Opis Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3­-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction. – Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts. – Structured language progression to develop children’s reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. – Eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). – Language activities provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests. – A unique code in each printed book provides access to online audio, extra activities and learning resources. BBC Earth: Forests, a Level 4 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Flyers exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, more complex past and future tense structures, modal verbs and a wider variety of conjunctions. Forests have been on Earth for millions of years. Lots of animals live in forests, and sometimes their lives can be very difficult.