Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings: Oxford Bookworms Stage 1 Reader (for iPad)

This is the iPad version. Enjoy this famous story, adapted for learners of English, and improve your English. Read it, listen to it, and look up words you don’t know in the glossary. Colour illustrations help you understand important parts of the story. When you finish reading, see how many questions you can get right in the quiz.

• Listen to a real voice reading the story
• Read this story and you will read 5,925 words
• Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings is a Stage 1 Oxford Bookworm
• Oxford Bookworms go from Starter to Stage 6, from beginner to advanced level

The story:
Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too – money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them to win.

Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears from his stables, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do?

They write to 221B Baker Street, London, of course – to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Are you learning English? Enjoy a great story, have fun, and improve your language with Oxford Bookworms! This version of Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings has been specially adapted for language learners by Jennifer Bassett. Research shows that the more you read, the more your language improves.