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Reading Comprehension course for ESL students

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Course Information

Instructors

Sujin Lee

Patricia Raburn

Library Information

Bibliography of Reading Materials by Series and Level

These materials are on reserve in the library.

Ask for them at the Reserve Desk on the Upper Mall.

Note:  All materials are in print form, unless otherwise stated. 

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH READERS

Starter

  • Campbell, Colin. What a Lottery! (print and CD)
  • Johnson, Margaret. Big Hair Day. (print and CD)
  • Leather, Sue. Dirty Money. (print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. A Death in Oxford. (print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. The Black Pearls. (print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. The Penang File. (print and CD)
  • Moses, Antoinette. Book Boy. (print and CD)
  • Moses, Antoinette. The Girl at the Window. (print and CD).
  • Moses, Antoinette. Let Me Out. (print and CD)
  • Prowse, Philip. Arman’s Journey.
  • Prowse, Philip. Why? (print and CD)

Level 1

  • Brennan, Frank. Three Tomorrows. (print and CD)
  • Campbell, Colin. Parallel. (print and CD)
  • Johnson, Margaret. Next Door to Love. (print and CD)
  • Leather, Sue. Hotel Casanova. (print and CD)
  • Leather, Sue. The Big Picture. (print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. Blood Diamonds. (print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. Inspector Logan. (print and CD)
  • Moses, Antoinette. John Doe. (print and CD)
  • Prowse, Philip. Don’t Stop Now! (print and CD)
  • Prowse, Philip. Help! (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)

Level 2

  • Battersby, Alan. The Dark Side of the City. (print and CD)
  • Brennan, Frank. Circle Games. (two copies, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Hancock, Penny. Within High Fences. (print and CD)
  • Harmer, Jeremy.  The Double Bass Mystery. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Johnson, Margaret.  Different Worlds. (two copies, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Leather, Sue. Dead Cold. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard.  Bad Company. (print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. Logan’s Choice. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. The New Zealand File. (print and CD)
  • Moses, Antoinette.  Apollo’s Gold (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Moses, Antoinette.  Jojo’s Story. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Naylor, Helen.  One Day (print and CD)
  • Scott-Malden, Sarah. A Picture to Remember. (print and CD)
  • Smith, Bernard. The Man from Nowhere. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Tomlinson, Brian.  Superbird (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)

Level 3

  • Aspinall, Patricia. The House by the Sea. (print and two CDs)
  • Battersby, Alan. No Place to Hide. (print and two CDs)
  • Brennan, Frank. Tales of the Supernatural. (print and two CDs)
  • Campbell, Colin. The Ironing Man. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD).
  • Hancock, Penny.  Just Good Friends. (print and CD)
  • Hill, David A. How I Met Myself. (print and two CDs)
  • Johnson, Margaret. Wild Country. (print and two CDs)
  • Loader, Mandy.  Eye of the Storm. (three copies, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. The Lahti File. (one copy, print; one copy, print and two CDs)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. Not Above the Law.
  • MacAndrew, Richard. A Puzzle for Logan. (print and two CDs)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. Strong Medicine. (print and two CDs)
  • Naylor, Helen.  Two Lives (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Prowse, Philip. Double Cross. (print and two CDs)
  • Walker, Carolyn. The Beast.

Level 4

  • Austen, Michael. Berlin Express. (print and three CDs)
  • Barrell, Jania.  But Was It Murder?
  • Battersby, Alan. High Life, Low Life. (print and two CDs)
  • Brennan, Frank. The Fruitcake Special and other stories. (print and two CDs)
  • Campbell, Colin. The Lady in White. (one copy; one copy, print and CD)
  • Hancock, Penny. Love in the Lakes. (print and two CDs)
  • Hill, David A. A Matter of Chance. (one copy, print; one copy, print and 2 CDs)
  • Johnson, Margaret. In the House. (print and three CDs)
  • Kershaw, George.  Nothing But the Truth. (one copy print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Leather, Sue. The Amsterdam Connection.
  • MacAndrew, Ricihard. Man Hunt. (two copies, print and three CDs)
  • MacAndrew, Richard. The University Murders: Inspector Logan Story.
  • Naylor, Helen. When Summer Comes. (two copies, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Wilson, Judith. Staying Together (once copy, print; one copy, print and CD)

Level 5

  • Battersby, Alan. East 43rd Street.  (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Brennan, Frank. Window of the Mind. (print and three CDs)
  • Johnson, Margaret. All I Want. (one copy, print; one copy, print and three CDs)
  • Johnson, Margaret.  Jungle Love. (two copies)
  • Leather, Sue.  Death in the Dojo. (two copies, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Maley, Alan. Forget to Remember. (print and three CDs)
  • Maley, Alan. A Tangled Web. (one copy, print; one copy, print and three CDs)
  • McGiffin, Janet.  Emergency Murder. (print and CD)
  • Moses, Antoinette. Dolphin Music. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Naylor, Helen. In the Shadow of the Mountain. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Neilsen, Rod. The Sugar Glider (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Newsome, J. M. Dragons’ Eggs. (print and three CDs)

Level 6

  • Battersby, Alan. This Time It’s Personal. (print and three CDs)
  • Hancock, Penny. A Love for Life. (print and three CDs)
  • Harmer, Jeremy. Solo Saxophone.
  • Johnson, Margaret.  Murder Maker. (print and 3 CDs)
  • Leather, Sue. The Way Home.
  • Moses, Antoinette. Frozen Pizza and other slides of life.
  • Newsome, J. M. Nelson's Dream (print and three CDs)
  • Walker, Carolyn. Deadly Harvest. (print and three CDs)

 

OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY 

Level 1

  • Ford, Martyn. Five Short Plays.
  • Tales from the Arabian Nights, ed. By David Foulds. (two copies)

Level 2

  • Border, Rosemary.  The Piano.
  • Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
  • Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe.
  • Hannam, Joyce. The Death of Karen Silkwood.
  • Henry, O. One Thousand Dollars and other plays.
  • Kipling, Rudyard.  The Jungle Book.
  • Lawrence, D. H.  Love among the Haystacks.
  • Marryat, Captain.  The Children of the New Forest.
  • Stoker, Bram. Dracula.
  • Vicary, Tim. Grace Darling.

Level 3

  • Baxter, Alison. The USA.
  • Bennett, Arnold.  The Card.
  • Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-glass. (two copies)
  • Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol.
  • Garimara, Doris Pilkington. Rabbit-proof Fence.
  • Hope, Anthony.  The Prisoner of Zenda.
  • London, Jack.  The Call of the Wild. (two copies)
  • Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. (two copies)
  • Vicary, Tim. Chemical Secret.
  • Vicary, Tim. Justice.

Level 4

  • Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women.
  • Austen, Jane. Persuasion.
  • Childers, Erskine. The Riddle of the Sands.
  • Conrad, Joseph.  Lord Jim. 
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles.
  • Eliot, George.  Silas Marner. (two copies)
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter.
  • James, M. R. The Unquiet Grave: short stories.
  • Leather, Sue. Desert Mountain Sea. (two copies)
  • Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels.

Level 5

  • Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations.
  • Mansfield, Katherine.  The Garden Party and other stories.   (two copies)

 

OXFORD PROGRESSIVE ENGLISH READERS

Introductory Grade

  • Estes, Eleanor.  The Lost Umbrella of Kim Chu.

Grade 2

  • Dickens, Charles.  A Christmas Carol. (four copies)
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan.  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
  • Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels: Voyage to Lilliput. (two copies)

Grade 3

  • Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe.
  • Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield. (two copies)
  • Shipton, Paul. The Beatles.

Grade 4

  • Stevenson, Robert Louis.  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

PENGUIN READERS

Level 2

  • Defoe, Daniel.  Robinson Crusoe.
  • London, Jack. White Fang.
  • Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. (two copies)
  • Rice, Chris.  Audrey Hepburn.
  • Rollason, Jane. Gandhi. (two copies)
  • Shipton, Vicky. American Life.
  • Verne, Jules.  The Mysterious Island.

Level 3

  • Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibiity. (two copies)
  • Barnes, Joyce Annette. Amistad. (two copies)
  • Curtis, Richard. Notting Hill.
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan. Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool.
  • Eliot, George.  Silas Marner. (two copies)
  • Evans, Nicholas. The Horse Whisperer.
  • Fleischer, Leonore. Rain Man.
  • Orwell, George. 1984. (two copies)
  • Randolph, Charles, et al. The Interpreter.
  • Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan.  The Yearling. (two copies)
  • Shakespeare, William. Stories from Shakespeare. (two copies)
  • Shipton, Paul. The Beatles.
  • Smith, Bernard.  The Ring. (three copies)
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis.  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (two copies)
  • Thackeray, William Makepeace.  Vanity Fair. (two copies)
  • Twain, Mark. Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog, and other stories
  • Wilde, Oscar. An Ideal Husband. (two copies)

Level 4

  • Austen, Jane. Emma.
  • Bryant, Stephen. The Story of the Internet.
  • Christie, Agatha, and others. Stories of Detection and Mystery.
  • Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby.
  • Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities.
  • Du Maurier, Daphne, and others. The Dream and other Stories. (2 copies)
  • Evans, David.  Management Gurus.
  • Evans, David. Women in Business.
  • Gram, Dewey. Gladiator: A Hero will Rise.
  • Grisham, John. The Client.
  • Grisham, John. The Street Lawyer.
  • Haggard, H. Rider.  King Solomon’s Mines.
  • Hardy, Thomas. Far From the Madding Crowd.
  • Maule, David. Inventions that Changed the World. (two copies)
  • McCourt, Frank. Teacher Man.
  • Theroux, Paul. The Mosquito Coast.
  • Wells, H. G. The Time Machine.
  • Wilde, Oscar. The Canterville Ghost.
  • Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Level 5

  • Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice.
  • Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights.  (two copies)
  • Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey. (two copies)\
  • Grisham, John. The Firm.
  • Grisham, John. The Parner.
  • Grisham, John. The Pelican Brief.
  • Grisham, John. The Rainmaker.
  • Hope, Anthony. The Prisoner of Zenda.
  • Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera.
  • Outstanding Short Stories, Edgar Allan Poe and others
  • Poe, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
  • Shakespeare, William.  Tales from Shakespeare.  Charles and Mary Lamb.  (two copies)
  • Shakespeare, William.  More Tales from Shakespeare.  Charles and Mary Lamb. (two copies)
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
  • Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds.

Level 6

  • Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. (two copies)
  • Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist.
  • Forster, E. M. A Room with a View.
  • Grisham, John. The Runaway Jury. (three copies)
  • Grisham, John.  The Testament.
  • Harmer, Jeremy. Trumpet Voluntary. (one copy, print; one copy, print and CD)
  • Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables. (two copies)

 

STREAMLINE GRADED READERS (Oxford)

Level 1

  • Bassett, Jennifer. The Watchers.

Level 2

  • Viney, Peter.  Casualty!

Level 3

  • Iggulden, Margaret. African Adventure.

Level 4

  • Vicary, Tim. The Hitch-hiker.
  • Viney, Peter.  A Tidy Ghost.

Level 5

  • Vicary, Tim. City of Lights.

 

TRAILBLAZERS OF THE MODERN WORLD

  • Colin Powell
  • Margaret Mead
  • Roberto Clemente
  • Thurgood Marshall

 

Other Books on Reserve for Your Class (more are coming!)

I am Sacagawea, F592.7.S123 N67 2012 (a Scholastic book)

 

 

Recent Books in our Juvenile Collection that you might find interesting:

 

Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty

Freedman, Russell, author

New York : Holiday House, [2013] <div> 2013</div>

LOCATION

CALL NO.

STATUS

 

Juvenile Stacks

E302.6.F8 F8495 2013 

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Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the story behind an American friendship

Freedman, Russell

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books, c2012 <div> c2012</div>

LOCATION

CALL NO.

STATUS

 

Juvenile Stacks

E457.905 .F725 2012 

 

  

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