Read at Home features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures. They are carefully graded across 5 levels, and contain vocabulary repetition and gradual progression within each level. The Floppy's Phonics series are enjoyable decodable stories featuring Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy which enable children to practise their decoding skills within a familiar and much loved setting. As with all Read At Home books, the book ends with fun activities for parent and child to enjoy together. Gran's New Blue Shoes is Level 5a for children Reading with Confidence - those children who can recognize 75+ words by sight, can read with less support and who can read silently and read ahead. Approx ORT level: Stage 5-6 In this story Gran needs a new pair of blue shoes for a very special occasion.

 

This book features in the following series: Floppy's Phonics, Read At Home .

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

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Oxford University Press .

Steve Smallman has taken up writing his own stories after illustrating children's books for over 30 years. He also teaches illustration and mural-painting workshops in schools. When he's not working, Steve enjoys films, television, gardening and walking in the countryside. Nick Schon was born in London and now lives in Luton with his wife, three children and five lazy cats. He has worked as an art director at an advertising agency and now illustrates full time. 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.