Books published by publisher Penguin Longman Publishing

Tina has no work and no home. She lives on the streets of London, where all she has is her boyfriend Jimmy and her artistic ability. But how will her pictures help her to get a home and a job? "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. 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. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.

Chevere! (Activity book 1) is a brand-new 4-level Spanish Course which has been written specifically for Caribbean secondary schools, to provide students with all they need to succeed in Spanish. Major features of the course include: * Coverage of all the requirements of the curriculum, right up to CXC level. * An approach which combines attention to grammar, with exercises and activities based on communication skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). * The Students' Books have 12 chapters of three lessons each, a wide variety of exercises and activities, plus self-assessment exercises at the end of every chapter, with answers at the back of the book, allowing students to test their own progress. * Believable characters that will appeal to students of all ages throughout the Caribbean * An exciting, colourful design with extensive artwork. Additional features of the course include: * A free Teacher's Guide with Audio CD for each level. * An Activity Book for use at home and in class. * A companion website, www.longmancaribbean.com/chevere

Empires and Conquests: The two book course aims to prepare students for their future CXC Caribbean History Studies, as well as to develop their wider skills in social studies via an active approach to the study of social history. Key Features include: * Units that cover traditional topics, from Ancient Civilisations to late 20th Century Independence. * Investigations into social history, such as Elite Culture and Slave Culture, Communications, Transport and Sport. * A variety of questions and activities that provide practice in different skills areas e.g. recall, interpretation and evaluation, map work, research and field work, interviewing, comparing, critiquing and debating, class discussion. * Comprehensive revision questions which can serve as homework assignments or testing exercises. * A highly illustrated, modern design that will appeal to the age-group and carefully integrates illustrations with the text, activities and exercises.

TheNew Ibis Reader aims to arouse and sustain the pupil's interest in mastering the skills necessary for fluent and intelligent reading. It provides for the systematic development of language, for continuous intellectual growth and for the appreciation of good literature, as well as laying the foundation of good spelling. The scheme consists at Infant Level of four readers, now available in new editions (and with revised notes for the teacher). The authors have kept the main language structures and word lists of the previous books but the text has been enhanced by new artwork which has been designed to give the children the greatest help in interpreting the words on the page. The Readers are now a larger size to enable the illustrations to be more effective. This means that some of the pages do not have the same number as in the previous edition. Each Reader has an accompanying Practice Book, also in the original edition. The Practice Book provides graded exercises that give further practice in the skills outlined in the corresponding Reader. The notes to the teacher at the beginning of the Practice Book and the instructions at the bottom of each page should be carefully studied. For best results the scheme should be used in its entirety, that is the Infant Introductory Book and the Infant Book One with their accompanying Practice Books for the first-year pupils, the Infant Book Two and the Infant Book Three and their Practice Books for the second-year pupils. Every opportunity should be taken to correlate each lesson with other subjects on the curriculum, so that new words will be recognised in other subjects and children will gain confidence in their reading abilities. Book One Stories are built around the children introduced in the Introductory Book and simple phoni