Easy True Stories

A couple feels something moving inside their mattress. Is it alive? What is it?

A man's winning lottery ticket - worth half a million dollars - is somewhere in the town dump. Can he find it in the mountains of garbage?

A woman searches 20 years for the daughter she gave up for adoption. Where does she discover her daughter?

Easy True Stories presents 20 new stories in the True Stories tradition: human interest stories adapted for ESLstudents from newspapers and magazines.

The stories - some humorous, some poignant, some astounding - are told as simply as possible. Most stories are less than half-page long, and they are written almost exclusively in the present tense. Nine pre-reading drawings introduce each unit visually and ease students into reading.

Easy True Stories can be used as a first reader for students who have some experience with English.