Rosemary Border

Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Rosemary Border. Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away . . .

Lottery Winner - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

The Wizard of Oz (Oxford Bookworms Library

The Fifteenth Character, Oxford Bookworms Library

Drive into Danger (Oxford Bookworms Starters)

L. Frank Baum

Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. br /br / But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country'sfamous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz. . .

The Wizard of Oz

Cecil Scott Forester

A shy and lonely 17-year-old, Horatio Hornblower, embarks on a memorable career in Nelson's navy as a midshipman on board H.M.S. Justinian. In action, adventure and battle he is forged into one of the most formidable junior officers in the service.

Mr Midshipman Hornblower

Saki

A collection of short stories about Conradian, a ten-year-old who hates his aunt, and who keeps a small, wild animal in the garden shed.

Short Stories

Tooth and Claw

Oxford Progressive English Readers: Starter Level: Folk Tales from Around the World

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Rosemary Border. 'It's an interesting job,' says Sally about her work at Happy Hills. And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong - very wrong.

The Fifteenth Character Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Rosemary Border. One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says. In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers. When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever . . .

Rosemary Border

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