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Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations. Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident. Having this thought in mind, the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out. L. Frank Baum Chicago, April, 1900.

‘Academic Skills through Cases in American Studies’ is aimed at ESL college students at the Intermediate-high through Advanced levels of language proficiency. It is designed around eight country-specific (U.S.) cases that develop academic skills tested on international exams. The book covers major topics in the areas of academic reading, speaking and writing. Thus, the targeted learning outcome is two-fold: 1) to explore topical issues in American studies and 2) to master key academic skills. The content of the articles in each unit is selected according to the language needs of students majoring in economics, sociology, political science, and the like. The book can be used both as a supplement to a course in American Studies or as a separate curriculum within an academic skills course.

В предлагаемый сборник вошли самые известные английские народные сказки («Том Тит Тот», «Джек и бобовый стебель» и др.), а также сказки «Алиса в стране чудес» Л. Кэрролла и «Удивительный волшебник из страны Оз» Л.Ф. Баума. Для удобства читателя книга содержит комментарии, краткие словарики к каждому разделу и разные виды упражнений. Предназначается для начинающих изучать английский язык (уровень 1 – Elementary).

«Удивительный волшебник из страны Оз» – знаменитая сказка, на основе которой замечательный детский писатель А. М. Волков написал повесть «Волшебник Изумрудного города». Текст произведения сокращен и адаптирован для уровня 1 (для начинающих учить английский язык), а также снабжен комментариями. В конце книги даны упражнения и словарь.