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Readers.
Adolescents and Adults: Elementary
(301-800 headwords, CEF A1 & A2 levels):
The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai
by Hiba Noor Khan, retold by Hannah Fish,
Announcing this year’s Extensive Reading Foundation’s Penguin Readers
shortlist for its Language Learner Literature Awards Garpur: My Iceland by Silvana Sardi, Teen
ELI Readers.
Urban Legends by David Bohlke, Wayzgoose
he Extensive Reading Foundation 13-15 August (https://erfoundation.org/ Press.
is a not-for-profit, charitable ERAW).The finalists for this year’s contest
organisation whose purpose is to are as follow: Adolescents and Adults: Intermediate
T support and promote extensive (801-1,500 headwords, CEF B1):
reading. One Foundation initiative is Very Young Learners (Up to age 5/1st grade): The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John
the annual Language Learner Literature Dragon Tales by Jenny Dooley, Express Publishing. Boyne, retold by Anna Trewin, Penguin
Award for the best new graded readers in Jigsaw by Richard Northcott, Stand For Readers.
English. The Extensive Reading Foundation Publishing/FTD Educação (Brazil). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by
announced the finalists for its 2021 The Tortoise and the Hare retold by Nicole Jonathan Safran Foer, retold by Helen Holwill,
Language Learner Literature Awards at the Irving, Ladybird Readers. Penguin Readers.
TESOL International Virtual Conference in Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, retold
late March. The finalists were determined by Young Learners (ages 6-11/2nd-6th grade): by Jane Rollason, Scholastic.
a team of first language and L2 teachers from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, retold by
10 countries. RJ Corrall, Ladybird Readers. Adolescents and Adults: Upper intermediate
The Foundation’s website, erfoundation.org, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden and Advanced (1,501+ headwords; CEF B2,
is collecting comments on these titles World by Fiona Beddall, Scholastic. C1, C2):
from teachers and students who have Survival by Herbert Puchta and Gavin Biggs, The Hunt for Jack the Ripper by Samuel
read them from now up until 30 June at Helbling Languages. Sheehy, Burlington Books.
https://tinyurl.com/LLLA2021-Vote. The 1984 by George Orwell, retold by Fiona
jurors will consider those comments as Adolescents and Adults: Beginners Mackenzie, Penguin Readers.
they choose the winners, which will be (up to 300 headwords): Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and other
announced at the Extensive Reading The Scissor Man Caves by Anna Trewin, stories retold by Jennifer Gascoigne and Robert
Around the World Virtual Conference, Penguin Readers. Hill, Vicens Vives.

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