Oxford Literacy Web: Fiction: Variety: Starter Stage Pack A: Three Blind Mice

by Mandy Doyle (Illustrator), Mandy Doyle (Illustrator), Keith Gaines (Author)

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  1999

  $5.84

  The Oxford Literacy Web is an exciting new literacy programme designed to guide schools successfully through the primary years. Fitting the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy, National Curriculum in England and Wales, English Language 5-14 in Scotland, and Common Curriculum in Northern Ireland, the Oxford Literacy Web guides pupils through the core skills associated with learning to read and write with a diverse range of literary styles within the genres of fiction, non-fiction, rhymes, language, and poetry. The Fiction strand: there can be no better way to learn to read than through the Duck Green School and Variety story strands. Exciting stories, hilarious events, and dynamic illustrations combine to ensure diversity and enjoyment. Variety stories extend children's experience of different styles of fiction. They reinforce vocabulary but include a more challening element to push upward toward the next level. Starter Stage Pack A is a pack of wordless stories for beginning readers to develop book knowledge and practise language skills. The Stories We Know cluster consists of 3 amusing retellings of traditional stories and rhymes by Keith Gaines, while the Teddy and Me books are original stories by Maire Buonocore about a young girl and her toys. The books are available in both standard and 'big book' format.

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  2001

  $3.37

  These are the first titles in the OLW variety fiction strand for Key Stage 2. The OLW is the new scheme designed to work with the NLS (National Literacy Strategy). The Year 3 title includes: The Clowns Next Door by Susan Gates - a story about clowns who would prefer not to be clowns; Dad's Story by Susan Gates - a story about a boy finding out his dad cannot read; The Adventures of Robyn Hudd by Paul Shipton - a modern Robin Hood with a female protagonist who takes on the bullies; Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow by Malachy Doyle - a retelling of the traditional story; The Oakhollow Mystery by Tessa Krailing - a story about moving to a new house and discovering it holds a mystery; and The Beast of Bobbin Moor by Jon Blake - a girl leads her gang through two adventures.