Penguin Readers Level 2: The Wizard of Oz (ELT Graded Reader)

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.

The Wizard of Oz, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.

Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, are carried by a tornado to the land of Oz. There, they meet the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man. Dorothy loves her new friends but how will she and Tonto get home? They must find the Wizard of Oz, of course!