Help your students read their way to better English with this new edition of the world's best graded readers. Playscripts offer plays, or dramatic scripts, which can be used for reading or for performance. Performance notes and character lists are included. The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure. Key Features Stunning NEW covers, to get students interested from the start. UPDATED Activity Worksheets with a story summary & worksheets at Stages 1-4. MORE books available with Audio for students to listen to the complete text. Illustrations (including new ones in selected stories) to support the book and help introduce new vocabulary.

About the Author information, Glossary and Activities section at the back of every book. FREE answer keys, tests, story summaries, and photocopiable activities from www.oup.com/elt/bookwormsDescription 400 Headwords Available on Audio CDSherlock Holmes is the greatest detective the world has ever seen, and he knows it. As the famous bank-robber, John Clay, says to him, 'You think of everything, Mr Holmes. You're very clever.' People come to him with problems that no one, not even the police, can solve. Holmes sits, and thinks, and smokes his pipe, and in the end he finds the answer.

In these plays, based on two of his stories, Holmes, helped by his old friend, Dr Watson, uses his great intelligence to solve two unusual and interesting cases.