Read with Oxford: Stage 1: Sam's Backpack and Other Stories

Product Description Six captivating and engaging stories with clear phonics progression, ideal for children who are taking their first steps in reading. Join Sam on a camping trip with his special backpack, help Pip catch her dragon balloon and find out what happens when Hen's very big egg starts to crackaBB With a variety of stunning artwork styles and six funny, heart-warming and exciting stories, this collection has something for everyone! The stories have been specially written to support and develop your child's early reading skills as they start to use letters and sounds to read simple words. Activities after every story make reading fun and reinforce comprehension. Each collection also features tips for parents to help you support your child's developing reading skills. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Read with Oxford Stage 1 equates to Oxford Levels 1 and 1+ used in schools. For more information about the Read with Oxford Stages, as well as practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress, go to readwithoxford.com. Let's get them flying! Review "What I feel this range does, is to combine reading for progress with reading for pleasure. [...] there is a brilliant mix of modern and traditional tales, well-known characters, super-heroes and non-fiction [...] there really is something for everyone." ―bitsybookworms.com"[The Read with Oxford Stages] offer parents a way of pinpointing the most appropriate complimentary resources and activities to use at home as their children progress through the reading schemes." ―booksfortopics.com"These books will support a child's reading journey at home with clear progression, step by step stages and online advice and resources. The books are designed to provide this progression and support in a fun way, rather than feeling like yet another chore to add to an already overburdened list." ―cupoftoast.co.uk About the Author Nikki Gamble is Founder and Director of Just Imagine and Associate Consultant at UCL's Institute of Education. She has worked extensively in schools across the UK and internationally, most recently managing a project for the London Schools Excellence Fund with a focus on developing excellence in teaching reading at KS2 and KS3. Nikki is author of Exploring Children's Literature and co-author of Guiding Readers. She serves on the National Council of UKLA.