Author:Jack London
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises.
Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.
The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.
The Call of the Wild, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.
In 1897, people found gold in the Klondike, Canada. Thousands of people traveled there to find more gold. They needed big, strong dogs to work for them. This is the story of one of those dogs, Buck. A man takes him from his family in California, and Buck has to pull a sled in Canada. Will he survive?
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Another exquisite, clothbound tale from Coralie Bickford-Smith... [her] illustrations are so vivid and patterned, reminiscent of traditional African wax prints, that each page feels alive. The night-time stars and fireflies sparkle, though there's no glitter or foil used, while elsewhere the text swoops bird-like across the page
—— ObserverDepicts nature at its most majestic and tells a lovely fable about belonging
—— Financial TimesNever have the woods looked more beautiful than in this exquisite new fable about growing up, exploring the world and understanding where you belong
—— Angels and Urchins MagazineHeart-warming . . . a celebration about the world around us and the importance of the natural world at a time when we need it the most
—— Creative ReviewWonderful, poetically told . . . beautifully designed on the page to match the spirit of the words, tells of the importance of shelter and its power to encourage confidence and tolerance as well as empowering development and independence. The interdependence of the bird and the tree in this story is a beautiful telling of a universal theme
—— Julia Eccleshare , LoveReadingMagical ... an ode to nature
—— Best Children's Books of 2020 , ObserverClark exuberantly captures Plum’s zest for life, whether it’s playing with the kids next door or causing trouble
—— Publishers WeeklyAll ends well for Plummie in a picture book that’s just right for a day that celebrates love, even if you’re in the doghouse.
—— Mo Books , Emissourian