"Join the children building a snowman in this funny Read with Oxford story, ideal for children who are taking their first steps in reading."--Back cover
Cynthia Rider Book order






- 2020
- 2010
The Spaceship
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Zac and Molly are making a spaceship, but will they discover any aliens? Brother and sister join forces to create a spaceship and go on an adventure.
- 2006
"Join Floppy in an adventure in the desert in this exciting Read with Oxford story, ideal for children who are developing early reading skills."--Back cover.
- 2006
The Secret of the Sands
- 28 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Level 5 Book 5c of the Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home Series
- 2005
Read at Home is a new series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefully graded across 4 levels, and contain vocabulary repetition and gradual progression within each level, from Book A to Book C. Picnic Time is Level 1b (cf Silly Races) for children Getting Ready to Read - those children who can recognize their own name, match some words and recognize some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one sentence per page. Approx ORT level: Stage 1+
- 2005
Biff, Chip, Kipper, Floppy and Friends go fishing, but who gets the funny fish?Read at Home is a new series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, arecarefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout.Funny Fish is for Level 1a children Getting Ready to Read - those children who can recognize their own name, match some words and recognize some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one sentence per page. Level 1 corresponds roughly to ORT Stage1+.
- 2005
Floppy has a big bone, but then he wants one even bigger. Read at Home is a new series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout. Floppy and the Bone is Level 2c for children Starting to Read - those children who can recognize a few words by sight, can use pictures to help read simple sentences, and know some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one to two sentences per page. It retells the fable The Dog and the Bone as an everyday story, so there are opportunities for children to compare the two stories. Level 2 corresponds roughly to ORT stage 2-3.
- 2005
Read at Home: Level 2c: Floppy and the Bone
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Floppy has a big bone, but then he wants one even bigger.Read at Home is a new series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, arecarefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout.Floppy and the Bone is Level 2c for children Starting to Read - those children who can recognize a few words by sight, can use pictures to help read simple sentences, and know some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one to two sentences perpage. It retells the fable The Dog and the Bone as an everyday story, so there are opportunities for children to compare the two stories. Level 2 corresponds roughly to ORT stage 2-3.
- 2005
I Can Trick a Tiger
- 24 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Floppy dreams he is in the jungle and can trick a tiger. Read at Home is a new series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout. I Can Trick a Tiger is Level 2b for children starting to read - those children who can recognize a few words by sight, can use pictures to help read simple sentences, and know some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one to two sentences per page. Level 2 corresponds roughly to ORT Stage 2-3.
- 2005
The Snowman
- 20 pages
- 1 hour of reading
The teaching notes for the Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper books are full of practical suggestions for using the storybooks, saving you hours of preparation time. They have been updated in line with the simple view of reading and the renewed Primary Framework for Literacy. They nowinclude guidance for group/guided reading, comprehension and word recognition, and assessment. These replace the existing Teaching Notes and Guided Reading Cards.The storybooks are unchanged, but notes for parents/carers and teaching assistants have been added to the inside covers. These notes replace the existing Take-Home Cards.




