Nikki Gamble

Three Rocks is based on the traditional tale Stone Soup. A poor man arrives in town with three magic rocks, promising that he can use them to make dinner for everyone - how will he manage it? This humorous story written by Monica Hughes and charmingly illustrated by Mark Beech will capture your child's imagination! It has been sensitively rewritten to enable your child to read it with confidence whilst capturing the magic of the original tale. There are useful tips for parents and an engaging story map inside the book to help you and your child retell the story together. The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree levels and matched to the phonics progression in Letters and Sounds, enabling your children to read the stories independently. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Cinderella is among the oldest and best-loved of fairytales told around the world. Good, kind Cinderella is given some magical help from her fairy godmother to go to the ball. But what will happen when the clock strikes midnight? This charming story written by Julia Jarman and beautifully illustrated by Galia Bernstein will capture your child's imagination! It has been sensitively rewritten to enable your child to read it with confidence whilst capturing the magic of the original tale. There are useful tips for parents and an engaging story map inside the book to help you and your child retell the story together. The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree levels and matched to the phonic progression in Letters and Sounds enabling your children to read the stories independently. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Rabbit on the Run is based on Aesop's fable The Tortoise and the Hare, about the rabbit whose complacency leads him to underestimate the tortoise, who shows that slow and steady can win the race ... This popular story written by Alex Lane and beautifully illustrated by Laura Hughes will capture your child's imagination! It has been sensitively rewritten based on phonics to enable your child to read it with confidence whilst capturing the magic of the original tale. There are useful tips for parents and an engaging story map inside the book to help you and your child retell the story together. The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree levels and matched to the phonic progression in Letters and Sounds enabling your children to read the stories independently. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Boxer and the Fish is based on Aesop's fable of The Greedy Dog. Boxer is very pleased with the fish he has for his dinner, until he spies a dog with what he thinks is an even bigger fish ... This popular story written by Monica Hughes and beautifully illustrated by Ann Ruozhu Sun will capture your child's imagination! It has been sensitively rewritten to enable your child to read it with confidence whilst capturing the magic of the original tale. There are useful tips for parents and an engaging story map inside the book to help you and your child retell the story together. The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree levels and matched to the phonics progression in Letters and Sounds enabling your children to read the stories independently. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Enthralling readers with books like The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson is an enduring force in the world of fiction. This book presents two-week study plans with activities that will encourage children to: analyse features of text, focusing on selected extracts; consider the reasons that some books have lasting appeal; clarify their ideas by drawing comparisons with the writing of other authors; plan their own adaptation of a scene from a novel after looking at existing film and graphic novel versions; and to identify the similarities and differences between historical fiction and non-fictional representation For primary school teachers and teaching assistants. All activities are suitable for use at Key Stage 2/3 or Scottish P6-7 /S1-2. This innovative series is designed to help primary teachers plan focused sessions on the work of popular, well­loved and valued authors, both classic and contemporary. Each book contains a range of activities for use directly in the classroom. Inside each book is a full-colour pull-out poster illustrating the work of the author, which also has a set of challenges for children on the back.

Family Fictions provides an introduction to the history of family stories in children's literature and an in-depth critical study of the works of Jacqueline Wilson, Anne Fine and Morris Gleitzman.