London

Oxford Bookworms Factfiles Stage 1

by John Escott

Factfiles are a sub-series of Bookworms with a non-fiction angle, providing factual information for students who are less interested in fiction. Each book focuses on a particular topic such as famous cities, sport, science, the environment and the media.

Genres: Nonfiction

24 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 1996

About the author

John Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.

With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.

Reviews

[Ali Mahfoodh]

It's like a tourist guide for London... literally and that's make it boring sometimes. But I enjoy it anyway and it did what I expected as a book from this series. I'll definitely pick it up with me if I went to London.

[Abdullah Almalki]

جميلة جدا فكرة السلسلة التعليمية من اكسفورد حيث ان الكتيبات ممتعه كمحتوى (وتتميز بان لها CD لكي تقرأ وكذلك تسمع ). لها تقريبا 6 مستويات موجودة في جرير. وكل مستوى فيه كتيبات منوعه لتتناسب مع معظم الاذواق.

[Huda Aweys]

It's a teaching book in fact , and good too as a brief propaganda book for London ! :)

[Blackedpoison]

Certainly, I love this book, but I think it has a lot of vocabularies for level 1, maybe because it describes a large city & it goes through the history of London. But in general, it’s a good book.

[نُـوف ♥]

يجي مع الكتاب سي دي الكتاب يعتبر تعليمي بسلوب حلو وبسيط يتكلم عن مدينه لندن تاريخها حضارتها اهم المعالم المشهوره فيها Oxford Bookworms الكتاب من ضمن مجموعه قصصيه تعليميه تابعه

[Samaneh Mortaji]

this book is good describtion of london but it has very new vocabulary for me and i shoud to check them in dictionary.

[Jennifer B.]

Nice little history of London for English learners.

[Shrouq14]

These stories series from oxford is great to improve your English 👍🏻✅

[Logan Zrah]

I respect people who like to read a lot, it seems to me that they have a naturally willing mind, in my life it was a displeasure reading some books, contradicting the idea of ​​many, i'm truly not proud of it, i may not like to read , in fact i'm acutualy studied all these books deeply, and if someone for any reason wanted to learn something about me they should know that i could not always do what i wanted, or be where i wanted or with whom i wanted, reading was never a pleasure for me, and i believe that some good authors always have something of value to share, and getting it, would be a reason to enter that space. So the easiest book i ever decipher was "the alchemist" for sure, well i had a lot in common with the author and the whole book looked like a frankenstein with pieces taken from various stories wich i already knew, i also read in my native language and i already knew some tricks used by experienced authors, although I’m not British, I’m sure the main idea of ​​the book was taken from "The Pedlar of Swaffham", if anyone here is interested in this story in any way i leave the secret of the author here THE SECRET IS THIS: IN BOTH STORIES THE MAIN CHARACTER DID NOT GET HIS TREASURE, HE TRULY STOLE THE TREASURE OF ANOTHER PERSON, HIS TREASURY WAS NEAR THE PYRAMIDS. the author made this story around a mystery which he discovered, it is important to note, what is mysterious for some people is not for others, the hidden beauty of this story is seeing as literal, but of course if you don't know what the pyramids are, it is very difficult to understand, the same thing happens in the story of "The Pedlar of Swaffham" there is a treasure in the river thames, you simply know it or you don't, but if you knew it, you would understand that none of the characters had their own treasure. I must have even more similarity to the story, i mean, i may also have stolen someone else's treasure, who knows?, i don't appreciate the end of the book, having a treasure is always good but i believe in the way of each one having it's own specific treasure, bringing to real life of course.

[Moayed hossami]

English :
I bought this book before 6 months or maybe more
but I didn't read it until 2 days
I focused on reading in this and finished it. however it wasn't amazing when I started to read it

العربية:
بصراحة جميل جداً أنا أشتريت الكتاب منذو فترة بعيده جداً ولم اقرأ الكتاب بسب ظروف العمل وضغط الحياة اليومية ومشاكلها قبل يومين من الان وضعت في رأسي أن أخلص الكتاب والانتهاء منه والحكم عليه هل الكتاب جيداً أم لا ؟
من أول صفحة إلى آخر صفحة وبتحس بنفسك أنك في لندن من الوهنة الأولى الكاتب كتب كل شي تقريباً وبلغة بسيطة لأنها في مستوى المبتدئ لا بأس بها وغير مزعجة ابداً ولكن المزعج هو أنك تكتب الأرقام والتاريخ بشكل كبير في جزئيات معينه من الكتاب
4/5
لا يوجد كتاب كامل

[Tata]

The reason that I like this book ,because the book has information about London like the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Hampton court, Westminster Abbey and others to know

[Nasser]

١٤٤٥/١/١
It was a great book for a beginner like me : )

[Reyhaneh]

actually I read it to improve my English. it's a teaching book and give you some basic information about London.

[serenityread]

A quick look around the city, the most important places and historical buildings.I enjoyed, you can take a look

[ran_sophia]

It is nicely organized and written. The book is filled with interesting facts.

[Amin Bachari]

این کتاب رو نوجوانی مکمل کلاس زبان خونده بودم.

امروز با اولین شاگردم کارش کردم و تمومش کردم:

۱- مطهره نوعی (۱۳ تیر ۱۴۰۵ - July 04 2026)

[Ryota Kato]

1 John Escott / Level 1
2 about 100 minutes
3 Westminster, river, gardens, London, England, Big Ben, travelling
4 liked
a,Visitors like to see the royal buildings, and sometimes you can go inside them too.
b,It is explain about royal London. I've never been to London, so this explain attracted me and I want to go there.
5 I think this book is explain about London. Just like a guide tour books. And it has many pictures, so it is easy to understand to imagine of London. It made me want to go London. I enjoyed this book.

[Yuki]

1. Oxford university press / stage1
2. June 11th 40 munites
June 12th 50munites
3. History, buildings, museums and travelling of London
4. In many of the bigger museums and galleries, tickets are free.
I think it is good to see great arts for free!
5. I have been interested in London before. And I'm interested more in this city because I read this book. I found that there were a lot of exciting buildings. Most intersting part in this book is museums and galleries. I want to go to the Natural History Museum to see the dinosaur exhibition!

[Ryutaro Hamada]

1.OXFORD, factfiles, Stage1
2.6/12;100 minutes
3.London, rayal, building, garden, sports, shopping, traveling
4.Do you want to go to London?
-Yes! I want to go there and watch the football game!
5.I am so interested in UK so I read this book. I could learn a lot of things about UK from this book. There are many famous buildings, gardens, museums, foods and so on. I want to go to there more and more!

[Fuyu]

80minutes

London
Fish & chips
loyal family
Tower of London
bus
history
happy

My image of London was very poor. It is because London is known for Fish and chips, and London have a loyal family. But these are not true. People living in London are happy.
This book told me about London history. I am interested in the history of Tower of London.
This book is a little guide to visit London, but this is not a complete guide. It made me want to see this city.

[Ilearnenglish]

It’s a little guide to visit London, there are all the famous places, museums, parks....and also a little history of London. Although this is not a complete guide, it makes you want to see this city.

[Sumiya Tserendavaa]

Mmm. History of London. I listening little london city. Many thing know about london that this book read. Plaque infection disease and fire at london. Like it :)

[Dhme]

I read the book in PDF, easy, enjoyable, and intuitive. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn the language

[Hanh Nguyen]

I discovered some interesting places and knew some historic facts about London.