Oxford Bookworms Library: Survive!: Starter: 250-Word Vocabulary

by Helen Brooke

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.

Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.

Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.

Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.

Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

40 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2008

Reviews

[Nhi Nguyễn · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great book! I thoroughly enjoyed it! And I absolutely love its interactive form. After watching countless survival instruction series from Bear Grylls (especially the interactive series "You vs. Wild" on Netflix), I have learned what to do and what not to do when caught in the situation presented in the book. And I made it out alive the first time trying ha ha ha :)))

[Dimity Powell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely clean style accompanied by eye-catching full colour illustrations makes this interactive you choose the direction story an easy to follow experience for younger readers. My only niggle was the ambiguous endings or rather lack of presumably to buffet younger readers from the reality of some of the failed endings. I don't think this is strictly necessary and feel kids even as young as 6 and 7 can handle the outcomes. To simply be sent back to the beginning again fuels frustration but that said, it was a quick and thrilling experience exploring all options.

[Sek Sereimony · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this for my English class when I was a kid. I found this book so interesting!

[Huy Trần Ngô Phương · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting

[Pachi · Rating 4 out of 5]

hay opciones ridículas, pero esta bueno el libro.

[Randy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice but not particularly original early-reader interactive story where the reader makes choices trying to survive a plane crash in snow-covered mountains. The author's well-structured, fast-paced story often allows readers to retrace steps without starting over. The backmatter questions are also a strong point for teaching reading comprehension to early readers.

However, many might cringe that the author repeatedly includes whiskey as a "bad choice" when the target audience is early readers. Children may miss the implications, but adults will recognize the author is making social commentary about the young female pilot crashing because she was drinking-and-flying and/or is an alcoholic. Other adults might want to use this book to start such a conversation, but either way be forewarned.

[Akari Shimokawa · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. Oxford, starter
2. 07/27/2016; 20 minutes
3. accident; snow; plane; survive; mountain; cold; existing
4. You are in a small plane and going across the mountains. Suddenly the engine starts to make strange noises and the plane begin to go down.
5. I made a mistake to choose a book because this book was too easy to read, but actually it was interesting.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember loving these books as a kid, choosing your own path. It took me awhile but i figured it out

[Linh Tran · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is ok. I don't like to go back and forth. I can imagine that would be fun to read it in a group.