●A baby whale is stranded on a beach after an oil spill. It is hot and the whale can’t breathe. Lots of people come to look but no-one knows what to do until Rawiri arrives. Rawiri has got a plan. Is his plan good enough to save the whale?

Helbling Young Readers is an exciting new series of graded readers for Primary Schools in 5 levels. Engaging stories with beautiful full-colour illustrations, specially written to appeal to young learners of English, introduce high-frequency words in order to promote fluency from an early age. Each story is carefully graded and language is presented both as lexical groups and language functions.

Accompanying Interactive Whiteboard compatible CD-ROMs include a complete reading of the story, chants and games and link to the Young Readers website. All materials use an open type font which has been devised to help children with reading difficulties.

Teacher’s Materials：Website with teacher’s notes, including downloadable worksheets, information on creating a dyslexia friendly classroom and insights into working with the values addressed in each story.

Helbling young readers 是一套為小學生讀者所設計的全新系列，共分為ABCDE 5個層級(愈高級數愈難)。運用全彩美麗的插畫內頁展現每一個故事，特別為年輕的英文學習小讀者介紹常使用到的字詞，來讓小朋友從小就能流利開口說英文。每一個故事都經過精心分級，同時使用的語言字彙都兼具日常溝通功能。

多媒體教學：伴隨著與互動式白板相容的CD-ROM格式，每本書附的CD-ROM包含一個完整的閱讀故事、歌謠和遊戲並連結到年輕小讀者的世界。所有的配件都使用開放式的形式來幫小朋友克服閱讀上的困難。

網站上還有給老師的筆記，包括可下載的工作表、老師專屬資訊：如何在課堂上創造一個友善的課堂環境及探討設定在每個故事裡的見解與價值觀。


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※ Helbling Young Readers Level C: The Thirsty Tree (Book + CD ROM)  點我試聽
※ Helbling Young Readers Level D: Henry Harris Hates Haitches (Book + CD ROM)  點我試聽