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Retold Tales® LiteratureAdapted cultural tales and classic literature to support your curriculumDesigned for secondary students reading below grade level, Retold novels and anthologies align with the works most often taught in language arts classes.

• authentic adaptations maintain the voice, style, and overall meaning of the original text

• comprehension support allows students to participate in discussions and activities with students reading the original work

• accessible literature parallels commonly taught American, British, and world literature; novels; and myths and folktales

• carefully simplified vocabulary

• long sentences and paragraphs are divided into manageable segments

• allusions and references are explained

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Sample page from the British Classics Student Edition

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The Open Window

Saki

A quiet rest in the country is what Framton

Nuttel needs. After a few visits to the neighbors,

he hopes to settle down to a peaceful life.

Little does Nuttel know that things are always

stirring in the country. Even things from beyond

the grave.

“My aunt will be down soon, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-

possessed young lady of fifteen. “In the meantime, you must try

and put up with me.”

Framton Nuttel endeavored to say the correct something

which would flatter the niece, his pre sent company. At the same

time he wanted to avoid discounting the aunt soon to appear.

Privately he doubted more than ever if these formal visits to

a succession of total strangers would help the nerve cure which

he was supposed to be undergoing.

“I know how it will be,” his sister had said when he was

preparing to migrate to this country retreat. “You will bury

yourself down there and not speak to a living soul. Your nerves

will be worse than ever from moping.

“I shall just give you letters to introduce you to all the

people I know there. Some of them, as far as I can remember,

were quite nice.”

Framton wondered if Mrs. Sappleton, the lady to whom he

was presenting one of the letters, came into the nice category.

“Do you know many of the people round here?” asked the

niece, when she judged that their silent communion had lasted

long enough.

“Hardly a soul,” said Framton. “My sister stayed here at the

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“My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the meantime you must try and put up with me.”

Framton Nuttel endeavored to say the correct something which should duly flatter the niece of the moment without unduly discounting the aunt that was to come. Privately he doubted more than ever whether these formal visits on a succession of total strangers would do much toward helping the nerve cure which he was supposed to be undergoing.

• carefully simplified vocabulary • long sentences and paragraphs

divided into manageable portions • challenging words are identified

and defined • allusions and references explained

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African American Folktales—49730 Includes 14 stories arranged in four categories--Friendship, Tricksters, How and Why, and Right and Wrong.

African Myths—43985 Includes 18 selections in six categories--Creation, Death, Gods and Mortals, Tricksters, How and Why, and Right and Wrong

Asian Myths—49731 The 15 stories include tales from India, China, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and the Philippine Islands.

Classic Myths, Volume 1—80886 Includes Prometheus, The Twelve Labors of Heracles, Circe and Odysseus, Aeneas’ Trip to the Underworld, The Follies of Midas, Cupid and Psyche, and Jason and the Golden Fleece.

Classic Myths, Volume 2—80888 Includes The Theft of Persephone, Odysseus and the Cyclops, Achilles and Hector, The Trojan Horse, Orpheus and Eurydice, Oedipus, Antigone, and Perseus.

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Mexican American Folktales—54603 Includes legends and stories from Southwestern and Mexican folklore in four categories—Ghosts and Hauntings, Tricksters, Romance, and Right and Wrong.

Native American Myths—45773 Includes selections from Chippewa, Sioux, Hopi, Seneca, Blackfoot, Kiowa, and other nations in five categories—Creation, Romance, Heroes, Tricksters, and How and Why.

Northern European Myths—44138 Includes Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Thor the Bride, The Death of Balder, Siegfried, Beowulf, The Boyhood of Cuchulain, Manawydan, and The Death of King Arthur.

World Myths—43987 Includes “The Death of Osiris,” “The Twins’ Visit to the Underworld,” “Finn MacCool’s Revenge,” “Izanami and Izanagi: A Creation Story,” “Rama and Sita,” “Lindu’s Veil of Stars,” “Bao Chu’s Search for the Sun,” and “Gilgamesh.”

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American Classics Nonfiction—41537 Includes “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” “Give Me Liberty,” “Common Sense,” “A Plan for Moral Perfection,” “Self-Reliance,” “Climbing from the Tomb of Slavery,” “Civil Disobedience,” and “A Cub-Pilot’s Experience.”

American Classics, Volume 1—87044 Includes “The Black Cat,” “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” “To Build a Fire,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” “Rip Van Winkle,” “A White Heron,” “The Lady or the Tiger?,” and “Dr.Heidegger’s Experiment.”

American Classics, Volume 2—87045 Includes “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” “The Man Without a Country,” “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Wife of His Youth,” “The Gift of the Magi,” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

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American Hauntings—31425 Includes eight stories from various regions of the United States.

British Classics—87046 Includes “The Monkey’s Paw,” “The Pardoner’s Tale,” “The Mark of the Beast,” “The Open Window,” “The Red-Headed League,” and others.

Classic Chillers—49732 Includes “Dracula’s Guest,” “Sredni Vashtar,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Brazilian Cat,” “The Adventure of the German Student,” “The Body-Snatcher,” “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and “The Signalman.”

Edgar Allan Poe—59040 Includes “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Purloined Letter,” “The Oval Portrait,” “The Premature Burial,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,” and “The Black Cat.”

Jack London—49026 Includes “To Build a Fire,” “The Story of an Eyewitness,” “The Shadow and the Flash,” “Brown Wolf,” “The Minions of Midas,” “A Raid on the Oyster Pirates,” “Demetrious Contos,” and others.

Mark Twain—32439 Includes “A Cub Pilot’s Experience,” “The Great French Duel,” “Corn-Pone Opinions,” “The Laborious Ant,” “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” and more.

O. Henry—38605 Includes “Memoirs of a Yellow Dog,” “The Ransom of Red Chief,” “The Complete Life of John Hopkins,” “A Retrieved Reformation,” “The Last Leaf,” “The Hypotheses of Failure,” “Mammon and the Archer,” and “The Gift of the Magi.

”Sherlock Holmes—39537 Includes “The Red-Headed League,” “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” and others.

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Frankenstein—44140 A scientist dreams of giving life to a fully grown creature but is terrified by his creation. 24 chapters, 198 pages.

Huckleberry Finn—43147 A young misfit and an escaping slave find danger, adventure, and amusing characters while floating down the Mississippi River. 43 chapters, 254 pages.

The Red Badge of Courage—43148 A young Civil War recruit is bewildered by the made pattern of battle. 24 chapters, 143 pages.

The Scarlet Letter—43149 Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet “A” for committing adultery in this story of sin, guilt, and pride. 24 chapters, 171 pages.

A Tale of Two Cities—44141 A classic tale of love, adventure, and sacrifice set during the French Revolution. 45 chapters, 344 pages.

Treasure Island—44139 A young boy finds a treasure map in this classic tale of adventure, pirates, and buried treasure. 34 chapters, 191 pages.

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