ORT MagicPage for MAC CD-ROMs give you the opportunity to read stories - turning the pages on screen like a real book, watch film clips of the author and illustrator, click on hotspots in the story to activate phonic and word recognition activities, ask characters questions, explore settings, edit the story text on screen, and change the characters, plot, vocabulary and story endings. MagicPage, Stage 6-9 Storybooks, I Can books and Teaching Guides are also available enabling you to move seamlessly from work on screen to work on the page. This MagicPage CD-ROM is also available with an Unlimited User Licence.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Reading Tree .

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

This book was published 2008 by Oxford University Press .

Gill Budgell is a children s author whose books include the Penpals for Handwriting series. " Alex Brychta collaborated with Roderick Hunt on a series of children books for the Oxford Reading Tree which had an animated spin-off, The Magic Key series. In addition to Oxford Reading Tree, Brychta is also the illustrator of Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper (formerly Read at Home), the Wolf Hill series of books and the Time Chronicles series. He has also written and illustrated several children's books for J M Dent, Franklin Watts, and Oxford University Press. Roderick and Alex won the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award at the Education Resources Awards 2009. Alex was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to children's literature. He now lives in Surrey with wife Dina whom he has two children with, Kelly Brychta and Dylan Brychta. Roderick Hunt started out as a teacher, but began writing for children in 1970. He collaborated with Alex Brychta on a series of children books for the Oxford Reading Tree which had an animated spin-off, The Magic Key series. Roderick and Alex won the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award at the Education Resources Awards 2009. Now he says, "On my income tax form I put down my profession as storyteller. It never fails to raise an eyebrow. " He lives in London.