A collection of essays that "presents cultural issues through the eyes of students." Topics include food taboos, body language, attitudes toward aging, stereotypes, etc.
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 428.64 O93

A "reader and word-study text. It also serves as a springboard to discussion and is accompanied by a list of topics for written or oral presentations."
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 428.64 P597a 2007

"When a fisherman opens an old jar, a giant comes out. When a donkey opens its mouth, gold falls out. There is magic in these five fairy tales. Good people are often very unhappy--but in the end they have happy lives."
Basic Skills-- Reading-- Level 4 -- 398.21 R749f 2008

Basic Skills Collection Reading 4

"Tess and Grant are tour leaders for a group walking holiday in France. But they don't get on well -- at least at the start . . ."
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 428.6 J68w 2008

Contents:
A bit of a problem -- A beautiful day -- A newspaper, a beach -- The concert -- Screams in the night -- Inspector Portillo -- Secrets -- A restaurant, a fight -- Two men, a truck and a double bass -- Why did you do it? -- One more question.
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 428.64 H287d 1999

Contains " 22 readings based on human-interest stories adapted from newspapers and magazines . . . "
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 428.64 H615t 2008

A hurricane is tearing across the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa towards the USA. As the hurricane passes through the Caribbean, it destroys everything it it's path. In Florida, a man is out in a fishing boat, unaware of the approaching disaster. His daughter, Ikemi, and her boyfriend must confront the hurricane in a desperate attempt to reach her father before it is too late.
Basic Skills -- Reading-- Level 4 -- 428.64 L795e 2003

"Archeologist Tim Saunders sits opposite a mysterious girl on a train in Egypt. He notices the bracelet she's wearing. He thinks it may be a treasure from the lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra."
Basic Skills -- Reading-- Level 4 -- 428.64 L795g 2000

Dr. Mark Latto travels to California to learn about a new medicine that his friend, Deborah Spencer, is developing. When he arrives, he finds that Deborah is dead and the book that she was writing has disappeared. Is it murder? The police don't think it is, but Mark isn't so sure.
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 428.64 M114s 2006

"A reader that emphasizes vocabulary development."
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 428.64 P597f 2007

Basic Skills Collection Reading 4

Poor, mad Rafael still wears his lover's ring on a string around his neck. What happened to the beautiful Anita? She and Rafael were in love, everybody could see that, so why did she run away in the middle of the night with the soldier? And who was Anita? Some believe she was the sweet, clever, beautiful girl who told stories to the other children and was a good, dutiful daughter. But Anita's own sister says that she was spoiled and bad. So what is the truth? And what happened to the donkey? It's a mystery of love and passion and hate and revenge and lots and lots of sharks.
Basic Skills-- Reading-- Level 4 -- 428.64 S643r 2000

"It is Monday, April 13, 1970 and Apollo 13 is flying to the Moon. Suddenly, something goes wrong. The ship is losing power and oxygen. Will the astronauts walk on the Moon? Will they get home again?"
Basic Skills-- Reading -- Level 4 -- 629.454 L899a abridged 2001

"At each level readers meet characters they can easily relate to in their circle of family, neighbors, and co-workers. . . . As each story unfolds, a different slice of the characters' daily life experiences is revealed."
Basic Skills --Reading -- Level 4 -- 808 K29li 2003

Charlie Babbitt is a slick, smooth-talking car salesman. He likes to drive fast, take risks, and score big. When his wealthy father dies, Charlie expects to inherit a lot of money. But he doesn't: the three million dollars goes to a brother he never even knew he had. Raymond Babbitt is autistic; he lives in his own world and he can't communicate in any of the usual ways. Raymond is also a mathematical genius, a skill that Charlie wants to use to win a fortune in Las Vegas. There's a lot about Raymond that Charlie needs to learn, and there's a lot about caring and brotherhood that Raymond can teach him.
Basic Skills -- Reading --Level 4 -- 813.5 F596r abridged 1999

When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
Newbery Medal, 1986
Basic Skills-- Reading -- Level 4 -- 813.5 M161s

"A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused."
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 821.1 C496c abridged 2000

Book with sound recording. "Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever and rich," says Jane Austen. But Emma Woodhouse is also bored. In England in the late 1700s and early 1800s, women of Emma's class were not expected to work. Instead, they played the piano, took walks in the park, visited one another and thought a great deal about whom they might marry someday. At 21, Emma believes she is not yet ready to get married, so she spends her time setting up romances between the men and women in her life. She's not very good at it, and indeed Emma causes more broken hearts than happy ones.
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 823.7 A933et abridged

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters. Marianne loves excitement; her sister is more sensible and serious. Both girls must use the same honesty and intelligence before they can find happiness.
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 823.7 A933s abridged 1999

Mr. Hoppy loves Mrs. Silver from downstairs, but Mrs. Silver loves only Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr. Hoppy is very clever, and he thinks of a way to win Mrs. Silver's heart. First he must buy one hundred and forty tortoises that look just like Alfie, and then he must create a machine so he can pick up tortoises from Mrs. Silver's balcony. Mrs. Silver may be very sweet and very lovely, but she's not very intelligent, and Mr. Hoppy's plan works perfectly. Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver live happily ever after. And so does Alfie.
Basic Skills -- Reading -- Level 4 -- 823.9 D131e 1999

Contains exercises for each chapter and an answer key at the end of the text
Basic Skills-- Reading -- Level 4 (and Course Reserves) -- 973.076 B154f 2005

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