Topic: Basic usage of English
List of entries
This illustrated book of Christmas carols offers a wide variety of songs suitable for all age groups. Ranging from Jingle Bells to We Three Kings, there’s something for everyone. It’s not only wonderful for the English classroom but can of course also be utilised in subjects such as Music or Religion.
A classic rhyming tale about the meaning of Christmas and commerce. The sheer thought of the nearing festivities so enrages the green monster everyone knows as simply the Grinch that he plans to steal the whole celebration in the middle of the night.
This annotated picture book provides instructions on how to attract a ghost, how to tell if he is real, how to play with him, what costume to pick, and how to trick-or-treat together. It is a colourfully illustrated children’s book showing that ghosts are not that scary and adds wonderfully to the Halloween mood in […]
A witch and her cat are happily flying through the air until a gust of wind blows her hat, bow and wand away. Luckily a dog, bird and frog retrieve them for her. In return they’d love to take a ride on the witch’s broomstick, but how long until that broom inevitably snaps in two? […]
This series of picture books combines wonderful illustrations with playful tasks that can help language learners practice expressing whereabouts of objects and people as well as describing images. In these picture puzzles, students must find “Wally” and his friends that are cleverly hidden across the image. Each page has a different theme and setting, ranging […]
This illustrated short fiction about hope, love, feeling lost and life itself discovers the remarkable and most unusual friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse. Following the quartet on their journey, the reader explores with them the power of imagination, as well as universal questions and answers. The picture book is […]
This vivid picture book with heartwarming comics on the world of books, the passion for reading and creative explanations, illustrates the world of a book enthusiast. This literary comics can be used in class to motivate your pupils or to provide a visual access to the story structure, genre or style of writing.
A short children’s poem about four young girls exploring the beach. While each of them encounters something different, they are all able to find themselves “in the sea”. The illustrated collection of poems and poetry offers a variety of rhymes from traditional classics to more recent examples for learners on different language levels – from […]
Jim the chimpanzee is having a bad day. He’s in a terrible mood and his friends don’t understand why he can’t just smile and be happy. Jim tries to take their advice, doing everything to look happier for everyone else. Nothing works. Multiple attempts at being “happy” and one minor meltdown later, he storms off […]
Written in verse, this story for beginning readers follows detective Nate – the World’s Greatest Detective – on his case of finding a missing cat on Halloween. It also features background information on the celebration and ideas for fun Halloween activities. Overall, more than two dozens of Nate’s stories are available.
In this picture book, an IT-savvy donkey and a book-loving monkey discover the advantages of a ‘classic’ book, offering wonders which no digital medium seems to provide. This work is suited for interdisciplinary teaching with regard to Computer Sciences.
The illustrations in this book not only tell the story of a heartwarming family adventure but also show the cultural richness of Australia. The little possum Hush was made invisible by his Grandma Poss, who possesses magic, to protect him from the Australian bush dangers. When Hush wants to be able to see himself again, […]
You may think Australian wombats don’t do much except eat, sleep and dig. Well, this little wombat is different. Not only does he eat, sleep and dig, he also trains humans to do work for him like give him treats. This illustrated (and hilarious) story shows us that we may all share some qualities with […]
This heartwarming illustrated story shows children the importance of accepting yourself and finding the upsides in difficult situations. Buford the little ram has trouble keeping up with his peers. His horns won’t stop growing and have started getting in the way of climbing the steep hills like his friends. He decides to spend the summer […]
The class in room 207 loves to misbehave. Whether it’s flying spitballs or paper planes or disrespecting their teacher Miss Nelson, anything goes. But when Miss Nelson doesn’t show up to class one day and the evil substitute teacher Miss Viola Swamp takes her place, the kids start regretting their past behaviour.
A bilingual story about bugs, beetles, and their surrounding nature, plants, and animals. In the first volume of the series, the reader follows the two small beetle friends Rosi & Skeeter on their adventures through an old oak forest. The series is suitable for younger learners of English as it provides its readers with both, […]
A rhyming heart-warming story about the beauty of one’s outer appearance and the beauty of the soul. “The zebra looked graceful; the leopard looked great. Oh, what a picture of beauty – but wait!” Hyena, wildebeest, vulture, warthog, and marabou strive through the Savannah – perfectly imperfect as they are.
These five verses explore a child’s perspective on the topic of migration with vivid images of flying, blossoming and dancing comparing its situation with a trapped bird concluding in the and that… “…I see I am a transplanted sapling, here, blossoming.”