Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language. An engaging graded reading scheme for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language. Featuring the most compelling and relevant content from best-selling authors across Penguin Random House. A mix of contemporary fiction, compelling non-fiction, and popular classics adapted for language learners, as well as market-specific titles. Introduces the very best authors to new readers around the world who might not otherwise be able to access the authors’ original work. At Levels Starter to 7, beautiful, newly commissioned artworks help language learners to understand the text. A selection of graphic-novel style Readers at Starter Level and Level 1 appeal to a younger audience and make the text even more accessible to language learners. Each Reader level is aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Each Reader is Lexile measured. Illustrated reference pages at the start of each Reader introduce key vocabulary.