Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, motivating material that will instantly appeal to students. This reader is based on an episode from the popular BBC series, Merlin, where the legend of Merlin and King Arthur is updated for a 21st century teenage audience.

Arthur lived in Bergamo, a city in northern Italy, around 1500. He was a good, hard-working boy but ended up in prison, the victim of some wicked, greedy men. But a combination of art, friendship and a smidgen of magic brought his nightmare to an end and saw him live happily ever after. The author, who also illustrated the book, is an international investment banker, perhaps the person you would least expect. Life is full of surprises.... All the proceeds of the sale of the book will be given to the “Fondo di Mutuo Soccorso of the city of Bergamo”, a fund established by the municipality of Bergamo to help the renaissance of the city, which is the most hit by the coronavirus.

The demon Lailoken, as old as time, is tricked by angels and trapped in a human body. He becomes Merlinus, a wandering wise man expert in magic, destined to work for good among humans, opposed by the Furor (Odin). An encounter with the unicorn, a spirit similarly earthbound, brings Merlinus to Ygrane, queen of the Celts, and she sets him a task to find her king, a man seen in vision and fated to be her love-match. Merlinus-Lailoken seeks and finds him: Theodosius, a stable worker. But Ygrane has commanded the demon-wizard to bring her a king, so Merlinus sets to work making one.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Beyond the mist lies a magical secret waiting to be discovered . . . From Epic! Originals, Unicorn Island is a middle-grade illustrated novel series about a young girl who discovers a mysterious island full of mythical beasts and darker dangers! When Sam arrives in Foggy Harbor, population 3,230, all she can see is a small, boring town that's way too far from home. And knowing that she's stuck there all summer with her grumpy Uncle Mitch only makes things worse. But when Sam discovers a hidden trapdoor leading to a room full of strange artifacts, she realizes Foggy Harbor isn't as sleepy as it seems. With the help of a new friend, Sam discovers an extraordinary secret beyond the fog: an island of unicorns whose fates are intertwined with hers.

When his ship runs aground on a strange island during a storm, Arthur sets off on his charger to look for help and meets a dwarf who tells a curious story about his son and the unicorn who has befriended them both.

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, motivating material that will instantly appeal to students. This reader is based on an episode from the popular BBC series, Merlin, where the legend of Merlin and King Arthur is updated for a 21st century teenage audience.

No creature of myth has held mankind's attention more compellingly than the Unicorn, whose story has evolved throughout many eras and cultures, from early Christian and European Middle Age legends to tales from the Near East, Ethiopia, and the Americas. Conjuring up universal images of beauty and innocence, this mystical white, horselike creature is brought to stunning life by the breathtaking illustrations of Linda and Roger Garland, who portray the Unicorn in all its majesty, in both its ferocious and gentle guises.