Puffin Keeper

Level 2 Penguin Readers

Michael Morpurgo

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Penguin Books Ltd
21 April 2022

ELT literature & fiction readers; Adventure stories (Children's&YA); Animal stories (Children's&YA); Historical fiction (Children's&YA); Languages & ESL; English as a Second Language; English as a Second Language

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.

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 Puffin Keeper, 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.

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.

By: Michael Morpurgo
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 112g
ISBN: 9780241542538
ISBN 10: 0241542537
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 21 April 2022
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience: ELT/ESL , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Young adult , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Children's (6-12)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Morpurgo has written over 120 books, many of them award-winning. His most well-known work, War Horse, was adapted into a multi-Oscar nominated film by Steven Spielberg, and a widely-acclaimed play at the National Theatre. In 2003 Michael became the third Children's Laureate, a position he helped create with the poet Ted Hughes. With his wife, Clare, he set up the charity Farms for City Children, and for their pioneering work they were both awarded the MBE in 1999.