Oxford Reading Tree: Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper First Experiences Going On a Plane


Book Description

First Experiences with Biff, Chip & Kipper introduce your child to new situations through entertaining and sensitively written stories. Each story is packed with facts and humour, making them perfect for reading together. In this story Biff, Chip and Kipper are very excited about going on a plane. Join them on their adventure!




Oxford Reading Tree: Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper First Experiences Starting School


Book Description

First Experiences with Biff, Chip & Kipper introduce your child to new situations through entertaining and sensitively written stories. Each story is packed with facts and humour, making them perfect for reading together. In this story Kipper starts school -what will his first day be like?




A Big Operation


Book Description

Huckle has to go to hospital to have his tonsils out. This book shows children that hospital isn't such a scary place after all.




Oxford Reading Tree Read With Biff, Chip, and Kipper: Phonics and First Stories Handbook


Book Description

Everything parents need to know about support their child as they learn to read! This Phonics and First Stories Handbook is full of practical advice and ideas to use at home. This easy-to-use book guides you through all the stages of your child's early reading development and: BL explains the skills children need to develop, including all you need to know about phonics BL provides supporting activities and games BL answers your questions and concerns. This series also provides essential support for parents through www.oxfordowl.co.uk http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Visit the Oxford Owl for practical advice for helping children learn to read, all you need to know about phonics and lots of fun activities and free eBooks.




Ward 13


Book Description

Perfect for pupils with a low reading age of 8 to 9, but a high interest age of 12 to 15, our Teen Reads will have readers on the edge of their seats. Just the right level of challenging vocabulary and plot-lines make these books highly accessible, drawing readers into exciting worlds whilst simultaneously developing their reading skills. Fourteen-year-old Mark Jackson has broken his leg - but that's the least of his worries. Lying in a hospital bed, waiting for an operation on his shattered bone, he begins to realise that several of his fellow patients have not returned from their own trips to surgery. Patients with no one to visit them in the evenings, or miss them should they vanish without a trace. Patients just like Mark, in fact...




Oxford Reading Tree Read With Biff, Chip, and Kipper: Hairy-scary Monster & Other Stories


Book Description

This Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper Collection contains 4 fun storybooks which have been carefully levelled for children who are gaining confidence as readers. It includes two Level 6 Phonics books which practise sounds and letters, and two Level 6 First Stories to introduce new words and develop reading skills.




I Go to the Doctor


Book Description

Going to the doctor is part of every young child's life. And, in order to prepare a toddler for the experience, nothing is more helpful than a picture book like I Go to the Doctor. The entire series of events is described in simple rhymes, from waiting in the waiting room, to being weighed and measured, to the actual exam.To demystify items that a child might find scary and unfamiliar, instruments like stethoscope and otoscope are clearly illustrated.Most importantly, I Go to the Doctor presents the (proper Jewish attitude) (the Torah attitude) toward healing, namely: that doctors, nurses and medicine may do their part, but only Hashem can make someone get well! A warm and cozy book to familiarize young children with a visit to the doctor. Every child will be glad to know that Hashem is the One who really makes people get well!




Oxford Reading Tree: Biff, Chip & Kipper First Experiences Pack of 8


Book Description

First Experiences with Biff, Chip & Kipper introduce your child to new situations through entertaining and sensitively written stories. Each story is packed with facts and humour, making them perfect for reading together. This pack includes 8 stories introducing 8 different experiences.




Coming Home


Book Description

The daughter of a respected horse healer, 14 year-old Amy has a powerful connection with horses. With her mother's help, she is developing her skills as a horse whisperer while tending to the animals at Heartland, a refuge for horses that have been emotionally or physically traumatized. But when her mother is killed in a tragic trailer accident, Amy realizes she will never see her world the same way again.




Queenie


Book Description

It's 1953, the year Elizabeth is to be crowned Queen of England. Elsie Kettle can't wait to go to London to see the celebrations on Coronation Day. Elsie lives with her Nan - her mum works as a showgirl, so she's not around very often. Spirited and imaginative, but often lonely, Elsie longs for a best friend. Luckily, she and Nan are very close; Elsie just wishes she was allowed a cat to keep her company sometimes. Then tragedy strikes. Nan and Elsie both fall ill with tuberculosis, and Elsie finds herself whisked away to the children's ward of the hospital. Confined to bed for months on end, Elsie finds it very hard to adapt to the hospital's strict regime. But she invents astonishing ways of entertaining the other children on the ward, and for the first time finds herself surrounded by true friends - including Queenie, the hospital's majestic white cat. Finally, Elsie is well enough to leave hospital. But before she does, she has one very special, very unexpected visitor... A master storyteller - The Good Book Guide