Ladybird Readersis anELT graded readerseries forchildren aged 3-11 learning Englishas a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction.

Beautifully illustrated and carefully written by language learning experts, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with thestructured language progressionthat will help children develop theirreading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills.

The eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR) and include language activities that provide preparation for theCambridge EnglishPre-A1 to A2(YLE) tests.

The Boy Who Shouted Wolf,aLevel 4Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework and includes practice for the Cambridge English A2 Flyers tests. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, more past and future tense structures, modal verbs and a wider variety of conjunctions.

Jack loved playing tricks! He played a trick on the people in his village. He put his hands to his mouth and shouted: "Wolf! Wolf! WOLF!"