Penguin Readers These stories paint colourful pictures of life in Britain and America in the past. We meet some unusual people. There"s the dreamy boy who wakes up one day to find a bird making a nest in his hair! And there"s the man who tries to catch a ghost. Some of the stories are very funny and others are quite frightening. Many have a twist at the end!Penguin Readers are simplified texts which provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure.