Variety books provide a support and an extension of reading skills acquired from reading Duck Green School Stories. They are divided into consolidation stories and extension stories. They cover a wide range of genres, authors and writing styles. The Stage 3 Consolidation cluster ("Little Dragon Stories" by Alison Hawes) consists of 3 amusing stories about Litte Dragon and her baby brother, illustrated by Kay Widdowson. These stories consolidate the vocabulary learned in the Stage 3 Duck Green Stories. The Stage 3 Extension cluster ("Deep Sea Stories" by Nicola Moon) consists of 3 stories about the antics of a group of sea creatures, illustrated by Robert McPhillips. These stories extend vocabulary from Stage 3 Duck Green Stories. The books are available in both standard and 'big book' format.

 

This book features in the following series: Little Dragon Stories, Oxford Literacy Web .

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

There are 16 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Oxford University Press .

Robert McPhillips has been a professional illustrator for nearly two decades and has worked with Disney, Hallmark, Warner Bros, and more on a wide variety of illustration and writing assignments. Kay Widdowson has been published by Tango and Mammoth as well various educational publishers (OUP) and packagers. Her work has sold in USA, France, Germany, Spain, Holland and Canada. Alison Hawes is a freelance writer specializing in fiction and non-fiction for children. She has been a school teacher, a classroom assistant, and playgroup helper but now writes full time. She has written over 80 books for schools, stories and articles for BBC Playdays. Nicola Moon has also written Noisy Neighbors in the I Am Reading series. Andy Ellis has illustrated more than twenty books for children, including the I Am Reading series title Alligator Tails and Crocodile Cakes.