*Mind the Characters is a collection of very short stories and modern fables. The themes covered are highly contemporary: children, computers, love, mystery and murder. Students meet characters ranging from the well-known - a modern Little Red Riding Hood * to the surreal - a talking snail! Arranged...

*Mind the Characters is a collection of very short stories and modern fables. The themes covered are highly contemporary: children, computers, love, mystery and murder. Students meet characters ranging from the well-known - a modern Little Red Riding Hood * to the surreal - a talking snail! Arranged in modules, teachers and students can study the stories in any order. A range of activities, which practise all four language skills, lead the student through detailed analyses of the stories.

• Exam-style activities to prepare for Cambridge PET and Trinity grades 5 and 6

• Focus on the main characteristics of short stories

• Extensive glossaries to help comprehension

• Biographical information about the authors

• Recordings by native speakers of all the stories