This is Book 7, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.

Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.

Text Information

　Readability | 82.9

　Total word count | 31798

　Words beyond 1500 | 1788

　Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.62

　Unknown headword occurrence | 3.71

　Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 95

　Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 268

Synopsis

Hans Christian Andersen (1805 –1875) was a Danish author. He is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen’s fairy tales have been translated into more than 125 languages.

This book includes some of his most famous fairy tales, including “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Nightingale”, “The Ugly Duckling”, and so on.

Anderson’s fairy tales have been adapted into ballets, films and plays and are popular throughout the world.