This book is Level 3 in the Amazing People Readers series. Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1. Each book includes a free CD with a full recording of each story.
Contents:
• Marco Polo who taught the world about China
• Ibn Battuta who travelled to 44 countries
• Christopher Columbus who discovered new worlds
• James Cook first to sail around the world in both directions
• David Livingstone who explored Africa
• Yuri Gagarin the first man to go into space

Word count: 14679 / Headword count: 1163

About the Amazing People series:
• A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.
• Each book contains five or six short stories told by the characters themselves as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.
• After each story a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.
• PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos teacher resources and self-study materials.