Five-year-old Allen Williams arrives on Puffin Island and meets an old man, Benjamin Postlewaite. Ben is the lighthouse keeper, and Allen is soon friends with him. Allen travels back to the island many years later and finds Ben is keeping a puffin. Allen helps Ben to change from lighthouse keeper to puffin keeper. With carefully
In these stories, Joyce describes the lives of ordinary Dubliners. Their lives are not always easy, and they have problems with their families. They were the people who Joyce grew up with and he knew them very well. (Contains adult content.) With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the
In the 1950s, Tom Ripley travels from the United States of America to Italy, to find Dickie Greenleaf and bring him home to his father. But when Tom sees Dickie’s money and relaxed way of life, he becomes jealous and begins to make other plans. (Contains adult content.) With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language
An unnamed writer remembers living in New York City in the United States of America during World War II. He becomes friends with one of his neighbors, the beautiful yet strange, Holly Golightly. (Contains adult content.) With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language
