Franz wakes up late and must run to school. Little does he know that today is his last French lesson. The Prussian army took his town. Now Prussia says there will be no more French lessons in school. It is a sad day for Franz's French teacher Mr. Hamel. But he is not going to waste his last day at the school. Mr. Hamel does his best to make the last lesson one that his students will remember.

Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young English-language learners will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency with the easy-to-read adaptations included in this varied collection of well-known tales for children.
Each story includes:
• A short introduction
• A picture gallery of characters
• A story including full-color illustrations and highlighted dialog for easy recognition of spoken language
• A short playlet
• A word list with pictures
• Audio recordings