The Selfish Giant Set

CEFR LEVEL A1 – The Selfish Giant has a heart full of pride but empty of love. He lets none of the children near his beautiful garden, making the whole village an unhappy place. Until one day, the garden becomes as dark and gold as the giant?s heart. Will Spring come back again or will Winter stay in the garden and in the giant?s heart forever?

The Express Publishing Showtime Readers is a brand new series of books at four levels, which introduce students to classic children?s stories in English, using a unique approach with special emphasis on dramatization. Students first enjoy the story as a reading text in several two-page episodes with beautiful illustrations. Each episode is accompanied by language activities to help comprehension and consolidate learning. The same story is then brought to life as a complete musical play which students can perform at the end of the school year. Each reader includes a biography of the author, a brief summary of the plot, character descriptions and a picture dictionary. The accompanying audio CDs provide a fully-dramatized recording of both the reading text and the play, together with all songs, incidental music and sound effects. The Teacher?s book includes a key to the reading activities, plus the play script with full stage directions, sheet music and lyrics for all the songs, as well as detailed suggestions about choreography, set design and construction, costumes and more. For classes without sufficient time to stage a full production of the play, there are charming cut-out characters to be used in a “puppet theatre” presentation.

Heighten your students’ interest in the English language through drama by using the Showtime Readers! Enjoy the story as a reading text divided into several beautifully illustrated episodes, each of which is accompanied by language activities designed to help comprehension and consolidate learning. Bring the story to life as a musical play. At the end of the school year, the students can perform themselves or use finger puppets.

Reader with Audio CD/DVD and Cross platform Application – available