Learn English with The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me!

A Penguin Readers book. Discover fifteen famous Roald Dahl adventures, adapted for learners of English aged 7+.

Can you read them all?Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.

With simplified text, illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. In these Penguin Readers editions, Roald Dahl's stories have been aligned to the CEFR framework A1 to A2+, in four levels.

Each book is also Lexile measured. The graded readers feature illustrated new words, language activities, and fun games between chapters, encouraging students and teachers to structure learning and make real progress.

Every book also includes projects and discussions. Visit the Penguin Readers website for downloadable quizzes, worksheets and answer keys, as well as accompanying audio and a digital version of the book. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework.

Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple modals, adverbs and gerunds.

Illustrations support the text throughout. Billy loves the old sweet shop. But who is living there now? It's the Giraffe, the Pelican and the Monkey! The animals are window cleaners. But then, they see a burglar in a window. How can they stop him?