The Stage 1+ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories provide humorous storylines to engage and motivate children. The popular characters and familiar settings are brought to life by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. The stories are unchanged from the previous edition but the cover notes have been updated to support adults in sharing the story with the child.

The Stage 1+ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories provide humorous storylines to engage and motivate children. The popular characters and familiar settings are brought to life by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. The stories are unchanged from the previous edition but the cover notes have been updated to support adults in sharing the story with the child.

Little Josh is ignored by his sister and her friend as they play, until he interests them in a game he creates.

First Phonics is a special new series at the very start of Oxford Reading Tree. It enables children to practise phonics while learning to read.First Phonics:* Promote phonological awareness at Stage 1+ with rhyming stories* Provide more phonically decodable nouns as well as sight-cueable words* Practise Reception and Year 1 sight vocabulary throughout* Include flexible, easy-to-use, FREE Teaching Notes in each Pack* Support your Home-School Agreement with Take-Home Cards for every bookAt Stage 1+, First Phonics books are rhyming stories, with an emphasis on rhythm and rhyme. They have 1-2 sentences per page.

Stage 1+ First Sentences is a new colour band at a higher level of Stage 1 to bridge between First Words and Stage 2. Full sentences introduce National Literacy Strategy words required to be learnt by Reception Year pupils in imaginative and attractive stories which include: a game of hide andseek; a football game; mysterious footprints in the garden; some daring tricks on a bike; a sad time for Floppy; and Kipper keeping a diary. The latter is delightfully illustrated by Alex Brychta and his six-year-old sone, Dylan. The six stories are available in both "Little Book" and "Big Book"formats. N.B. The new mauve colour band, Stage 1+, is the same as Oxford Literacy Web Stage 1.

Stage 1+ First Sentences is a new colour band at a higher level of Stage 1 to bridge between First Words and Stage 2. Full sentences introduce National Literacy Strategy words required to be learnt by Reception Year pupils in imaginative and attractive stories which include: a game of hide andseek; a football game; mysterious footprints in the garden; some daring tricks on a bike; a sad time for Floppy; and Kipper keeping a diary. The latter is delightfully illustrated by Alex Brychta and his six-year-old sone, Dylan. The six stories are available in both "Little Book" and "Big Book"formats. N.B. The new mauve colour band, Stage 1+, is the same as Oxford Literacy Web Stage 1.