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Build a reading habit with beginner English stories and audio. Follow familiar plots told in short, connected passages.
47 editionsIntermediate
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Little Red Riding Hood
A girl takes food to her grandmother through the forest and meets a wolf who has a plan of his own.
Little Red Riding Hood
A girl takes food to her grandmother through the forest and meets a wolf who has a plan of his own.
Little Red Riding Hood
A girl takes food to her grandmother through the forest and meets a wolf who has a plan of his own.
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Adam and Eve
God forms the first human and his companion, places them in Eden, and tells how they are expelled from the garden.
Adam and Eve
God forms the first human and his companion, places them in Eden, and tells how they are expelled from the garden.
Cinderella
A mistreated young woman receives help from a magical bird and goes to the king’s festival.
Cinderella
A mistreated young woman receives help from a magical bird and goes to the king’s festival.
Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Daniel continues to pray despite a royal decree and is protected in the lions’ den.
Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Daniel continues to pray despite a royal decree and is protected in the lions’ den.
David and Goliath
Young David faces the Philistine champion Goliath and defeats him with a sling and a stone.
David and Goliath
Young David faces the Philistine champion Goliath and defeats him with a sling and a stone.
Hansel and Gretel
Two children are lost in the forest and must outwit a witch who lives in a house made of sweets.