Garnet Oracle Readers (2011 to 2012)
Peter Viney: series editor, and author of some titles
Storylines / Streamline Graded Readers are being published in new editions by Garnet Education, with sixteen titles at four levels as the initial part of the series. Readers will be published between January 2012 and July 2012.
The grading system has been revised and updated, along with the headword count. New titles (The Case of The Dead Batsmen and Zoo Diary) have been added, and these are available now. Popular titles from the earlier series have been redone. The many, many fans of The Locked Room , the best-selling reader in the original series, will be able to stop e-mailing us requesting copies! The older readers have been revised to the new scheme and in many cases rewritten and extended. Teachers will find a more satisfactory and clear division between level two (past tense, but no present perfect) and level three (present perfect added).
The readers are physically slightly larger and longer than the earlier editions, and less cramped with more ‘white space’ at the end of chapters. Exercises appeared in the first edition (Streamline Graded Readers) but were only available online for Storylines. In the rewritten editions, exercises have been incorporated again after advice from teachers who use readers. Many extensive reading specialists prefer not to do detailed exercises, but they can be ignored, or set for self-study if desired.
Each title comes in two editions, one with audio for teachers and self-study (£6); the other without audio (£5).
Level one (400 words)
Zoo Diary – Peter Viney
The Collector – Peter Viney
The Locked Room – Peter Viney
The Watchers – Jennifer Bassett
Level two (700 words)
The Visit – Tim Vicary
Underground – Peter Viney
Casualty! – Peter Viney
Strawberry & The Sensations – Peter Viney
Level three (1000 words)
African Adventure – Margaret Iggulden & Julia Allen
Life Lines – Peter Viney
Sunnyvista City – Peter Viney
Milo – Jennifer Bassett
Level four (1250 words)
The Case of The Dead Batsmen – Peter Viney
The Hitch-Hiker – Tim Vicary
A Tidy Ghost – Peter Viney
Space Romance – Peter Viney (link to follow)
Oracle Readers are also available in a 16 volume set (with or without audio)
