Land of My Childhood

Land of My Childhood Stories from South Asia - Oxford Bookworms Library. World Stories. Stage 4

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

My brother preferred being with mother and me. He used to help us prepare vegetables in the kitchen or make the bread. But what he liked best was listening to my mother's stories.' But those childhood days are long gone, and sister and brother, mother and children are now far apart. The stories in this volume of World Stories come from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The writers are Romesh Gunesekera, M. Athar Tahir, Chitra Divakaruni, Anu Kumar, Anne Ranasinghe, Ruskin Bond, Anita Desai, Vijita Fernando, and Amara Bavani Dev.

CEFR B1/B2
Word count 16,937

Book information

ISBN: 9780194792813
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Simplified Edition
DEWEY: 428.6
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 81
Weight: 146g
Height: 197mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 7mm