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The book introduces the reader to the fairy tale & laquo;The Starry Boy» by the famous Irish English-language poet, playwright and writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).

This is a cautionary tale about a boy who betrayed his mother and whose pride led to punishment. He had to go through a difficult path of trials, despair and deprivation to realise the gravity of his cruel act. The book reveals to children the well-known truth that beauty is not eternal, and that goodness and nobility make miracles happen. And a person who is beautiful in body is not always beautiful in soul.

The adapted text is accompanied by a system of exercises aimed at checking the understanding of the content of the readings, practising and consolidating vocabulary and grammatical structures, and promoting the development of children's speech skills and creativity. The exercises are designed to meet the modern requirements of foreign language teaching methods.

The book includes a final test and an English-Ukrainian dictionary.