San Francisco

by Janet Hardy-Gould

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. It's a good place for gold,' said people in the 1840s, and they came from all over the world. 'It's a good place for a prison,' said the US government in the 1920s, and they put Al Capone there on the island of Alcatraz. 'It's a good place for love,' said the hippies in the 1960s, and they put flowers in their hair and came to Haight Ashbury. And San Francisco is still a good place - to take a hundred photographs, or see the Chinatown parade, or just to sit in a coffee shop and be in this interesting, different city...CEFR A1/A2 Word count 5,664

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 21, 2012

About the author

Janet Hardy-Gould is a graded reader author whose books are hugely popular with teachers and students around the world. She has written a wide range of graded readers for Oxford University Press. These include Ellis Island: Rosalia's Story (Oxford Dominoes) which won the Extensive Reading Foundation (ERF) award in 2020 and Merlin (Oxford Dominoes) which won the ERF award in 2015, plus Amelia Earhart (Oxford Bookworms Library) which was shortlisted for the ERF final in 2015, and Women Who Made A Difference which was shortlisted in 2025. You can follow Janet's Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/JanetHardyGo...
Her best-selling titles include Henry VIII and his Six Wives (Oxford Bookworms Library) and Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown (Oxford Dominoes). Many of her works are cartoons or highly-illustrated books for students starting out in English and they include Sinbad, Mulan, Ali Baba and The Great Fire of London (Oxford Dominoes Starters).
Janet believes that graded readers are one of the fastest and most enjoyable ways for learners to improve their English and a wonderful tool for developing reading skills and vocabulary. It is also highly motivating for students to choose their own book on a subject they are interested in. With this in mind, she has produced books on a variety of popular factual subjects such as Hollywood, San Francisco, Deserts and Chocolate (Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles).

Reviews

[Vy Meow · Rating 3 out of 5]

25 Dec 2024
A place for who loves green lifestyle.