cuentos

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.

“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...

Presents eleven of the English writer's works including the title story featuring a three hundred-year-old ghost who fails to intimidate the newest occupants of his manor house.

One day Pole-cat went to visit "Kalulu the Hare". He said, 'Near my home there is a village. In that village all the people are friends. They never quarrel... Frank Worthington tells us a lot of tales from Africa.

Sleepy Hollow is a quiet, peaceful place near the Hudson River in the USA, but it is alive with stories about ghosts and witches. One night, the teacher in Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, has a terrifying adventure with Sleepy Hollow’s most famous ghost, the Headless Horseman, with unexpected results....

West Hill School is just an ordinary school, but one day a new teacher arrives and some very strange things start to happen. The teacher comes to work in a car that has no driver. He carries a newspaper dating from 1935. And he always seems to punish the...

Sara loves running and her coach encourage her. She can win the National Championships, BUT Eddie, her boyfriend doesn't wat Sara to run. She loves Eddie. She is "Born to Run". Can she win the race and keep Eddie?

Un muchacho se pone muy contento al ver al gran gorila en el zoo y, en seguida, triste por ver como un magnifico gorila grande, negro y mucho más fuerte que un hombre, ha de permanecer enjaulado. De repente, el gorila se escapa del zoo, aparecen algunas huellas suyas...

“A Chrismas Carol” es un cuento navideño, el primero de los que sobre este tema escribió Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Narra cómo el protagonista, un hombre avaro, frío y sin corazón, recibe la víspera de Navidad la visita del fantasma de su fallecido socio, quien le advierte que se le...

Nos ofrece este volumen de “Narraciones” una decena de ellas con la sencillez por bandera, tal como suele hacerlo Anton Chéjov, que toma como tipo al paisanaje corriente, tanto de la ciudad como del mundo rural.