TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bassett,Jennifer
AU  - Nyong'o,Kwame
TI  - Cries From the Heart : Stories From Around the World
SN  - 9780194790840 (pbk)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Graded Readers
KW  - Short Stories
KW  - Reading comprehension
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
N1  - Includes glossary and reading activities; "Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world, and the eight stories in this book were selected from the winning entries in the Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The writers are Sefi Atta, Adrienne M. Frater, Lauri Kubuitsile, Erica N. Robinson, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Janet Tay Hui Ching, Anuradha Muralidharan, and Tod Collins. Word count: 6,683; From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. Children, wives, mothers, husbands, friends all have the same feelings of fear and pain, happiness and sadness." (Book Cover); CONTENTS; Introduction; Note on the Language; Note on the Illustrator; Nigeria
; [1.] The Photograph / Sefi Atta; New Zealand
; [2.] Leonard / Adrienne M Frater; Botswana
; [3.] A Pot Full of Tears / Lauri Kubuitsile; Jamaica
; [4.] The House / Erica N Robinson; Uganda
; [5.] Dora’s Turn / Jackee Budesta Batanda; Malaysia
; [6.] Callus / Janet Tay Hui Ching; India
; [7.] Nimble Fingers / Anuradha Muralidharan; South Africa
; [8.] The Festive Season in a Part of Africa / Tod Collins; Glossary; Activities: Before Reading; Activities: After Reading; About the Authors; About the Bookworms Library; Beginner to intermediate students (A2/B1)
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