This book is part of a book series called Traditional Tales .
. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.
There are 12 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Capstone Classroom .
Mike Brownlow is the creator of the extremely successful book series 'Little Robots' from which Lego created toy and animation characters. Mike is the author illustrator of several books for young readers including 'I've Got Nits!' for Ragged Bears. He lives in the West Country with his family.
This book contains the following story:
The Elves and the Shoemaker
In Grimms' The Elves and the Shoemaker a poor shoemaker has leather to make only one pair of shoes but many bills to pay. He cuts out the leather and leaves the shoes for sewing. The next morning the pieces have been transformed into an exquisite pair of shoes, so fine they sell for a fortune. This magic is repeated until he is quite wealthy. But his wife wishes to know where the beautiful shoes come from, and so the two stay up and spy. They discover that every night a band of elves visit and stitch the leather into gorgeous shoes. However the elves do not like to be seen, and having been discovered by the shoemaker never again return. But the shoemaker now has such a reputation that this is of no concern, as customers are plentiful and he is able to make a pretty good living on his own.
This book is in the following series:
Traditional Tales
The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree stages and matched to the phonics progression in Letters and Sounds. These stories are fully decodable, with clear phonic progression. The books progress from book band red through to gold.Accompanying free Teaching Notes are available online at www.oxfordprimary.co.uk/tales , along with an eBook and storyteller video for each stage. Parents can also visit www.oxfordowl.co.uk for practical advice, helpful information about phonics, lots of fun activities and free eBooks.
