Stories from around the world

World Stories are collections of stories written in English by authors from around the world, retold in graded language for Oxford Bookworms.

	"English has become an international language, used all over the world. Bookworms World Stories are the latest addition to the Oxford Bookworms Library, bringing the best of the world’s stories to the English language learner. Reading these stories will give learners a taste of different cultures through fiction, and will begin to introduce them to some different World Englishes." Jennifer Bassett, Oxford Bookworms Series Editor
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Land of my Childhood – Stories from South Asia Bookworms Stage 4 Carapace by Romesh Gunesekera, SRI LANKA To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^ The Inspector of Schools by M. Athar Tahir, PAKISTAN To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^ The Intelligence of Wild Things by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, INDIA To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^ The Kite-maker by Anu Kumar, INDIA To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^ The Stepmother by Anne Ranasinghe, SRI LANKA To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^ The Night Train at Deoli by Ruskin Bond, INDIA To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^ A Devoted Son by Anita Desai, INDIA To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^ Missiya, the Wild One by Vijita Fernando, SRI LANKA To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^ For a Horseshoe Nail by Amara Bavani Dev, INDIA To use this feature, please download the latest flash player >> (Listen to introduction) top ^