B1 English Book Collection

The Little Prince is a philosophical tale that explores themes of loneliness, friendship, love, and the loss of innocence. The story is narrated by a pilot who crashes his...

The Secret of the Old Clock is a classic detective mystery novel that introduces the young amateur sleuth Nancy Drew as she becomes involved in a puzzling inheritance case. Set...

Notting Hill by Richard Curtis is a heartwarming romantic comedy that tells the unforgettable story of William Thacker, a quiet bookstore owner, and Anna Scott, one of the...

"But he has nothing on!" cried a little child. Many years ago, there lived an Emperor who cared so much for new clothes that he spent all his money on them. When two swindlers...

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter: A Heartwarming Classic About Hope, Kindness, and the Power of Positive Thinking Few classic children’s books have touched readers as deeply as...

On a bitterly cold New Year's Eve, a poor young girl wanders the snowy streets, barefoot and shivering, trying to sell matches. Afraid to go home without any money, she huddles...

A velvet toy rabbit longs to become real. In a boy’s nursery, the old Skin Horse explains that being loved matters more than looking new. As the rabbit becomes the boy’s...

Six young rabbits fall asleep after a feast of lettuce near Mr. McGregor’s garden. When he puts them in a sack, Benjamin and Flopsy need the resourceful Mrs. Tittlemouse to...

Mrs. Tittlemouse wants a spotless home, but insects and the wet-footed Mr. Jackson leave a trail of trouble. Bees take over a storeroom, and a visit for honey becomes a very...

Jemima seeks a quiet place to hatch her eggs and trusts a polite stranger with sandy whiskers. The collie Kep discovers the danger and comes to her aid. This complete original...

Benjamin and his cousin Peter return to Mr. McGregor’s garden to recover Peter’s clothes. A cat traps them until Benjamin’s father intervenes. This complete original English...

Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca explore a doll’s house, only to discover that its tempting meal is made of plaster. Their disappointment turns into a comic raid on miniature...

Sara Crewe arrives at a London boarding school with a devoted father, fine clothes and a lively imagination. When her father dies and his fortune seems lost, Miss Minchin makes...

Scotland has two rival kings when an English army lays siege to Dunbar. From the castle walls, the Countess of March orders her attendants to wipe away the dust each time a...

A man waits outside a closed hardware store on a wet New York night. He tells a passing policeman that he made an appointment on this very spot twenty years ago. As the meeting...

As a girl on the slopes of Mount Kenya, Wangari plants vegetables with her mother. Returning from university years later, she finds that many forests have disappeared. Helping...

An anonymous benefactor sends Jerusha Abbott to college on one condition: she must write to him regularly, without expecting a reply. Calling herself Judy, she fills her...

When their father suddenly leaves home, Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis move with their mother from London to a cottage near a railway. They befriend railway workers, help strangers...

A man has been killed on an isolated farm. While the sheriff and the county attorney search the house, two women stay in the kitchen to gather clothes for the man’s wife. A jar...

What connects computers around the world, and how is the Web different from the Internet? Nettikutti answers children’s questions with playful examples, then tells how the Web...

Two pond snails have to move when a stickleback chooses their patch for his nest. He clears the bottom with his tail, guards the eggs and barely has time to rest once the young...

An old merchant takes a lonely road in Tokyo after dark. Beside a moat he finds a young woman crying into her sleeve. Farther up the slope, a noodle seller’s lantern offers a...

Kali loves dancing, but his family has little money for lessons and some of his friends say that boys should not dance. With encouragement from his mother and support from...

The family wants to give Mother a day off. Father hires a car and has a new fishing rod to try. Mother makes the sandwiches. As each relative explains why they should go, the...

Every afternoon the children play among twelve peach trees until the Giant comes home and walls off his garden. Outside the wall it is spring; inside, the North Wind keeps...

Anna would rather receive books than diamond earrings. As she grows up, her curiosity leads her into a laboratory, then into a career building instruments that measure...

Mrs. Peterkin puts salt in her coffee, and her family calls in experts to save her breakfast. A chemist and an herb-woman offer increasingly elaborate solutions to a very...

In an Italian town, anyone who has suffered a wrong may ring the king’s bell. Years later, a hungry old horse pulls at the fresh vine tied to it. What case could a horse...

Three pigs go out to seek their fortune. A wolf blows down two houses, but the third pig has bricks, an early start and a trick involving a butter churn. This English edition...