Short stories and retold classics by level — sentence-by-sentence translations, audio and tap-to-look-up words.
The VocaMax English library offers short stories and retold classics graded by level, from A1 for beginners up to B2. Every English sentence has its translation right underneath, an audio narration to follow along, and any word can be tapped to see its meaning. You can read a whole story in English without stopping to open a dictionary, building reading comprehension while picking up new words in context.
Budi wants to retrieve his grandfather's stolen brass compass key from inside an abandoned seaside lighthouse. When he enters the structure, a crumbling floor traps him and his friends inside as the tide begins to rush in. To escape, Budi must rely on his mechanical skills before the water fills the lower chamber.
Read nowKhang told one cruel joke about his best friend in front of the whole class, and now Phuc won't speak to him. Grandpa's old watch can take him back to yesterday. The problem is, yesterday keeps going wrong.
Read nowRetold from the original book by L. Frank Baum. A cyclone carries Dorothy and her dog Toto to a strange, bright land. To get home, she must walk the yellow brick road to the Great Oz, with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman and a very frightened Lion.
Read nowA true story from 1858. On an island in the Moluccas, a poor young collector lies shaking with fever and has an idea that will change science. There is only one man in the world he wants to tell.
Read nowRetold from a Japanese folk tale. A young fisherman saves a turtle and is invited to a palace under the sea. When he comes home, his village does not know him, and the Princess's box must never be opened.
Read nowRetold from Hans Christian Andersen. A big grey duckling is too ugly for the farmyard, so he runs away. A long, cold year is waiting for him, and at the end of it, a surprise.
Read nowAfter the typhoon, the old apartment block in Da Nang has no power, no lift and very little water. Truc and her grandmother have one small gas can, and everybody's freezer is starting to smell.
Read nowThe new boy from Busan knows only two English words, and shy Duc has to be his buddy. Then Duc sees what Min-jun can do with a football.
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Every book is tagged A1, A2, B1 or B2 on the CEFR scale, so you start with stories that fit and move up step by step.
The translation sits right under each English sentence; once you are comfortable, switch it off and read on your own.
Press play to hear the whole chapter with the current sentence highlighted; slow it down whenever you need.
Tap any word to see its meaning and pronunciation, and save great sentences to your library to read again later.
Yes. You get a number of free reads every day with no account needed; your remaining reads are shown at the top of the page. Upgrade your plan to read without limits.
Beginners should start with A1–A2: short sentences and everyday words. If A2 feels easy, move on to B1–B2 with longer sentences and more new vocabulary. If you have to look up too many words on a page, step down one level.
The library mixes well-known classics retold in simple English for each level with new short stories about everyday life.
Yes. Every chapter has an English narration with the current sentence highlighted so you can listen and read at the same time, and you can change the reading speed.
Yes. Meeting new words inside a story makes them stick better than memorising lists: tap a word to see its meaning and pronunciation, save sentences to reread, and review those words in the Vocabulary section.
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