About these materials


  • Text and audio by leading author of graded readers
  • English language level Intermediate (A2/B1 unless indicated)
  • Worksheets, presentations & other teaching materials free for classroom use under CC Share-alike licence
  • Free to access with no requests for personal details/email addresses etc
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Easy Start - stories for young children

What is graded reading?

Graded texts are specially prepared for language learners. They are shortened and simplified to make them easier to read and/or listen to. On this site you will find short-stories and/or self-contained extracts from longer texts. Features include:
  • shorter paragraphs and sentences
  • fewer unfamiliar words. 
  • a focus on the main narrative line.
  • illustrations and contextual clues.
  • links to the complete original text (when available)

Language levels

Texts graded by vocabulary, grammar and readability.
Audio as with text, plus speed & clarity of delivery, contextual noise etc.
  • Beginners IELTS score:1-2  (CEF) A1
  • Elementary  (IELTS score:3/TOEFL IBT Score: 32-42)    (CEF) A1/2
  • Pre-Intermediate (IELTS score:3.5/TOEFL IBT Score: 43-51) (CEF) A2/B1
  • Intermediate  (IELTS score:4.5/TOEFL IBT Score: 51-61) (CEF) B1/2
  • Upper Intermediate  (IELTS score:5-6.5/TOEFL IBT Score: 62-91) (CEF) B2
  • Advanced (IELTS score:6.5-8.5/TOEFL IBT Score: 92-115) (CEF) C1/C2

Common European Framework * Cambridge Online Assessment * Graded Reading Scale

The Editor

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I write graded reading and listening materials for English language learners. These include original stories like Love by Design and simplified versions of classics including Washington Square by Henry James (OUP) & Oscar Wilde's The Picture Of Dorian Gray (Penguin).

My books have been published most of the major publishers in the field including Oxford University Press (OUP), OUP (Hong Kong), Longman, Macmillan and Penguin. You can see a partial list of my titles here.

Three of my titles were singled out for their ‘particular excellence’ in Bamford & Day’s Extensive Reading in the Second Language Classroom (CUP) where I was described as being ‘amongst the best writers of language learner materials in English’.