gray. When he sees it, Dorian makes a wish that changes his life. As he grows older, his face stays young and handsome. But the picture changes. Why can’t Dorian show it to anybody? Oscar Wilde shows us...

The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked - with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened - on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were...

These Classic Tales bring the magic of traditional storytelling into the language classroom. Enjoy the tale of the hungry little girl, her mother, and “The magic cooking pot” retold by Sue Arengo.

Peter Viney relates us how a man that wakes up in a beautiful room in a strange house. The door is locked. He is in "The Locked Room". Who is he and why is he there? Who is the person in black clothes? Slowly the man remembers.

A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog...

“The Happy Prince” is a beautiful golden statue high up on a column in the city. Everyone loves him. He feels sad about the city's poor people, but what can he do? He can't leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to do many...

It's London, 1666. It's a hot, dry summer. A small fire starts in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Soon the city of London is burning and the fire-fighters can't stop the fire. People are running from their houses down to the River Thames. But how does the fire...