Retold by Pipter Koster

Compass Publishing brings this adapted British anthology of eight celebrated stories to its line of Compass Classic Readers. English language Learners of all ages will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency as they read the murder mystery of GK Chesterton’s The Secret Garden, the magical being that lives in the story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Bottle Imp, and the mysterious man who comes from the sea in Joseph Conrad’s Amy Foster. Five more stories are included. Students and teachers alike will enjoy reading these classic British short stories.

Compass Classic Readers provide beginning and intermediate English language learners accessible adaptations of the greatest works of literature. Carefully designed to retell the stories using vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate for one of six different grade levels, each reader includes:
‧ discussion questions before and after each chapter
‧a glossary of key vocabulary words
‧a short playlet for classroom performance
‧an MP3 CD

Other key features of the Compass Classic Readers series:
‧a companion workbook for each title
‧online teachers’tips