This is the iPhone version. Enjoy this famous story, adapted for learners of English, and improve your English. Read it, listen to it, and look up words you don’t know in the glossary. Colour illustrations help you understand important parts of the story. When you finish reading, see how many questions you can get right in the quiz.
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The story:
England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwells men are fighting the Kings men. These are dangerous times for everybody.
The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwells soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it.
The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live? What will they eat? And will Cromwells soldiers find them?
Are you learning English? Enjoy a great story, have fun, and improve your language with Oxford Bookworms! This version of The Children of the New Forest has been specially adapted for language learners by Rowena Akinyemi. Research shows that the more you read, the more your language improves.