by Joy Adamson · Nelson ELT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780175564293
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«Born Free» is Joy Adamson's graded reader, published by Nelson ELT in paperback (60 pages, in English).
Adapted edition for English learners of the story of Joy Adamson and the lioness Elsa, narrating the animal's life and its bond with humans. The tale, from the Nelson Graded Readers series, is used as levelled reading to learn English and introduces readers to conservation and nature topics.
Published in 1992, it corresponds to level 3 of the Nelson Graded Readers series and uses a vocabulary of about 1000 words. It is the first title in the Story of Elsa series.
Intended for students of English as a foreign language (ESL) and for readers beginning to read in English.
Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages and made into an Academy Award–winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art.
