Amazing Writers - Grand Format

The inspiring stories of the people who changed history. The Amazing People readers are collections of short stories in which exceptional people from history tell their story. Each title includes : a COBUILD glossary of the more difficult words ; a timeline to accompany each story ; free online resources for students and teachers at www. collinselt. com/readers ; free online audio of a full reading of each person's story at www.
collinselt. com/eltreadersaudio. In this book read about : Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of the first great works of English Literature. William Shakespeare, writer of the greatest plays in history. Charles Dickens, who wanted to make England a better place. Victor Hugo, the French writer who cared about the poor. Leo Tolstoy, the man who wrote War and Peace. Rudyard Kipling, who wrote The Jungle Book and won a Nobel Prize.