Hansel & Gretel couldn't get home They found a witch's house made from candies & cake but the witch wanted to eat Hansel & Gretel! Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales popular characters modern stories & non-fiction written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language Beautifully illustrated & carefully written the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading writing speaking listening & critical thinking skills The five levels of Readers & Activity Books follow the CEFR framework & include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English Young Learners (YLE) Starters Movers & Flyers exams Hansel & Gretel a Level 3 Reader is A1 in the CEFR framework & supports YLE Movers exams The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses some expression of future meaning comparisons contractions & relative clauses