Book picks similar to
Mr Bean in Town by John Escott


english
fiction
humour-comedy
21st-century

The Room in the Tower and Other Ghost Stories


Carolyn Jones - 1998
    Three stories, three ghosts: a picture in a tower depicts a dangerous woman; a young woman marries an older man and arrives at his house, only to find that his dead wife is still there; and a dead man walks through a house every night, because sometimes the dead do come back.

Titanic!


Paul Shipton - 2001
    It was on its first voyage across the Atlantic and many people died. But what really happened? Why did the ship hit an iceberg? Why didn't another ship save the passengers? Although the disaster happened over 80 years ago, there are still people who can remember it and it still has the power to capture the imagination.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer


Jacqueline Kehl - 2000
    Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders.

Anne of Green Gables


Anne Collins - 2002
    Anne causes chaos at Green Gables, but her good nature wins everyone's heart.

Lost Love And Other Stories


Jan Carew - 1988
    Some are sad and some are happy. We meet many interesting people -- a young man in love, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy soldier. Strange things happen to all these people. But life is strange sometimes.

Far from the Madding Crowd


Clare West - 2008
    The tale of a passionate, independent woman and her three suitors, it explores Hardy's trademark themes: thwarted love, the inevitability of fate, and the encroachment of industrial society on rural life.

Cries from the Heart: Stories from Around the World (Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 2)


Jennifer Bassett - 2007
    Fear and pain, happiness and sadness belong to us all. These eight stories were winning entries in the 2004 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The writers are Sefi Atta, Adrienne M. Frater, Lauri Kubuitsile, Erica N. Robinson, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Janet Tay Hui Ching, Anuradha Muralidharan, and Tod Collins.

Drive Into Danger (Oxford Bookworms Starters)


Rosemary Border - 2008
    When Kim's passenger Andy finds something strange under the truck things get dangerous - very dangerous.

Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp


Judith Dean - 2000
    Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

Red Roses


Christine Lindop - 2007
    Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

The Country of the Blind


H.G. Wells - 1904
    G. Wells' acclaimed tale, a stranded mountaineer encounters an isolated society in which his apparent advantage, sight, since all the people are blind, proves less than valuable.

The Call of the Wild


Nick Bullard - 2008
    Buck is stolen from his home in the south and sold as a sledge-dog. He has to learn a new way of life - how to work in harness, how to stay alive in the ice and the snow... and how to fight. Because when a dog falls down in a fight, he never gets up again.

The Love of a King


Peter Dainty - 2000
    This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

Police TV


Tim Vicary - 2000
    We must stop this,' says Dan, a police officer. The police use TV cameras but it is not easy because there are so many suspects - who is the robber?

Voodoo Island


Michael Duckworth - 2000
    Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.