West, Clare
Leaving no Footprint : Stories from Asia / retold by Clare West ; illustrations by Kim Seng and Prashant Miranda. - Simplified ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 71 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + 2 CDs - Oxford Bookworms Library 3 Oxford Bookworms Library. World stories, stage 3. .
Includes glossary and reading activities.
Introduction Notes on the Illustrators Note on the Language (China) Flame / Ha Jin (Singapore) Tanjong Rhu / Minfong Ho (India) In the Mountains / Ruther Prawer Jhabvala Glossary Activities: Before Reading Activities: After Reading About the Authors About the Bookworms Library
"At the centre of each of these stories is a family. Husbands and wives, mothers and sons, mothers and daughters -- all families have the same problems, the same worries, the same arguments. Nimei in northern China has been married for seventeen years, but a letter from an old flame in her past turns her life upside down. In Singapore, Mr Li is caught between the past and the future, between his old mother and her memories, and his modern young daughter. He wants to be a respectful son, but he does not understand his mother's needs...
High in the Himalayas, Pritam understands her mother very well, perhaps too well. Her mother does not understand Pritam at all, but only knows that she misses her daughter and wants to be close to her, as all mothers do..." (p. 1)
Intermediate students
B1 (CEFR)
9780194791410 (pbk)
Graded Readers.
Short stories, American--Adaptations.
American fiction--Asian American authors.
Asia--Fiction.
Graded Readers.
PE1126.A4 / W5474 2010
Leaving no Footprint : Stories from Asia / retold by Clare West ; illustrations by Kim Seng and Prashant Miranda. - Simplified ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 71 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + 2 CDs - Oxford Bookworms Library 3 Oxford Bookworms Library. World stories, stage 3. .
Includes glossary and reading activities.
Introduction Notes on the Illustrators Note on the Language (China) Flame / Ha Jin (Singapore) Tanjong Rhu / Minfong Ho (India) In the Mountains / Ruther Prawer Jhabvala Glossary Activities: Before Reading Activities: After Reading About the Authors About the Bookworms Library
"At the centre of each of these stories is a family. Husbands and wives, mothers and sons, mothers and daughters -- all families have the same problems, the same worries, the same arguments. Nimei in northern China has been married for seventeen years, but a letter from an old flame in her past turns her life upside down. In Singapore, Mr Li is caught between the past and the future, between his old mother and her memories, and his modern young daughter. He wants to be a respectful son, but he does not understand his mother's needs...
High in the Himalayas, Pritam understands her mother very well, perhaps too well. Her mother does not understand Pritam at all, but only knows that she misses her daughter and wants to be close to her, as all mothers do..." (p. 1)
Intermediate students
B1 (CEFR)
9780194791410 (pbk)
Graded Readers.
Short stories, American--Adaptations.
American fiction--Asian American authors.
Asia--Fiction.
Graded Readers.
PE1126.A4 / W5474 2010