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The Clogpots are not very bright. And when they end up in space, who knows where their adventure will take them? The Clogpots are so slow, they make snails look brainy! So when they try to fly a hot air balloon, it's not surprising that things soon go disastrously wrong. They have ended up in space, with no way to get home! Things may not be exactly what they seem, but will they be able to muddle their way out of trouble? Jets is a series of simple stories with lots of lively pictures, ideal for children who are just beginning to enjoy reading.
Harry is known as the party wrecker. When his own party comes along, he decides to make it the most exciting ever, but he is in for a nasty surprise.
The pirate captain looks in his chest for his socks and vest, but instead he finds a map When the pirate captain stumbles across a treasure map all the crew are very pleased. All pirates like loot! Unless, that is, it's an old pirate boot.Will the captainand his crew succeed in finding the hidden treasure?"
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level So you want to be an Anglo-Saxon? Find out how to do it in just a few stages. From fighting the Vikings and praying to gods, to making books from animal skin - all is revealed in this fun non-fiction guide by Scoular Anderson. Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. An information book. Curriculum Links; History: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past: An Anglo Saxon Case Study This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
With a focus on building phonics skills, this collection includes six fun stories with colourful illustrations. It is ideal for children who are gaining more reading confidence. Find out what Clare does at the Fair, what happens at Tara's Party and how Jack meets the Giants! Tips for reading together explain the letter patterns that each story focuses on and identify any words children may find tricky, helping you to get the most out of the collection. Former Children's Laureate and author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, has captivated children all over the world with her lively and engaging stories. Songbirds is a phonics programme carefully created by Julia to support children who are learning to read and is used in schools to inspire a love of reading. There are eight Songbirds story collections for you to enjoy. 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!
Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Have you ever wanted to be a Tudor? Here’s how to do it – in just twenty easy stages. Find out all about the Tudor monarchs, homes, food and much more in this funny historical non-fiction book. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Text type – An information book. Reader/Response page with summary pictures to be used as a stimulus for further speaking, listening and writing opportunities. Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary, index and monarch information summary pages can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills. This title is paired with an adventure story, Stowaway! set in Tudor times about a young boy who travels around the world with Sir Francis Drake. Curriculum links – History: What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times? This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level If you want to be a Viking, this book tells you everything that you need to know from how to milk a cow, to how to choose a sword! This information book is carefully organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information. Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina. Text type - An information book. The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information. The glossary and index on pages 30 and 31 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further. Curriculum links - History: A Viking case study. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level A quirky insight into how to live like an Ancient Greek - in twenty-five easy stages. Sapphire/Band 16 books books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. Text type: An information book. Curriculum links: History: Who were the Ancient Greeks; How do we use Ancient Greek ideas today? This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
One of a series written for children who have just started reading, this story which aims to bridge the gap between picture books and longer novels, features Harry. He starred in Harry Moves House and Harry's Party, but this time he is Harry the Superhero and is in need of practice.
Part of a series for the child who is just beginning to enjoy reading or for reluctant older readers. In this story, Harry's excited about the prospect of helping his parents choose a new house. But when he finds out they don't want a penthouse with a swimming pool, he's not quite so keen.
Charlie makes such incredible faces that he can even fool people into thinking he's a dog. But will his elastic face be clever enough to foil the Clogpot brothers.
Harry has had a great idea for the school outing - Adventure Universe! But when he's not feeling well, Harry has to stay home. Is that the end of Harry's adventure? Harry is gearing himself up for the class trip to Adventure Universe - and gearing everyone else up too. They'd never have organised it without him, which is why it's so unfair when he gets sick! Still, it looks like things might still go Harry's way, thanks to his parents and a lot of imagination. Jets is a series of simple stories with lots of lively pictures, ideal for children who are just beginning to enjoy reading.
Poor old Mossop. All he wants to do is curl up and sleep. But when Farmer Rafferty finds mice in the corn bin, it looks as though Mossop will be thrown off the farm. He has just one chance -- he must catch twenty-six mice by sunset. Luckily Albertine the goose has a plan!
The Vikings and All That is a skull-splitting saga about the wild, seafaring warriors who burst into history in the 8th century and looted, plundered, pillaged and burned their way from their native Scandinavia to the British Isles and much of Europe. Packed with fantastic, fun illustrations of everything from the Vikings' warships to their favourite board games, this is the book that answers all the key questions you might have. If you want sensible answers, packed with historical facts and thoughtful revelations about the Vikings' civilised side then this is the book for you. But if you want boatloads of bearded, shield-biting maniacs bearing down on defenceless, sandal-wearing villagers, then this is DEFINITELY the book for you!
Three useless Vikings are rowing towards Britain in The Worst of the Vikings. Morbid hates fighting, Vapid is not sure what pillaging is and Torpid just wants to go back to sleep. Is their leader, Harald Hairyhands, wise to send them into battle? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.
Here is everything you need to know about being a knight, from from being a young page to being knighted. This humorous non-fiction book explains all the tasks, training, outfits and privileges that came with the job. Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters. Text type – An information book. There is a contents page (on page 1), listing the "10 easy stages", plus an illustrated glossary and index on pages 22 and 23. Curriculum links – History: Knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level So you want to be a Roman? Here is everything you need to know - in 20 easy stages. From the battle ground to building roads - find out the REAL facts to Roman living in this humorous information book from Scoular Anderson. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Text type: An information book. A gallery of the things the Romans did that changed the way we live on pages 46-47 enables children to recap the main features left over from Roman times. Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills. Curriculum links: History: Whay have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past - a Roman case study. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
An information book about the celebrated historical and fictional characters Cleopatra, Boudica, King Arthur, Robin Hood, the Pied Piper, Pocahontas, Blackbeard, Dracula and Tarzan. The book investigates which of them really existed, and which are based on legend. Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary. Text type - An information book. An index and a glossary are included on pages 22 and 23 to aid comprehension. Curriculum links - History: Why do we remember great people? How do we know about great events? This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
It was Pirate Captain Codspawn’s birthday. But what was his birthday surprise? It wasn’t the beetles in the butter. It wasn’t the spiders in the sugar. And it wasn’t the special pirate pie that Cook had baked. But it was the best present a pirate could ever want! Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters. Text type – A humorous story. Pages 22 and 23 feature a recipe for pirate pie, with ingredients that would test the stomachs of even the most bloodthirsty pirates. This is a great starting point for further discussion and activities outside the reading session. Curriculum links – Geography: Going to the Seaside, Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? This story is paired with a non-fiction book on the same theme: How to be a Pirate, also by Scoular Anderson. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
"Columba And All That" is a real-life adventure packed with historical facts about the legendary Celtic saint. Join Columba as he leaves his home in Ireland for the undiscovered country of Scotland. Witness magic and miracles as Columba confronts the Loch Ness Monster and mysterious painted warriors. Packed with fantastic illustrations, "Columba And All That" is one man's epic quest to spread the Word of God in a strange land - and hoping the natives like what they hear!
So you want to be a pirate? This book shows you how in 10 easy stages, from wearing the right clothes right down to what to do with the treasure. And along the way, you’ll learn a barrelful of facts about famous pirates and pirate life through the ages. Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters. Text type – An information book. A glossary and index on pages 22 and 23 can be used to navigate, and to check understanding. Curriculum links – Geography: Island home, Where in the world is Barnaby bear?; History: Why do we remember famous people? This non-fiction book is paired with a story on the same theme; Pirate Party, also by Scoular Anderson. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Find out how to become an Ancient Egyptian in just a few stages with this fact-filled book from popular author and illustrator Scoular Anderson. From living off the land and cooking Egyptian food, to building inspiring pyramids and making mummies - all is revealed in this fun non-fiction guide. Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina. An information book Curriculum Links: History: What can we find out about ancient Egypt from what has survived? This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level So you want to be a Victorian? From dirty streets and factories, to watching Punch and Judy shows and riding the stagecoach – find out the real facts of Victorian living in this humerous non-fiction guide. Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. Text type: An information book Curriculum links: History This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Have you ever wondered how things are created? Find out all about inventors and their amazing inventions in this non-fiction information book, written and illustrated by Scoular Anderson. Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters Text type: An information book. A timeline of all the inventors and their inventions on pages 14 and 15 help children to recap when different things were invented and provides a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities. Additional retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills. Curriculum links: Design and Technology: Winding up
Two magical books in one about the naughty, fun-loving little wizard. In 'Dragon Danger', a big, bad dragon is coming to attack Wizard Cottage, and only Odds-and-Ends, Freddy Frogpurse's little house dragon, stands between the angry fire-breather and all of Freddy's magic potions. How are they going to stop it? In 'Grasshopper Glue', Freddy Frogpurse receives a parcel in the post from Great uncle Sneezer. It contains a jar that says "Do Not Open". Surely it can't hurt to take one little peek...? Inside is a very angry girl wizard called Jakaranda, sent on a mission to rescue the Wand of Wikslug from the evil Wizard Beetleboot. |
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