Collection: Language Learning Fiction

"C'est le matin de la Moisson qui doit ouvrir la dixième édition annuelle des Hunger Games. Au Capitole, Coriolanus Snow, dix-huit ans, se prépare à devenir pour la première fois mentor aux Jeux. L'avenir de la maison Snow, qui a connu des jours meilleurs, est désormais suspendu aux maigres chanc...

In Paris a small boy discovers a red balloon, which has magical powers and a mind of its own. Following him everywhere, the balloon's abilities prove to be disruptive. A gang of neighborhood youths try to capture the balloon and their pursuit of the boy and his balloon leads to the climax, in whi...

Indulge in the wonderful world of old stories. The fairytales presented in this book are from the collection of classic children's literature.This reader also includes cultural explanations, a glossary of difficult words and expressions, DELF exercises and fun, varied activities based on the text.

The narrator traces the long story of his brother, Cosimo di Rondò, who lived in the second half of the eighteenth century in Ombrosa, in Liguria. Cosimo, to escape a punishment inflicted by his educators, decides to climb on a tree so that he never falls again. Cosimo is building an airplane wor...

Contains 20 stories, language support boxes, cultural insights, grammatical explanations, and English translations.

Students of both French and English will find here a resource for upgrading their language skills. Admirers of fine literature will enjoy the conciseness, strength and rigorous economy that characterize Maupassant's art.

"More than 60 contemporary texts to improve your understanding of written Italian; Featuring Italian-language writings from magazines, newspapers, books, the Internet, and more"--Cover.

Tian Tian Zhongwen is a carefully graded Chinese reader series for high-elementary Chinese language learners and above. Each title is a series of short stories and contains a CD/MP3, English Translation, Language Support boxes with vocabulary training, Q&A, Language Points and Cultural Tips. Clic...

When the old gypsy fortune-teller reads Captain Haddock's palm, she foresees trouble at Marlinspike Hall. Indeed, Tintin, Snowy and the Captain are scarcely home again before misfortune strikes. An accident, an unexpected visitor, an invasion by press and television, and then a robbery. Bianca Ca...

Story designed to teach German. Walter Angermeier is a painter and a friend of private detective Muller. He would like to be rich and become famous. But how ..?