This Read with Oxford Stage 3 story collection contains four traditional tales: Stone Soup; Hans in Luck; The Moon in the Pond; and Lazy Jack. This beautifully-illustrated book with clear phonics progression is ideal for children who are growing in reading confidence. These well-loved traditional tales from around the world have been rewritten so that children can read them for themselves. They are expertly levelled and in line with children's phonics learning at school. In additional to the stories, the collection offers tips for reading the stories together, extended story texts that parents can read aloud to their child and story maps that children can use to help retell the story in their own words. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Find practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on oxfordowl.co.uk. Let's get them flying!

Dai is the world's best spy. In the spy world, he is famous for his spy skills. There is only one problem. Dai doesn't really have any spy skills. He has got by on nothing but luck. And now Dai fears that his luck is running out...

Blair is afraid of heights and keeps missing out on the fun at the fair. Can a man with a long beard help her with her fear?

Elroy is off to visit his gran, but is it left or is it right to get to her house? When Elroy finds himself in the jungle, at the bottom of the sea and even in space, he wonders if he will ever get back home. If only there was someone to help...

Neema is struggling to fit in her meerkat den - she is an elephant after all! One night, she follows a mystical phantom who promises to lead her to the Night of the Elephants. But maybe her real pack weren't that far away in the first place...

Luke had an incredible life and always told the truth about it. He had a jet pack and a pet mammoth, and his friend was Bigfoot. No one ever believed a word he said, until he told his first-ever lie...

A giant rainbow has appeared over Tinkergem, and what better way to celebrate than with a race? Will Carla and Willow's rainbow hot air balloon make it over the rainbow?

The night before Tim's birthday, an enormous cake appeared in his house. Tim had no idea where it came from, who bought it or how it got there - and he certainly didn't know why it was full of a family of Italian mice from New York with a score to settle.

Chloe's day at the beach turns into a trip to an underwater town full of Christmas and merpeople. What will she get up to and who will she meet?

When an upset Orla runs into the woods, she bumps into a strange wizard called Burt. She asks to be turned into her favourite comic book character, a magical unicorn named Midnight Wing. Can Burt help her?

Jive Town isn't like other towns. No, it is much stranger! It has a secret; one that, when Colin, Baz and Sumar discover it, will change the way they see their town forever - The Cult of the Cow.

Carlee needs a project for the upcoming science fair. She tries growing something in a jar, but she gets more than she bargained for...

Mum is Sick Even when she is sick, Mum is always cleaning up mess. Will she ever get any sleep? Zap! Zap! Zap! Bill, Nell and Zack get to play with some zap guns. It is an afternoon of fun and lasers!

No, Rin! The children are building a snowman. Rin wants to put the carrot on, but she keeps being ordered about. Bedtime It is time for bed, but Ron, Rick and Rin can't stop their imaginations running wild.

Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading appealing, decodable texts that make sense. This ensures that every beginner reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book! This accompanying teachers' book for levels 4-7 provides: * A phonics overview for the whole programme * A scope and sequence * Explicit Guided Reading teaching notes * Photocopiable activity pages for every book * Word banks * Assessment

Have you ever played ice hockey? Can you tap the puck into the net?

Can you be a king or a queen? What do queens and kings wear and eat? Let's see...

Look up at night. How far can you see? Can you see stars, Saturn or Mars?

Have you ever been to the fun fair? Let's learn about the fun rides and things to do!

Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading appealing, decodable texts that make sense. This ensures that every beginner reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book! This is a Level 5 book. Everyone gathers at the park to have a good time. The children play football and the animals join in. After the game Mum and Miss Toil bring them muffins.

Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading appealing, decodable texts that make sense. This ensures that every beginner reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book! In this Level 5 book Mum wants to impress her boss, Miss Toil. Sam and Nat are helping. But when Sid's bowl gets mixed up with the dip, Sam has to leap into action.

The escape plan was set and the animals of Ginger Zoo were ready to break out. It would have all gone according to plan if Llama had just been a little bit calmer...

Jacob would rather be playing videogames than doing anything else. He doesn't have to feel worried when he's saving the world, after all. But when his strange Auntie Nush sends him a magic button for his birthday, Jacob will have to learn the true meaning of courageaEURO|

Madison lives in the jungle with her conservationist parents, looking for wild tigers. If they can prove tigers live in the jungle here, it will be saved and won't be cut down.

Upon discovering that all the plastic gnomes in his local garden centre are actually real gnomes, Norman Normal's life becomes anything but normal.