Description
"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.
When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan.
About the Author
Jennifer Bassett has been a teacher, teacher trainer, editor, and materials writer, and has taught in England, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. She is the Series Editor of the Oxford Bookworms Library, and has written more than twenty original and retold stories for the series, including The Phantom of the Opera, One-Way Ticket, The President's Murderer, and William Shakespeare. Two of her adaptations, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Love Among the Haystacks, have won Language Learner Literature Awards, and three of her other titles have been finalists for the Awards. She has created a new sub-series called Bookworms World Stories, which are collections of short stories written in English from around the world. She has also written original stories for the English Today Readers and Storylines series. Jennifer is series co-adviser, with H.G. Widdowson, of the Oxford Bookworms Collection, volumes of unadapted short stories for advanced learners.
Book Information
ISBN 9780194786126
Author Jennifer Bassett
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 78g
Dimensions(mm) 199mm * 130mm * 4mm
When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan.
About the Author
Jennifer Bassett has been a teacher, teacher trainer, editor, and materials writer, and has taught in England, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. She is the Series Editor of the Oxford Bookworms Library, and has written more than twenty original and retold stories for the series, including The Phantom of the Opera, One-Way Ticket, The President's Murderer, and William Shakespeare. Two of her adaptations, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Love Among the Haystacks, have won Language Learner Literature Awards, and three of her other titles have been finalists for the Awards. She has created a new sub-series called Bookworms World Stories, which are collections of short stories written in English from around the world. She has also written original stories for the English Today Readers and Storylines series. Jennifer is series co-adviser, with H.G. Widdowson, of the Oxford Bookworms Collection, volumes of unadapted short stories for advanced learners.
Book Information
ISBN 9780194786126
Author Jennifer Bassett
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 78g
Dimensions(mm) 199mm * 130mm * 4mm
