Ladybird Readers Level 2 - The Nutcracker - Alix Bosco - 9780241401774

It is Christmas. The toymaker gives Clara a present. The present is the Nutcracker! Clara has a dream. She flies to Candy Land and meets the Sugarplum Fairy!

Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 5+, the eight levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2+) and include language activities that help develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams.

This Level 2 Reader is A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past tense and some simple adverbs.