Books in Stories to Remember series

A book for beginning readers pre-K through age 8 from the Books to RememberTM Series. Frank the Fish Gets His Wish tells the story of Frank the Fish, a gold fish who lives in the biggest and best tank in Pat's Pet Shop. But despite his beautiful tank, Frank is sad... His only wish is to have a friend to splash and swish and jump with.Young readers will enjoy sharing Frank's unexpected adventure (involving Scruff the Bad Pet Shop Cat) that leads to the granting of Frank's only wish. The underlying theme of this special story is the importance of friendship. Vibrant watercolor illustrations complement the carefully crafted text that is written for children with beginning reading skills.

A book for beginning readers, pre-K through age 8 from Flyleaf Publishing's Books to Remember series. It's Jen's seventh birthday and Jen's parents and her sister Emma have chosen a very special gift for her -- a gift that will prove to be Jen's best gift ever! Young readers will enjoy discovering what the gift is, and then watching Jen invent a clever way to get her special gift to come out from under the bed. The text is carefully written to be readable by children with beginning reading skills. Supplementary Learning Cards available from Flyleaf Publishing introduce the book's vocabulary and build young readers' skills and confidence.

A book for beginning readers, pre-K through age 8 from Flyleaf Publishing's Books to Remember series. Meg and Jim speed down hills and slide over snow drifts in this delightful winter's tale. Laura Appleton-Smith's reality based story and Carol Vredenburgh Pointek's classic watercolor illustrations follow Meg and Jim through freshly fallen snow as they enjoy the drifts and hills produced by a recent storm. The text is carefully written to be readable by children with beginning reading skills. Supplementary Learning Cards available from Flyleaf Publishing introduce the book's vocabulary and build young readers' skills and confidence.

A book for beginning readers pre-K through age 8 from the Books to RememberTM Series. The Sunset Pond tells the story of Matt and his dog Bud on their early evening adventure to the Sunset Pond. Along the way, they encounter several animals who are also enjoying the evening there, and have fun playing the games that children and dogs are the best at creating. Beautiful watercolor and pastel illustrations complement the carefully crafted text that is written for children with beginning reading skills.

Macmillan's "Stories to Remember" series introduces new readers to famous stories whose quality and entertainment value have stood the test of time. The books are abridged and simplified, but as much as possible of the author's original style and storyline have been retained. They are suitable for non-native speakers of English from lower intermediate level upwards, as well as providing an easy introduction to the great storytellers for young native speakers. The series is divided into Junior and Senior titles; the former are rather shorter and set in a larger typeface. This title - "Lost Horizon" - is from the Junior Series. It can be used as a supplementary reader in the higher forms of secondary schools, particularly where English is taught as a second language. The story has been written within a vocabulary of two thousand words, and difficult sentence structures have been avoided. Certain descriptive passages and incidents from the original book have been omitted, and there has necessarily been considerable simplification of expression and phrasing; but the mystic story of Shangri-la has been carefully followed, and Mr. Hilton's literary style retained as closely as possible. [Abridged and simplified by E. F. Dodd]