Oxford Reds is our first major superseries for newly confident readers. Each book is on a real-life subject, with a simple lively text and richly coloured, realistic illustrations. Many are written by well-known children's writers. Each one is written by an author who communicates enthusiasm, passion and understanding for the subject. Approved by educational experts, Oxford Reds contain clear type, simple sentence structures, information boxes, contents pages, alphabetical glossaries and parents and teachers notes.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Reds .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Andrew Barber is an experienced children's editor and writer. He is the author of Trucks, also in the Oxford Reds series. He lives in Oxford and has three children.