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The following book titles have been carefully selected on the basis of age, level, quality and enjoyability. More details about each book can be found on the publishers web sites. The books can be ordered directly on line or from a bookshop which carries foreign language books.

Parents! You may enjoy reading them as well!

 

YOUNG (A/B GYMNASIO)/ADVANCED

PUFFIN CLASSICS    www.puffincatalogue.co.uk
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN     E.NESBITT
FANTASTIC MR FOX     ROALD DAHL (ANY CHILDREN’S BOOK BY ROALD DAHL0
THE BORROWERS    MARY NORTON
LITTLE WOMEN    L.M.ALCOTT
OLIVER TWIST    C.DICKENS
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT    MARGERY WILLIAMS
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER    MARK TWAIN
TREASURE ISLAND    R.L.STEVENSON
THE JUNGLE BOOK    RUDYARD KIPLING    
THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEAKERS    E.NESBITT
BLACK BEAUTY    ANNA SEWELL
HEIDI    JOHANNA SPYRI
CHARLOTTE’S WEB    E.B.WHITE
THE WATER BABIES    CHARLES KINGSLEY
THE WIZARD OF OZ    L.FRANK BAUME
MACMILLAN www.panmacmillan.com
IBBOTSON EVA : ‘THE DRAGONFLY POOL’ OR ANY BOOKS BY THIS WRITER
COTTERELL BOYCE FRANK : ‘COSMIS’ OR ANY BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR
CABOT MEG : ‘THE PRINCESS DIARIES’ (NINE BOOKS IN THE SERIES)
KINGFISHER NON-FICTION www.panmacmillan.com
GOLDSMITH MIKE LIGHT AND SOUND
HYNES MARGARET : MOUNTAINS
ACAND B PUBLISHERS - www.acblack.com
AIKEN JOAN : SNOW HORSE
PENGUIN    www.penguinreaders.com
LEVEL 5    B1        INTERMEDIATE
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
JAMAICA INN
A TALE OF TWO CITIES    
WORLD FOLK TALES
LEVEL 6    B2        UPPER INTERMEDIATE
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
THE MOONSTONE
OLIVER TWIST
OXFORD BOOKWORMS www.oup.com/elt
STAGE 4    B1/2    INTERMEDIATE
BLACK BEAUTY
DESERT, MOUNTAIN SEA(TRUE STORIES)
THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH
LITTLE WOMEN
MR MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER
THE SILVER SWORD
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
THE THIRTY NINE STEPS
THREE MEN IN A BOAT
TREASURE ISLAND
WE DIDN’T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
STAGE 5            B2        UPPER INTERMEDIATE
DAVID COPPERFIELD
GREAT EXPECTATIONS

YOUNG(A/B GYMNASIO)/REG.

PENGUIN www.penguinreaders.com
LEVEL 2         A1/A2     PRE-ELEMENTARY

BABE
KIDNAPPED
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN\THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
ROBINSON CRUSOE
LEVEL THREE    A2    ELEMENTARY
JANE EYRE
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
LEVEL4     A2/B1         PRE INTERMEDIATE
THREE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
OXFORD BOOKWORMS www.oup.com/elt
STAGE 2      A2/B1    PRE INTERMEDIATE
FIVE CHILDREN AND IT
GRACE DARLING(TRUE STORIES)
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
RAINFORESTS (NON-FICTION)
ROBINSON CRUSOE
SHERLOCK HOLMES SHORY STORIES
THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST
STAGE 3     B1        INTERMEDIATE
THE BRONTE STORY (NON FICTION)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
KIDNAPPED
THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY
THE SECRET GARDEN
MACMILLAN READERS    www.macmillan.gr
ELEMENTARY     A2            1,100
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
TREASURE ISLAND
PRE-INTERMEDIATE    A2 – B1         1,400
HEIDI
I ROBOT
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
THE SECRET GARDEN
THE WIZARD OF OZ
INTERMEDIATE B1    1,600
DAVID COPPERFIELD
KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
THE SIGN OF FOUR (SHERLOCK HOLMES)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS

OLDER(C GYMNASIO/ LYKEIO) /ADV

PUFFIN CLASSICS www.puffincatalogue.co.uk
GULLIVERS TRAVELS         J.SWIFT
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON    JOHANN WEISS
THE CALL OF THE WILD AND WHITE FANG    JACK LONDON
A TALE OF TWO CITIES        C.DICKENS
A WRINKLE IN TIME        MADELINE L’ENGLE
WATERSHIP DOWN    RICHARD ADAMS
GOODNIGHT MR TOM           MICHELLE MAGORIAN
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA     JULES VERNE
DADDY LONG LEGS    JEAN WEBSTER
WUTHERING HEIGHTS     EMILY BRONTE
THE NEVERENDING STORY    MICHAEL GUDE
GREAT ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES     CONAN DOYLE
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS      JULES VERNE
MACMILLAN www.panmacmillan.com
HEARN LIAM :  ‘HEAVEN’S NET IS WIDE’ OR ANY OTHER ‘TALES OF THE OTORI’ (PICADOR)
IBBOTSON EVA : A COMPANY OF SWANS ‘ OR OTHER TITLES BY SAME AUTHOR
NON-FICTION
PUNK SCIENCE (MILTON JOHN ET AL) : ‘DO TRY THIS AT HOME!’
ACAND B PUBLISHERS - www.acblack.com
SHAKESPEARE RETELLINGS : ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’, ‘THE TEMPEST’
TADJO VERONIQUE : CHASING THE SUN – STORIES FROM AFRICA
OXFORD BOOKWORMS; FULL TEXT SHORT STORIES     C1/C2 ADVANCED www.oup.com/elt
CRIME NEVER PAYS
THE EYE OF CHILDHOOD
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
A WINDOW ON THE UNIVERSE

OLDER(C GYMNASIO/ LYKEIO) /REG

PENGUIN www.penguinreaders.com
LEVEL THREE    A2    ELEMENTARY
BILLY ELLIOT
COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO
GREY OWL
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
THE 39 STEPS
LEVEL4     A2/B1         PRE INTERMEDIATE
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
KING SOLOMON’S MINES
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY
TEACHER MAN
LEVEL 5    B1        INTERMEDIATE
THE INVISIBLE MAN
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
REBECCA
TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
LEVEL 6     B2     UPPER INTERMEDIATE
BRAVE NEW WORLD
CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN
THE DOUBLE HELIX (NON- FICTION)
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
LES MISERABLE
SCHINDLER’S LIST
THE WOMAN IN WHITE    
OXFORD BOOKWORMS www.oup.com/elt
STAGE 2      A2/B1    PRE INTERMEDIATE
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
CRIES FROM THE HEART (STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD)
STAGE 3     B1        INTERMEDIATE
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (NON-FICTION)
THE CALL OF THE WILD
FRANKENSTEIN
MARTIN LUTHER KING (NON- FICTION)
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY
TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
WYATT’S HURICANE
STAGE 4    B1/B2    (UPPER) INTERMEDIATE
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
LAND OF MY CHILDHOOD: STORIES FROM SOUTH ASIA
NELSON MANDELA (TRUE STORY)
STAGE 5    B2        UPPER INTERMEDIATE
BRAT FARRAR
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
GHOST STORIES
HEAT AND DUST
JEEVES AND FRIENDS – SHORT STORIES
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
TREADING ON DREAMS : STORIES FROM IRELAND
MACMILLAN READERS www.macmillan.gr
ELEMENTARY     A2            1,100
WHITE FANG
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST AND OTHER STORIES
PRE-INTERMEDIATE    A2 – B1         1,400
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
I ROBOT
OWL CREEK BRIDGE AND OTHER STORIES
NELSON MANDELA (NON FICTION)
ROMEO AND JULIET
ROBINSON CRUSOE
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL
THE TREASURE OF MONTE CHRISTO
INTERMEDIATE B1    1,600
EMMA
HAMLET
THE PERFECT STORM
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
TOUCHING THE VOID (NON-FICTION
UPPER INTERMEDIATE    B2        2,200
BLEAK HOUSE
MIDDLEMARCH
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
MOBY DICK
OF MICE AND MEN
REBECCA
WEEP NOT CHILD

WEB SITES

TED TALKS – Technology,Education Design – Very interesting and entertaining short talks by people at the top of their field. Sub-titles available in English.

 

Suggested speakers (there are plenty to choose from)

 

Brian Skerry – Ocean’s glory

Brian Cox – Why we need explorers

Brian Cox – What went wrong at L.H.C.(Cern)

Jeremy Jackson – How we wrecked the ocean.

Natalie Merchand – Sings Old Poems to life

Al Gore – any talk

Bill Gates – Mosquitos, malaria and education

Scott McCloud On Comics

David Byre (TalkingHeads) – Music and Architecture

Jamie Oliver – Food

 

And many many more


GRnews@britishcouncil.gr

Goto :–

English Language TeachingResources

And

Learn English Parents

 

The following have games and exercises and readings and activities which students can select for themselves.

 

a4esl.org

teflgames.com

eslreading.org (full texts/videosand activities)

manythings.org


AND SOME PERIODICALS …

A GYMNASIO

‘CLASS OUT’ – BRITISH COUNCIL MAGAZINE FOR LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

e mail -  customerservices@britishcouncil.gr

READERS: SEE LIST YOUNG/ADV OR REG

B  GYMNASIO

 ‘CLASS OUT’ – BRITISH COUNCIL MAGAZINE FOR LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

e mail -  customerservices@britishcouncil.gr

READERS: SEE LIST YOUNG/ADV OR REG

C GYMNASIO

ATHENS NEWS / (BRITISH COUNCIL EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDED)                                                                                                                                                e mail syndrom@dolnet.gr

‘CLASS OUT’ – BRITISH COUNCIL MAGAZINE FOR LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

e mail -  customerservices@britishcouncil.gr

READERS: SEE LIST OLDER/ADV  OR REG

A LYKEIO

ADVANCED

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

ATHENS NEWS / (BRITISH COUNCIL EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDED)

e mail syndrom@dolnet.gr

TIME

NEWSWEEK

THE ECONOMIST

SEE LIST OLDER/ ADV

INTERMEDIATE (4/5)

‘CLASS OUT’ – BRITISH COUNCIL MAGAZINE FOR LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

e mail -  customerservices@britishcouncil.gr

READERS : SEE LIST OLDER/REG

B & G LYKEIO

ATHENS NEWS / (BRITISH COUNCIL EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDED)                 

e mail syndrom@dolnet.gr

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

TIME

NEWSWEEK

THE ECONOMIST

ANY BOOKS FROM OLDER/ADV /REG