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Black Cat Readers BLACK CAT publishes reading materials for learners of different ages, needs and interests, from school children to business people. Black Cat readers contain stimulating activities and dossiers, explore links with other subject areas and use internet projects to increase students' knowledge. Stunning artwork, dramatised recordings and CD-ROMs help to create educational and entertaining reading material. EXPANSIVE READING Dear Teacher, Intensive and extensive reading have been the two major approaches to reading for a long time. But Black Cat readers use an exciting new approach which we call EXPANSIVE READING. Expansive reading goes beyond the text to expand learning in many directions. Apart from activities which check comprehension, and provide practice in the four skills, structures and vocabulary building, Black Cat readers offer: Beautiful illustrations and dramatised recordings, which aid understanding of the text and create a stimulus to read. Detailed explanations of the cultural background of the text. Cultural comparisons and analysis of film versions. Cross-curricular links, reflecting the value now given to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Projects on the web exploiting the Internet s resources to the full. Exam-style activities to help prepare students for international language qualifications. Audio CD-ROMs for selected titles which ensure entertaining learning. Visit our website at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net The following symbols are used to indicate the features in each title. RS Reading Shakespeare TRINITY Trinity spoken English-style activities F KEY YLE-Flyers-style activities PRELIMINARY FIRST ADVANCED @ Key English Test-style activities Preliminary English Test-style activities First Certificate in English-style activities Certificate of Advanced English-style activities Internet project(s) N New NE New edition F Forthcoming Written and recorded in American English American English and British English audio CD-ROM SBA CD** P Playscript ET Exit Test Audio CD/CD-ROM Summary Based Activities downloadable free from our website free audio @ download @ Mp3 WEB ACTIVITIES audio CD Audio recording of entire title downloadable free from our website Audio recording of missing chapter(s) downloadable in Mp3 format free from our website Recording of key chapters only Audio CD Free WebActivities 8 Video tutorials on how to get the most from our graded readers 6 Video tutorials on using the Interactive Whiteboard Videos of talks given by our teacher trainer and series editor Robert Hill at international conferences Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers downloadable for free Enter Black Cat s new world of WEBACTIVITIES, via our website. Available for selected readers. Experience the future of interactive learning using a range of online activities testing a variety of skills at different levels. Use technology to make learning English fun and interactive. FREE monthly lesson which include topics such as festivals, anniversaries and current affairs SUMMARY-BASED ACTIVITIES for selected readers EXTRA Activities free FOR YOU Free downloadable material: answer keys, playscripts, audio and more 2 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net

Earlyreads Earlyreads Striking artwork and pleasant stories interspersed with activity pages David R. Hill, in Survey Review of Graded Readers in English. The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from seven to twelve years of age and contains original stories and traditional favourites, as well as some cultural readers, graded over five levels. All the readers can be easily dramatised. The majority are accompanied by playscripts which can be downloaded free from our website. Features: Beautiful illustrations, to encourage reading and actively help children to understand the story. Picture dictionaries, for active vocabulary work. Fun activities and games, often for more than one participant, which practise vocabulary and grammar structures used in the story. A recording of the whole text, either on an accompanying CD or downloadable for free from our website www.blackcat.vicensvives.net Level Suitable for age group Headwords Grading of Earlyreads Earlyreads are graded according to their subject matter and by structural and lexical criteria. The chart below shows the major structures used at each level. Level 5 represents a good elementary ability (full competence at level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference). For a complete explanation of the grading criteria used, see The Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers. to be & have got Present Simple Imperatives Present Continuous can/can t must/mustn t shall in interrogatives would/wouldn t like Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 going to for future reference Comparison of adjectives & adverbs Past Simple of to be & common verbs will for future reference University of Cambridge Young Learners English Level 4 Trinity Level 1 7-8 years 100 Exam preparation: Starters 1 2 8-9 years 150 Exam preparation: Starters 1 3 9-10 years 200 Exam level: Starter Exam preparation: Movers 4 10-11 years 250 Exam preparation: Movers 2 5 11-12 years 300 Exam level: Movers 2/3 CD: Audio CD N: New F: Forthcoming WA: Free Web Activities P: Playscript FAD: Audio recording of entire title downloadable free from our website 2 Level 5 Earlyreads by topics LEVEL The alphabet Animals The body Colours The family Festivals Food Friendship The funfair Geography The house Jobs Magic Monsters Numbers The park School The time Toys Travel Weather & seasons A Trip to the Safari Park FAD P 1 Dorothy FAD P 1 Monsters in the Box CD P 1 The Enormous Turnip FAD P 1 The Gingerbread Man FAD P 1 The Magic Pot FAD WA N 1 The Star and the Colours FAD WA P 1 The Ugly Duckling FAD P 1 Henny Penny FAD WA P 2 Little Red Riding Hood FAD P 2 Miss Grace Green and the Clown Brothers FAD WA P 2 Mowgli Learns to Swim CD P 2 Rapunzel FAD WA P 2 The Mad Teacher CD P 2 The Owl s Song FAD P 2 Bugaboo The Wicked Witch CD P 3 Cinderella FAD P 3 Maggie and Max Visit the Haunted Castle FAD WA P 3 Peter and the Wolf FAD WA P 3 The Jungle Book CD P 3 The Little Mermaid FAD P 3 Aesop's Fables FAD P 4 Christmas Fun FAD 4 Dracula and his Family CD P 4 Festivals! FAD P 4 Frankenstein at School CD P 4 Freddy Finds the Thief CD P 4 Halloween Holiday FAD WA N 4 Puss in Boots FAD P 4 Sleeping Beauty FAD P 4 Space Monsters CD 4 The Magic Computer Mouse CD P 4 Aladdin FAD P 5 Ali Baba and the Forthy Thieves FAD P 5 Nasreddin Ten Stories FAD P 5 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs FAD P 5 The Canterville Ghost CD P 5 Two Monsters CD 5 Zed the Magician CD P 5 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net 3

Earlyreads A Trip to the Safari Park Gigliola Pagano Monster in the box Cristina Ivaldi The Gingerbread Man Jennifer Gascoigne The Ugly Duckling Retold by Ruth Hobart Little Red Riding Hood Retold by Ruth Hobart 978-88-530-0886-2 Book + CD (32 pages) 978-84-316-0925-2 978-88-530-1012-4 978-84-316-9019-9 978-88-530-0479-6 Miss Grace Green and the Clown Brothers Paola Traverso 978-88-530-1090-2 Mowgli Learns to swim Ruth Hobart Book + CD (32 pages) 978-84-316-8434-1 The Mad Teacher Cristina Ivaldi Book + CD (32 pages) 978-84-316-9020-5 Bugaboo The Wicked Witch Cristina Ivaldi Book + CD (32 pages) 978-88-775-4573-2 Cinderella Retold by Ruth Hobart 978-88-530-0493-2 4 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net

Earlyreads Peter and the Wolf Retold by Ruth Hobart The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling Aesop s Fables Retold by Ruth Hobart Dracula and his Family Gaia Ierace Frankenstein at School Gaia Ierace 978-88-530-1089-6 Book + CD (32 pages) 978-84-316-8451-8 978-88-530-0511-3 Book + CD (48 pages) 978-84-316-0982-5 Book + CD (48 pages) 978-88-775-4448-3 Puss in Boots Retold by Judith Percival 978-88-530-0693-6 Aladdin Retold by Ruth Hobart 978-88-530-0510-6 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Retold by Catherine E. White 978-88-530-0626-4 The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde Book + CD (48 pages) 978-84-316-0761-6 Two Monsters Cristina Ivaldi Book + CD (32 pages) 978-84-316-8450-1 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net 5

Green Apple Green Apple Green Apple books are beautiful, full of activities and have fascinating dossiers: perfect for my lessons! Eylem Coklu, Teacher, Turkey GREEN APPLE is a series of lavishly illustrated graded readers especially designed for young teenagers. Many of the readers are adaptations of classic stories, but there are also some original stories and non-fiction readers. The readers are graded into three levels Starter, Step 1 and Step 2 according to structural and lexical criteria, as well as the suitability of the subject matter for the different age groups. The lexis contained in the readers is checked against the vocabulary lists specified for the Cambridge ESOL exams; Flyers and KET for the readers at Starter and Step 1 levels and PRELIMINARY for those at Step 2. Black Cat step Starter (ST) CEFR: A1 Breakthrough CESOL: Exam preparation: Flyers and/or KET Trinity: Grades 1, 2 Step 1 (S1) CEFR: A2 Waystage CESOL: Exam level: Flyers and/or KET Trinity: Grades 3, 4 Step 2 (S2) CEFR: A2 Waystage/ B1 Threshold CESOL: Exam preparation: PRELIMINARY Trinity: Grades 4, 5 Features: Introduction about the author and his/her times. Wide variety of interesting activities to help understand the text, and to provide practice in all four language skills and lexis. Activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams. Cross-curricular dossiers. A recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities. Extensive vocabulary footnotes, often illustrated. Guided Internet projects. Free downloadable answer key with exit test on our website. Some titles contain extra features, which are indicated on the back cover of the titles in question: Playscript at the back of the book. Audio CD/CD-ROM containing extra interactive language and cross-cultural activities. Grammatical structures Present Simple & Continuous -Future reference with Present Continuous & Simple, & going to -Imperative with 2nd person & let s - Infinitives & gerunds after common verbs -Co-ordination with but, and, or & and then - Subordination with because & when - Quantifiers Past Simple & Continuous - Future reference with will - Passive forms in Present & Past Simple - Subordination with if (zero & 1st conditionals) - Defining relative clauses with who & where - Comparison of regular & irregular adjectives - Formation of regular & irregular adverbs Present Perfect Simple with ever, never, yet, already, still, just, for, since - Verb + object + infinitive (e.g. I want you to go) - Defining relative clauses with which, that & zero pronoun - Clauses of time with when, while, until, before, after & as soon as -Clause of purpose: (in order) to - Comparison of regular & irregular adverbs Green Apple Structural Grading The full lists of the grammatical structures for each level can be found on our website (www.blackcat.vicensvives.net), in The Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers, and at the back of new editions of Green Apple readers. The list here only shows the main structures. Green Apple by topics Alice s Adventures in Wonderland K @ T CD-ROM ST Anne of Green Gables N K AM T WA CD ST Bathsheba the Witch K @ YF T CD-ROM ST Beauty and the Beast K @ T CD ST Black Beauty K @ T CD ST Five Children and It K @ T CD ST Halloween Horror K @ AM T CD-ROM ST Just So Stories K @ YF T S CD-ROM ST Peter Pan NE K @ CD WA ST Sandokan K @ T CD ST The Ghost Ship of Bodega Bay K @ AM T CD-ROM ST The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant K @ T CD-ROM ST The Jungle Book K @ T CD-ROM ST The Nutcracker K @ T S CD-ROM ST The Secret Garden K @ T CD-ROM ST The Secret of the Stones NE K @ T CD WA ST The Tempest K @ T CD ST The Wind in the Willows K @ T CD-ROM ST The Wonderful Wizard of Oz K AM T CD-ROM ST Zorro! K @ AM T CD ST A Midsummer Night s Dream K YF @ T S CD-ROM S1 Akron House Mystery K @ AM T CD-ROM WA S1 American Folk Tales K AM T CD S1 British and American Festivities K @ AM/BR T CD S1 Davy Crockett K @ AM T CD S1 Ghastly Ghosts! K @ AM/BR CD S1 Great Expectations K CD P S1 Halloween Magic, Witches and Vampires K @ AM T CD S1 I Want To Be You K @ T S CD-ROM WA S1 Jason and the Argonauts K @ AM T S CD-ROM S1 Legends from the British Isles K @ T CD-ROM S1 Little Women K @ AM T CD S1 Mystery in San Francisco K @ AM T CD S1 Project Vampire K @ T CD-ROM WA S1 Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow K @ AM T CD S1 Robinson Crusoe K @ T CD-ROM S1 Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle K @ T S CD-ROM S1 LEVEL Adventure Festival Fairy tale & Fantasy History Human interest/ Tragedy Legend Love Mystery & horror 6 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net

Green Apple Green Apple by topics The adventures of Tom Sawyer K @ AM T S CD-ROM WA S1 The American West K @ AM T CD S1 The Black Arrow K @ T CD S1 The Bottle Imp K @ T CD-ROM S1 The Great Adventure at Yellowstone N K AM T CD WA S1 The Last Unicorn K @ T S CD-ROM WA S1 The Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay K @ AM T S CD-ROM S1 The Prince and the Pauper K @ T CD S1 The Railway Children K @ T CD S1 The Treasure of Franchard K @ T S CD-ROM S1 The True Story of Pocahontas K @ AM T CD S1 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn PR @ AM T CD S2 David Copperfield PR @ Mp3 T CD S2 Great English Monarchs and their Times PR @ T CD S2 King Arthur and his Knights PR @ T CD-ROM S2 Macbeth (Green Apple Drama) @ S CD S2 Oliver Twist NE PR @ T CD WA S2 Oscar Wilde s Short Stories PR @ T CD S2 Pirates CD S2 Robin Hood PR @ T CD S2 Romeo and Juliet (Green Apple Drama) @ CD P S2 The Call of the Wild PR @ AM CD S2 Tom and Co s Adventures in Cyberespace PR @ CD S2 Treasure Island PR @ T CD S2 White Fang PR @ AM T CD S2 LEVEL Adventure Festival Fairy tale & Fantasy History Human interest/ Tragedy Legend Love Mystery & horror Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Book + audio/cd-rom (64 pages) 978-84-316-9283-4 Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling Book + audio/cd-rom (64 pages) 978-84-316-9915-4 Peter Pan J. M. Barrie Book + CD (64 pages) 978-84-682-2260-8 N: New NE: New edition F: Forthcoming RS: Reading Shakespeare T: Trinity (Trinity spoken English-style activities) YF: YLE-Flyers-style activities K: KET (Key English Test-style activities) PR: Preliminary (Preliminary English Test-style activities) @: Internet project(s) AM: American English (Written and recorded in American English AM/BR: American English and British English CD-ROM: Audio CD/CD-ROM S: SBA (Summary Based Activities downloadable free from our website Mp3 (Audio recording of missing chapter(s) downloadable in Mp3 format free from our website WA: Free Web Activities CD: Audio CD P: Playscript The Happy Prince The Selfish Giant Oscar Wilde The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret of the Stones Victoria Heward Book + audio/cd-rom 978-84-316-7334-5 Book + audio/cd-rom (64 pages) 978-84-316-9375-6 Book + CD (80 pages) 978-84-682-2623-1 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net 7

Green Apple The Tempest William Shakespeare Book + CD (80 pages) 978-84-316-8175-3 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum Book + audio/cd-rom (80 pages) 978-84-316-8150-0 A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare Book + audio/cd-rom (80 pages) 978-84-316-9947-5 American Folk Tales Adapted by George Gibson Book + CD (80 pages) 978-84-316-8148-7 Great Expectations Charles Dickens Book + CD (112 pages) 978-84-316-9102-8 Legends from the British Isles Adapted by Deborah Meyers Book + audio/cd-rom (96 pages) 978-84-316-9023-6 Little Women Louisa May Alcott Book + CD (80 pages) 978-84-316-0993-1 Mystery in San Francisco Gina D. B. Clemen Book + CD (80 pages) 978-84-316-7708-4 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Book + audio/cd-rom (80 pages) 978-84-316-9052-6 Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Book + audio/cd-rom (80 pages) 978-84-316-9373-2 8 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net

Green Apple The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain Book + audio/cd-rom (80 pages) 978-84-682-0631-8 The Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay Gina D. B. Clemen Book + audio/cd-rom (80 pages) 978-84-316-9867-6 The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain Book + CD (80 pages) 978-84-316-1024-1 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Book + CD (80 pages) 978-84-316-8208-8 David Copperfield Charles Dickens Book + CD** (96 pages) 978-84-316-7686-5 King Arthur and his Knights Adapted by George Gibson Book + audio/cd-rom (80 pages) 978-84-316-7339-0 Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Book + CD (96 pages) 978-84-682-2259-2 Oscar Wilde s Short Stories Oscar Wilde Book + CD (96 pages) 978-84-316-7182-2 Robin Hood Adapted by Sally M. Stockton Book + CD (96 pages) 978-84-316-7753-4 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Book + CD (112 pages) 978-88-7754-927-3 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net 9

Reading & Training Reading & Training Spectacular productions with excellent background materials David R. Hill, in Survey Review of Graded Readers in English. The READING & TRAINING series consists of beautifully illustrated graded readers, aimed at teenagers and adults. The majority of the books are adapted classics, but there are also some original stories especially at lower levels and the occasional non-fiction reader. The readers are graded into six levels according to internationally recognised criteria for structural grading. READING SHAKESPEARE is a series dedicated to the works of Shakespeare. These readers may also contain activities related to staging the plays. Features: Introduction about the author and his/her times. Wide variety of motivating activities. Activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams. Fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text. A CD recording of the text in British and/or American English, with extra listening activities. Extensive vocabulary footnotes. Exit tests. Guided Internet projects. Answer key and exit test downloadable free from our website: www.blackcat.vicensvives.net Some titles contain extra features, which are indicated on the front and/or back cover of the titles in question: Audio CD/CD-ROM containing extra interactive language and culture activities. Black Cat step Step One (S1) CEFR: A2 Waystage CESOL: Exam level: KET Trinity: Grades 3, 4 Step Two (S2) CEFR: B1 Threshold CESOL: Exam preparation: PRELIMINARY Trinity: Grades 4, 5 Step Three (S3) CEFR: B1 Threshold CESOL: Exam level: PRELIMINARY Trinity: Grades 5, 6 Step Four (S4) CEFR: B2 Vantage CESOL: Exam preparation: FIRST Trinity: Grade 7 Step Five (S5) CEFR: B2 Vantage CESOL: Exam level: FIRST Trinity: Grade 8 Step Six (S6) CEFR: C1 Effective CESOL: Exam level: ADVANCED Trinity: Grades 9, 10 Grammatical structures Present Simple & Continuous Past Simple & Continuous Future reference with Present Continuous & Simple, going to & will Present Perfect Simple with ever & never Imperative with 2nd person & let s Infinitives & gerunds after common verbs Co-ordination with but, and, or & and then Subordination with because, when, if & zero conditionals Defining relative clauses with who, which, that, zero pronoun & where Quantifiers Comparison of regular & irregular adjectives & adverbs Present Perfect Simple with yet, already, still & just Past Perfect Simple in reported speech Passive forms with going to & will Verb + object + infinitive (e.g. I want you to go) Reported statements with say & tell Time clauses introduced by when, while, until, before, after & as soon as Clauses of purpose: so that; (in order) to Present Perfect Simple with for & since Past Perfect Simple for narrative Causative: have/get + object + past participle Reported questions and requests/orders with ask & tell 2 nd Conditional: if + past, would(n t) Zero, 1 st and 2 nd conditionals with unless Nondefining relative clauses with who & where Clauses of result with so, so that & such that Clauses of concession with although & though Clauses of comparison with (not) as/so as; (not) enough to; too to Present Perfect Simple with the first/second/etc. time that Present Perfect Continuous with for & since Passive forms with the Present Perfect Simple Reported speech with precise reporting verbs (e.g. suggest, promise, apologise, etc.) 3 rd Conditional: if + past perfect, would(n t) have All conditionals with may & might Non-defining relative clauses with which & whose Clauses of concession with even though, in spite of & despite Present Perfect Simple for negative duration (haven t for ages) Present Perfect Continuous for recent activities leading to present situation Past Perfect Continuous Passive forms with Past Perfect Simple & with unrestricted use of modal verbs Reported speech introduced by more examples of precise reporting verbs (e.g. threaten, insist, complain) Wish, if only & it s time + past tense Mixed conditional sentences Complex sentences with more than one subordinate clause Future reference with Future Continuous & Future Perfect Passive (all tenses) in continuous forms Wish & if only + would or past perfect Inversion of had in 2 nd and 3 rd conditional sentences without if Inversion of word order after initial negative adverbs (No sooner ; Hardly ; etc.) Non-finite -ing clauses Complex sentences with no restriction on number of subordinate clauses Sherlock Holmes Stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Book + audio/cd-rom (96 pages) 978-84-316-0951-1 Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carrol Book + CD (112 pages) 978-88-530-1327-9 10 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net

Reading & Training Tales from The Thousand and One Nights Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne Book + audio/cd-rom (96 pages) 978-84-316-0926-9 Hamlet Prince of Denmark William Shakespeare Book + audio/cd-rom (96 pages) 978-84-316-8949-0 Reading & Training by topics A Message from a Ghost K @ T S CD WA S1 Alien Alert in Seattle K @ AM T S CD S1 Home for Christmas K @ T CD S1 LEVEL Adventure Miami Police File: the O Nell Case K @ AM T CD-ROM S1 Missing in Sydney K @ T CD S1 Recipe for Success N K T CD WA S1 Sherlock Holmes Stories K @ T CD-ROM S1 Tales from The Thousand and One Nights K @ T CD-ROM S1 The Truth about Professor Smith N K T CD WA S1 Tristan and Isolde K @ T CD S1 A Dream Come True PR @ T CD S2 Alice s Adventures in Wonderland NE PR T CD WA S2 Animal Tales PR @ T AM/BR CD S2 Around the World in Eighty Days PR @ T CD S2 Hamlet RS PR @ T CD-ROM S2 Journey to the Centre of the Earth PR @ T S CD WA S2 Kidnapped PR T CD-ROM S2 Magical Tales from the South Seas PR @ T CD S2 Murder at Coyote Canyon PR @ AM T CD-ROM Mp3 S2 Mystery in New Orleans N PR AM T CD WA S2 Rob Roy PR @ T CD S2 Stories of Ghost and Mystery PR @ AM/BR T S CD S2 The Fisherman and his Soul PR @ T CD-ROM S2 The Jumping Frog PR @ AM T CD S2 The Lost World PR @ T CD-ROM S2 The Mutiny on the Bounty PR @ T CD S2 The Rajah s Diamond PR @ T CD S2 The Ransom of Red Chief and Other Stories PR @ AM T CD S2 The Secret Garden PR @ T S CD-ROM S2 The Willing Ghost PR @ T S CD S2 Time Games N PR @ T CD WA S2 Alien at School AM CD S3 Classic Detective Stories PR @ T CD Mp3 S3 Great Mysteries of Our World PR @ T CD S3 Gulliver s Travels PR @ T CD S3 Jane Eyre PR @ T CD S3 Julius Caesar RS PR @ T CD P S3 Crime Fairy tale & Fantasy Human interest Humour & Comedy Legend Love Mystery & horror Tragedy Reading & Training by topics Kim PR @ T S CD S3 Lord Arthur Savile s Crime and Other Stories PR @ T CD S3 Love in Shakespeare: Five Stories RS PR @ T S CD WA Mp3 S3 Moonfleet PR @ T CD Mp3 S3 Romeo and Juliet RS PR @ T CD-ROM P S3 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net LEVEL Adventure Sherlock Holmes Investigates PR @ T S CD S3 Crime Fairy tale & Fantasy Human interest Humour & Comedy Legend Love Mystery & horror Stories of Suspense PR @ AM T CD S3 Tales of the Supernatural PR @ AM/BR T CD S3 The 1,000,000 Bank Note PR @ AM/BR T CD S3 The Canterville Ghost PR @ AM/BR T CD-ROM P S3 The Diamond as Big as The Ritz PR @ AM T CD S3 The Final Problem and Other Stories N PR T CD WA S3 The Hound of the Baskervilles PR @ T CD S3 The Master of Ballantrae PR @ T S CD S3 The Phantom of the Opera PR @ CD S3 The Pickwick Papers PR @ T S CD WA Mp3 S3 The Prisoner of Zenda PR @ T CD S3 The Red Badge of Courage PR @ AM T CD S3 The Return of Sherlock Holmes PR @ T CD S3 The Scarlet Pimpernel PR @ T CD S3 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde PR @ T CD S3 The Three Musketeers PR @ T CD WA Mp3 S3 The Tragedy of Richard III RS PR @ T S CD WA S3 The Vampire s Tear PR @ AM T CD S3 Three Men in a Boat PR @ CD S3 Treasure Island PR @ T CD Mp3 S3 True Adventures Stories PR @ T CD S3 Twelfth Night PR @ T CD P S3 A Christmas Carol FT @ T CD S4 A Midsummer Night's Dream RS FT @ T CD P S4 A Study in Scarlet FT @ T CD S4 N: New NE: New edition F: Forthcoming RS: Reading Shakespeare T: Trinity (Trinity spoken English-style activities) K: KET (Key English Test-style activities) PR: Preliminary (Preliminary English Test-style activities) FT: First (First Certificate in English-style activities) A: Advanced (Certificate Advanced English-style activities) @: Internet project(s) AM: American English (Written and recorded in American English AM/BR: American English and British English CD-ROM: Audio CD/CD-ROM S: SBA (Summary Based Activities downloadable free from our website Mp3 (Audio recording of missing chapter(s) downloadable in Mp3 format free from our website WA: Free Web Activities CD: Audio CD P: Playscript Tragedy 11

Reading & Training Reading & Training by topics American Horror FT @ AM T CD S4 Beowulf FT T CD WA S4 Daisy Miller FT @ AM T CD S4 Dracula FT @ T S CD Mp3 S4 Famous British Criminals FT @ T CD S4 Jack the Ripper FT @ T CD S4 Katherine Mansfield Short Stories N FT T CD WA S4 Le Morte d'arthur FT @ CD S4 Macbeth RS FT @ T CD P S4 Moby Dick FT @ AM T CD S4 Much Ado About Nothing RS FT @ T CD P S4 Northanger Abbey FT @ T CD S4 Othello RS FT @ CD P S4 Power and Ambition in Shakespeare RS FT @ T CD WA Mp3 S4 The Big Mistake and Other Stories CD S4 The Canterbury Tales NE FT @ AM T CD WA S4 The House of the Seven Gables FT @ AM T S CD S4 The Last of the Mohicans FT @ AM T CD S4 The Merchant of Venice RS FT @ T CD P S4 The Moonstone FT @ T CD Mp3 S4 The Secret Agent FT @ T CD Mp3 S4 The Sign of Four FT @ T CD S4 The Tempest N FT T CD WA S4 The Tragedy of Dr Faustus FT @ CD P S4 The Turn of the Screw FT @ T CD S4 The Valley of Fear FT @ T CD S4 The Woman in White FT @ T CD Mp3 S4 Three Men on the Bummel FT @ T S CD WA S4 Tom Jones FT @ T CD S4 Washington Square AM CD S4 Wicked and Humorous Tales FT @ T CD S4 A Passage to India FT @ T CD S5 A Tale of Two Cities FT @ CD S5 Emma FT @ T CD S5 Frankenstein FT @ T CD S5 Gothic Short Stories FT @ AM/BR T CD S5 LEVEL Adventure Crime Fairy tale & Fantasy Human interest Humour & Comedy Legend Love Mystery & horror Tragedy Reading & Training by topics Great Expectations FT @ T CD WA Mp3 S5 Heart of Darkness FT @ CD S5 Lord Jim FT @ T CD Mp3 S5 Middlemarch FT @ T CD S5 Pamela FT @ T CD S5 Persuasion FT @ T CD Mp3 S5 Pride and Prejudice FT @ T CD S5 Robinson Crusoe FT @ T CD Mp3 S5 Sense and Sensibility FT @ T CD S5 Sons and Lovers FT @ T CD P S5 Tess of the D Urbervilles FT @ T CD S5 The Age of Innocence FT @ AM T CD Mp3 S5 The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter @ AM S5 The Picture of Dorian Gray FT @ T CD S5 N: New NE: New edition F: Forthcoming RS: Reading Shakespeare T: Trinity (Trinity spoken English-style activities) K: KET (Key English Test-style activities) PR: Preliminary (Preliminary English Test-style activities) FT: First (First Certificate in English-style activities) A: Advanced (Certificate Advanced English-style activities) @: Internet project(s) AM: American English (Written and recorded in American English AM/BR: American English and British English CD-ROM: Audio CD/CD-ROM S: SBA (Summary Based Activities downloadable free from our website Mp3 (Audio recording of missing chapter(s) downloadable in Mp3 format free from our website WA: Free Web Activities CD: Audio CD P: Playscript LEVEL Adventure Crime Fairy tale & Fantasy The Portrait of a Lady FT @ AM/BR T CD S5 The Problem of Cell 13 @ AM CD S5 The Scarlet Letter FT @ AM T CD Mp3 S5 The Taming of the Shrew RS FT @ CD P S5 The X Files: Squeeze AM CD S5 Vanity Fair FT @ T CD S5 Wuthering Heights FT @ T CD S5 Silas Marner @ CD S6 The Mill on the Floss @ CD S6 Wuthering Heights @ A CD S6 Human interest Humour & Comedy Legend Love Mystery & horror Tragedy Journey to the Centre of the Earth Jules Verne Book + CD (112 pages) 978-84-682-0302-7 The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde Book + audio/cd-rom (112 pages) 978-84-316-8887-5 12 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net

Reading & Training Stories of Ghosts and Mystery J. S. Le Fanu, R. Kipling, N. Hawthorne Book + CD (112 pages) 978-84-316-9439-5 The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett Book + audio/cd-rom (96 pages) 978-84-316-9414-2 Great Mysteries of Our World Gina D. B. Clemen Book + CD (96 pages) 978-84-316-8033-6 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Book + audio/cd-rom (112 pages) 978-84-316-8948-3 Tales of the Supernatural Ch. Dickens, E. A. Poe, E. Nesbit, F. M. Crawford Book + CD (96 pages) 978-84-316-0752-4 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson Book + CD (96 pages) 978-84-682-0884-8 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Book + CD (112 pages) 978-84-316-7758-9 American Horror Five Terrifying Tales Edgar Allan Poe Book + CD (112 pages) 978-84-682-0077-4 Macbeth William Shakespeare Book + CD (112 pages) 978-88-530-0839-8 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Book + CD (128 pages) 978-88-530-0154-2 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net 13

Reading & Training The Big Mistake Nella Burnett-Stuart and Bruna Deriu Book + CD (128 pages) 978-84-316-4245-7 Reading & Training Discovery Frankenstein Mary Shelley Book + CD (144 pages) 978-88-530-0837-4 Reading & Training Discovery Reading & Training Discovery is a series of factual readers. It is designed for teenagers, young adults and adults who, through reading about subjects of interest, can improve their English and broaden their knowledge at the same time. The series covers a range of interesting subject matter, from famous people to places such as cities, countries and natural wonders. These readers use Black Cat s expansive reading approach. The dossiers, activities and internet projects enable the reader to expand his/her knowledge and understanding beyond the information provided by the text. The Discovery series is graded grammatically and lexically according to the levels in the Reading & Training series and for 2014 there are titles available at Steps One to Three. Level Common European University Trinity Framework of Cambridge ESOL Level of Reference Examinations Step One A2 Waystage Exam level: KET 3, 4 Step Two B1 Threshold Exam preparation: 4, 5 PRELIMINARY Step Three B1 Threshold Exam level: PRELIMINARY 5, 6 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Book + CD** (144 pages) 978-88-530-0841-1 Reading Classics Reading Classics The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Book + CD** (144 pages) 978-84-316-1278-8 Silas Marner George Eliot Book + CD** (112 pages) 978-88-775-4934-1 This series of 19th- and 20th-century classics from the world of British and American literature is edited by Paolo Bertinetti, Dean of the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Turin. READING CLASSICS are aimed specifically at non-native speakers of English who wish to improve their language skills by analysing major novels, short stories and plays. Each volume guides the reader towards comprehension and appreciation of the literary work. Features: Extensive introduction placing the author and his/her work into context. In-depth bibliography providing a springboard for further study. Detailed chronology giving a complete view of the author s life and works. Wide variety of activities encouraging response to the text and aiding language acquisition. Numerous footnotes with phonetic transcriptions of some difficult words. Dramatised recording of selected extracts by native speakers in American or British English. Key to the exercises online. Level Common European University of Cambridge Framework of Reference ESOL Examinations Upper intermediate, C1/C2 Exam level: ADVANCED and above Effective and Mastery and PROFICIENCY 14 More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net

LEVEL Art & Design Geography History ICT Music Religious Studies Science Social & Environmental Studies Easyread Easyread Lots of interesting information, facts and visuals in a light, handy format. My students ask for more Birgit Kammerhofer, Teacher, Austria The EASYREAD series is aimed at young teenagers and above. It offers a range of attractive, full-colour, nonfiction graded readers; the subject areas are art and design, geography, history, ICT, music, religious studies, science and social and environmental studies. Suitable for young people studying English at secondary school, but aso interesting subjects for young adult and adult readers with an elementary or early pre-intermediate level of English (levels A1/A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference). Teachers, too, can take advantage of the crosscurricular approch or Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). There are two levels in the EASYREAD series, with controlled grammatical structures and lexis: level 1 uses present tenses only, while level 2 introduces past tenses. As far as lexis is concerned, apart from some special vocabulary required by the reader topic, the maximum number of headwords used at level 1 is 300 words, increasing to 400 words at level 2. Features: Controlled grammatical structures and lexis divided into two levels. KET Key English Test-Style activities. Topic-specific illustrated glossary for easy reference. Visual support - specially commissioned artwork, photographs and period illustrations to aid comprehension of the text. Manageable length (24/32 pages) makes them ideal for extensive reading. Internet projects to encourage further research. Free downloadable recording of the whole text and answer key on our website. Exit test. Castles and Knights Gina D. B. Clemen Book (24 pages) 978-88-530-0316-4 Exit Test The Story of Coffee Jennifer Gascoigne Book (24 pages) 978-88-530-0829-9 Exit Test Wolves Gina D. B. Clemen Book (24 pages) 978-84-316-8151-7 Exit Test Easyread by topics Castles and Knights K @ FAD ET 1 The Story of Coffee K @ FAD ET 1 The Story of Football K @ FAD ET 1 Wolves K @ FAD ET 1 The Life and Times of Captain Cook K @ FAD ET 2 The Life and Times of Shakespeare K @ FAD ET 2 The Story of Big Cities K @ FAD ET 2 The Story of Moving Pictures K @ FAD ET 2 The Story of Popular Music K @ FAD ET 2 The Story of Tea K @ FAD ET 2 The Story of the Olympic Games K @ FAD ET 2 Vikings K @ FAD ET 2 K: KET (Key English Test-style activities) @: Internet project(s) FAD: Audio recording of entire title downloadable free from our website ET: Exit Test The Life and Times of Shakespeare Chiara Pizzorno 978-84-316-8155-5 Exit Test The Story of Popular Music Jennifer Gascoigne 978-84-316-8157-9 Exit Test The Story of Tea Eleanor Donaldson Book (24 pages) 978-84-316-8158-6 Exit Test More information is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net 15

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBBIE THE ROBIN A series of Books that aims to make reading fun THE ADVENTURES OF ROBBIE THE ROBIN is a collection of 15 books aimed at children aged 8 to 12 years who have a good level of English (A2/B1). These beautifully illustrated stories, all come with vocabulary footnotes and activities for before, during and after reading, as well as a downloadable audio version. Through reading the stories, children are taught educational values, such as helping others or looking after the environment, which are promoted in the stories. Additional activities in the book include: An Educational Value activity to consolidate children s awareness of the value(s) represented in the story. A Picture Dictionary to reinforce key vocabulary in the book. Fun Games to provide children with an even greater fun learning experience. A Fact File activity to expand on children s knowledge of the topic(s) covered in the book. Features: 1000 to 1400 headwords per book. Free dramatised recording of thetext - downloadable from our website. The habits and habitats of the animals in the stories are drawn from nature, therefore there is something to be learnt from each story. Beautiful illustrations to aid comprehension. Extensive vocabulary footnotes. Wide variety of interesting activities at the back of each book. Emphasis placed on educational values. Answer key - downloadable fromour website Titles in the series 11. Robbie s trip to the seaside 12. Robbie s adventure in the woods 13. Robbie and the snowman 14. Robbie s Christmas adventure 15. Robbie adventures in the country 16. Robbie meets Tommy Tortoise 17. Robbie and the toboggan ride 18. Robbie andollie Owl 19. Maggie Magpie and the missing ring 10. Robbie meets Harry Hedgehog 11. Robbie meets Oswald Otter 12. Robbie goes on holiday 13. Robbie and Sammy Squirrel 14. Robbie and the Carnival 15. Robbie and the Easter eggs The author Susan J. Roberts is a British-born writer, poet and former ELT professional. She has been writing short stories and poetry since she was in her teens, some of which have been published in anthologies and magazines in the UK. Her latest work is this collection of children s books, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBBIE THE ROBIN. Her love of birds and other animals began when she was a child living in a village in the south of England. Her fondness for birds, especially robins, inspired her to write this collection of books for children to enjoy. www.vicensvives.com.ar Vicens Vives Argentina S.R.L. - Av. Centenario 1528 - San Isidro B1643CGP - Tel/Fax: 4743-7677 - pedidos@vicensvives.com.ar