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Penguin Readers Level 1: A Christmas in London (ELT Graded Reader)
  • Published: 18 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241753644
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 64
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Penguin Readers Level 1: A Christmas in London (ELT Graded Reader)

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18 Sept 2025
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20 Oct 2025
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Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.

A Christmas in London, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple modals, adverbs and gerunds. Illustrations support the text throughout.

It’s Christmas in London. But Alex Crossley is not happy. His Dad’s arm is broken and his parents haven’t got much money. How can the family have a good Christmas?
  • Published: 18 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241753644
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 64
Categories:

About the author

Anna Trewin

Anna Trewin is the pen name of Sorrel Pitts, an English educational writer, editor and novelist. As “Anna Trewin”, Sorrel has written numerous educational adaptations including Ian McEwan’s The Children Act, Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, John Le Carré’s The Night Manager, and Mario Puzo's The Godfather, which won the international Language Learner Literature Award. Sorrel’s debut novel The River Woman was published in September 2011 by Indigo Dreams Publishing. In February 2024, Sorrel's latest novel Broken Shadows was published by Bloodhound Books.
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