Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. Read the famous tale of the old shoemaker. How do the elves help him?

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A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

These traditional favorite stories are ideal for children. Each beautifully illustrated story is retold in language that students easily understand. Each book includes activities, puzzles, and an illustrated glossary. The Activity Books provide additional reading, writing, and pronunciation practice of the key vocabulary, and language structures.

Stan and Jan are shoemakers by day, and at night, they love to dance in the shoes they make. But when they run out of money, it seems their dancing days are over. Then one morning, they find the most magnificent pair of shoes. Who has made them...and why?

The shoemaker is surprised to find the leather he cut out the night before is already made into shoes when he wakes in the morning. Who's doing this wonderful work? The shoemaker and his wife decide to find out.

A lively verse variation of this traditional tale. Ollie and Mollie reward six snipping, clipping elves for their shoemaking work and retire, rich and happy. Illustrated by Claire Tindall