The Brinker family is poor, but they love each other. Hans and his sister, Gretel, have to work hard. Sometimes, they can’t go to school. They have to help their mother earn money and take care of their sick father. Then Hans and Gretel hear about a special race. The winner will get a pair of silver skates! But how can Hans and Gretel join the race? They don’t have skates to race in.

With Young Learners Classic Readers, Young English language learners will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency with these easy-to-read adaptations of well-known tales for children.

Young Learners Classic Readers
提供給初學習英文的人能輕鬆容易地閱讀簡易世界名著。
初學習英語的小孩將會迅速增加他們的字彙量及閱讀流暢度，
將來便容易閱讀許多原文經典名著。
每本故事包含：
● 簡短介紹。
● 人物角色的圖列。
● 短劇。
● 圖畫字典。
● MP3 CD。
● 全彩插圖及容易上口的精彩對話故事。

全套書共六個Level

● Level 1可幫助初學者從故事中學習到認字、句型類別及基礎句子結構，進而加強對讀本的閱讀興趣。
● Level 2有10個故事句子約4-6個字的長度，在這些故事裡會出現以前學過的字彙及會有增加24-32個的新字彙量。
● Level 3文章總字數增加至800個字的故事，每個故事提供32至40個新字彙量。
● Level 4包含更有深度的主題。更長的篇幅、文章總字數增加到1200字，仍保持32至40個新字彙量。
● Level 5本級數的故事，約有40-48個新字彙量和1700字的文章內容。
● Level 6文章總字數均為2500字。平均每個故事會有40至48字的新字彙量。