Welcome to Oxford Progressive English Readers for
students
Here you will find useful links to book-related websites.
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The Ant and the Grasshopper
and Other Stories by Aesop
Website about Aesop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop
Website about fables ¡X stories that teach us something
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable |
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The Brave Little Tailor and
Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm
Websites about the Brothers Grimm
www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/article.html
www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html#chronology
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The Emperor's New Clothes and
Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
Website about Hans Christian Andersen
www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main
HKEdCity English Campus Andersen page
www.hkedcity.net/article/ec-hot-highlights/andersen2005/ |
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Folk Tales from Around the World
Folk tales defined
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_tale
The Pied Piper of Hamlin
Read the Robert Browning poem
www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/piper/
Rip Van Winkle
About Washington Irving
www.hudsonvalley.org/education/Background/
abt_irving/abt_irving.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving
The Boy Who Drew Dragons
Website about dragons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon
Dick Whittington and His Cat
The real Dick Whittington
www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/
england/london/index.shtml |
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Giants, Dragons and Other Magical Creatures
Collection of different dragon legends from around the world
http://www.theserenedragon.net/Tales/tales.html
Webpage about myths of giants
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Fi-Go/Giants.html |
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Heroes and Heroines
Mulan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan
William Tell
http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/
william-tell-switzerland-hero.html
Grace Darling
www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/
england/tyne/index.shtml
Robin Hood
www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/
Pocahontas
www.apva.org/history/pocahont.html |
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In the Land of the Gods
Norse gods and goddesses
http://www.akasha.demon.co.uk/norse.htm
Norse mythology lexicon
http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/gods.html |
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Journey to the West
Background information on Journey to the West
http://www.vbtutor.net/Xiyouji/journeytothewest.htm
Webpage of a recent opera production
http://www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com/ |
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The Lion and the Mouse and Other Stories by Aesop
Collection of Aesop's fables
http://www.aesopfables.com/
Biographical information on Aesop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop
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The Little Mermaid and Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen biography
http://www.endicott-studio.com/jMA03Summer/hans.html
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/andersen/homepage.html |
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The Monkey King
Websites about the Monkey King
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_King
www.internationalhero.co.uk/m/monkey.htm
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Peter Pan
Information on the character of Peter Pan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan
Official J.M. Barrie webpage
http://www.jmbarrie.co.uk/ |
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