Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text new illustrations and language learning exercises the print
edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular
classics exciting contemporary fiction and thought-provoking non-fiction introducing
language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin
Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR).
Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar vocabulary
and key exam skills. Before during and after-reading questions test readers' story
comprehension and develop vocabulary. The Story of Tracy Beaker a Level 2 Reader is A1+ in
the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses introducing the future tenses
will and going to present continuous for future meaning and comparatives and superlatives. It
is well supported by illustrations which appear on most pages. Ten-year-old Tracy Beaker lives
in a children's home. No one wants Tracy because she is very naughty. But one day a writer
Cam comes to the children's home and changes Tracy's life. Visit the Penguin Readers website
Exclusively with the print edition readers can unlock online resources including a digital
book audio edition lesson plans and answer keys.
