Retold Classics

Makes reading easier by dividing long sentences and paragraphs into manageable units.

Each edited story is complete and provides all the rich, colorful details of the originals - from the humor in Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", the macabre of Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum", the mystery found in Doyle's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", to the bitter irony of Chekhov's "The Bet."

Some words have been replaced with simpler, more modern synonyms and a vocabulary preview precedes each story.

Each kit includes 10 books and a 130-page book of reproducible activities to reinforce vocabulary, comprehension, writing and thinking skills.

American Classics
The Black Cat, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, The Lay or the Tiger?, The Ransom of Red Chief, Rip Van Winkle, and To Build a Fire.

American Classics #2
The Gift of the Magi, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Lottery, The Man Without a Country, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

American Classics #3
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, A Horseman in the Sky, The Last Leaf, Paul's Case, The Revolt of Mother, The Story of an Hour, Young Goodman Brown and more!

American Classic Nonfiction
Civil Disobedience, Climbing From the Tomb of Slavery, Common Sense, A Cub-Pilot's Experience, Give Me Liberty, A Plan for Moral Perfection, Self-Reliance and Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

British Classics
The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Interlopers, The Mark of the Beast, The Monkey's Paw, The Open Window, The Pardoner's Tale, The Red-Headed League, and the Rocking-Horse Winner.

World Classics
The Bet, The Bishop's Candlesticks, The Diary of a Madman, God Sees the Truth, But Waits, The Necklace, The Nightingale, A Piece of String, and the Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.

Retold Classic Chillers
Adventure of the German Student, The Body Snatcher, The Brazilian Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, Dracula's Guest, The Signalman, Sredni Vashtar, The Yellow Wallpaper.

This program is ideal for:

• Special Education / Special Needs
• Struggling Learners
• Students-at-Risk
• Learning Disabled
• Remedial Education
• Differentiated Education