About 1000 years ago there were men called knights They lived in castles It took many years to become a knight! 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 Knights & Castles a Level 4 Activity Book is A2 in the CEFR framework & supports YLE Flyers exams The activities encourage children to practice longer sentences with up to three clauses more complex past & future tense structures modal verbs & a wider variety of conjunctions