These well-loved traditional stories have been carefully retold using phonics and familiar language so that children can read them for themselves. This Stage 5 collection contains these 4 enjoyable stories: Jack and the Beanstalk; The Magic Paintbrush; Lazy Jack; and The Moon in the Pond which is one of many tales about the trickster Brer Rabbit, in this story Rabbit, Fox and Bear go fishing at night, but what trick is Rabbit going to play this time? The Traditional Tales series offers: *A clear phonics progression providing lots of practice to build reading confidence and success. *A range of tales from around the world - a perfect introduction to different cultures and traditions. *A rich selection of stories and illustrations to capture your child's imagination and inspire a love of reading. *Support for parents including tips, talking points and a fun activity after every story. Also visit www.oxfordowl.co.uk for practical advice, helpful information about phonics, lots of fun activities, free storyteller videos and free eBooks.
This book is part of a book series called Oxford Reading Tree .
This book is aimed at children in primary school. 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 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Oxford University Press .
LIZ MILES is an editor and author of books for younger readers, with many years of experience. She lives in Wivenhoe, England. Nikki Gamble is a lecturer, writer and directs the Write Away education consultancy. She is an evaluator for the Literature Matters project which aims to promote children's literature in initial teacher training courses. Gill Munton is an experienced editor and writer of primary school material. She has written stories for reading schemes, workbooks, short stories and a number of differentiated texts, fiction and non-fiction. Sue Mongredien has written over 50 books for children. She lives in Bath with her partner and small children. Teresa Murfin is the exciting new illustrator behind the series Airy Fairy (Scholastic). For more information, visit Jan and Sara's website www. burchettandvogler. co. uk and follow them on Twitter @BurchettVogler. MARY JOSLIN is the author of a number of storybooks for children. Some of her titles are: The Goodbye Boat, The Minstrel's Tale and The Heaven Tree. Chris Powling is the author of more than 30 books for children, ranging from beginner readers to teenagers. A teacher and broadcaster, Chris was editor of the children's book magazine Books For Keeps for seven years. Constanze von Kitzing is an award-winning illustrator whose work has been published around the world. She has also written and illustrated I'm the Best, Are You Sleeping? and Can't Catch Me! for Barefoot Books. Constanze lives with her husband and two children in Cologne, Germany.
This book contains the following story:
Jack and the Beanstalk
Fee fie fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread'. Lazy Jack lives with his poor mother in a little shack. They are so poor that one day she sends Jack off to market to sell their cow so they can buy food. On the way to market Jack meets a stranger who persuades him to part with the cow for some magic beans. When Jack returns home with no cow and no money his mother is furious and throws the beans out of the window. The next morning the two awake to find that a huge beanstalk has gronw from the beans. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds a new land at the top complete with a castle and a very grumpy giant. Whilst the giant is asleep Jack steals a hen that lays golden eggs. On a second trip he steals bags of money. On the third trip he tries to steal a golden harp, but the harp calls for its master and the giant wakes up and follows Jack down the beanstalk. As soon as Jack reaches the ground, he sets to work to chop
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