Original / British English It's 1798. Sam Tinker and his daughter Jenny live in London. One day a thief puts a watch in Sam's hand. 'Take this, ' he says, and runs away. Two policemen see the watch and take Sam away. What can Jenny do?

Classic / British EnglishA family of wolves take a little boy into their home in the jungle. The child learns and plays with the other cubs. But can he really live in the jungle? Will the other wolves want him to stay?

Original / American English Tom breaks his leg in a football game – it's not his lucky day! A week later, Tom sees his favorite movie star. But Tom falls again–and suddenly the movie star is falling too! Reporters are taking pictures of Tom.

Classic / British EnglishGulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people. What will they do with him? How will he talk to them?

Katrina Kirby is a detective. People call her ‘K’. There has been a murder in a big country house. ‘K’ knows that one of five people murdered Sir Michael Gray. Who did it? How? Why?

Hans Andersen wrote many stories, and these are some of the best. We meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends – and an emperor with some very strange new clothes.

Contemporary / British EnglishMr Bean doesn’t understand the world. There are problems for him everywhere. In the restaurant, he doesn’t like his food. He tries to hide it in very strange places. Then Mr Bean goes to the launderette. What happens?

Visiting the fashionable city of Bath, 17-year-old Catherine Morland looks for the excitement she finds in romantic fiction. She makes friends and falls in love. But when she is invited to Northanger Abbey, she experiences desperate unhappiness.

‚Penguin Readers‘ are edited into simplified text together with audio CD recordings containing the full simplified text. They are ideal for all English language students.

Contemporary / British EnglishIt is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on the ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US.

Donte Drumm is four days away from execution for a murder that he didn’t commit, when the real murderer decides to confess to the crime. But will the lawyers, judges, and politicians listen to his confession?

Alexander the Great has fascinated people since his death more than 2300 years ago. By the age of thirty he ruled the biggest Empire the world had ever known. This remarkable leader brought civilization to millions and shaped our world.