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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Ugly Duckling: A Comic Book Graded Reader to Read and Learn English - Level A1.: A Graded Reader for Adult Learners (Level A1) - Visual Learning,

The Ugly Duckling: A Comic Book Graded Reader to Read and Learn English - Level A1.: A Graded Reader for Adult Learners (Level A1) - Visual Learning,

Paula, Abraão

Paperback

Series: Level 1 - A1 (Beginner) - Comic Book Graded Readers., Book 2

English as a Second LanguageGeneral ReferenceGeneral Education

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN13: 9798192152775
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Learn English the visual way with this graded reader - an easy English reading comic book for adult ESL and EFL learners at CEFR A1 level. This illustrated comic retells the classic tale of The Ugly Duckling in short, simple sentences, so beginners build vocabulary and reading confidence with every page.

You have tried apps. You have tried word lists. Yet real English reading still feels hard. This book takes a different road: one clear picture for every idea, and one short line under it. You see the image, you read the words, and the meaning sticks - no dictionary, no stress.

It is summer on a farm. A mother duck sits on her eggs. Small yellow ducklings hatch - but the last big egg opens to a large gray bird. Everyone calls him ugly. The hens push him, the cat hisses, and the turkey is angry, so the gray bird leaves the farm alone. He is cold and hungry through autumn and a long, hard winter. Then spring comes, and he sees beautiful white swans on a bright lake. He looks down at the water - and what he sees there changes everything.

WHY THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT

Every phrase is tied to a vivid, full-page image, so new words turn into pictures you remember. The sentences stay short and direct, built on the most common English words, with simple present and simple past. There are no long paragraphs, no rare words, and no idioms to slow you down. Each right-hand page ends on a small hook, so you always want to turn to the next one.

The story is complete in one volume, with a warm start, a rising heart, and a gentle end. The rhythm is fluid and the art is bright, striking, and printed clean in black and white for the paperback, and in full color for the ebook. It reads like a short film you can hold in your hands.

This is honest graded reading: no tricks, no filler, no fake speed promises. Just a warm story you can actually finish in English.

WHO IT IS FOR

This book is made for adult beginners and false beginners who want to read, not just memorize. It works for self-study at home, for classroom use, and for anyone coming back to English after many years away. If you know your letters and a few first words, you are ready for page one.

HOW TO USE IT

Read one page at a time and say each line out loud. Look at the picture first, then read the words, and let the two connect. Listen to the audio to check your sound and rhythm. At the end, the picture exercises help you review the story and lock in the new words.

WHAT YOU WILL FIND INSIDE

- 118 pages (104 story pages) of full comic illustrations

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