The Last Leaf
Sue and Johnsy are two girlfriends who live together in New York City. When Johnsy becomes sick one winter, she makes up her mind to die when the last leaf falls from the ivy plant growing outside her window. Sue would do anything to help her friend get well, but she is a poor artist. As the winter wind blows and the rain falls, there seems no way to stop the last leaf from falling."". With Young Learners Classic Readers, Young English language learners will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency with these easy-to-read adaptations of well-known tales for children. Each reader includes the following features: Features: A short introduction about the author and/or story A picture gallery of important characters before the story A story including full-color illustrations and highlighted dialog for easy recognition of spoken language A short playlet for classroom performance A picture dictionary of less familiar words for beginning readers An audio recordings of the story, playlet, and word list A companion workbook for each title