This playscript closely follows the original "Oxford Reading Tree" story on which it is based. Designed to develop both speaking and reading skills, it offers practice in role-playing and shared participation. Each play in the series has a maximum of 8 speaking parts but more children can become involved with sound effects and non-speaking roles. Longer and shorter parts are indicated in a casting note for the teacher.

 

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.

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 1993 by Oxford University Press .

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.