This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching. With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale. An old woman makes a gingerbread man. He jumps out of the oven and runs out of the house. He runs away from the old woman, the old man, a cow, a horse, and a fox. They all want to catch the gingerbread man, but they can't catch him. Then he comes to a river. Oh, no! He can't swim. Table of Classic Tales language levels First Edition Second Edition Headwords count Beginner 1 Level 1 100 Headwords Beginner 2 Level 2 150 Headwords Elementary 1 Level 3 200 Headwords Elementary 2 Level 4 300 Headwords Elementary 3 Level 5 400 Headwords