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Oxford Reading Tree: Level 14: Treetops Myths and Legends: The Star Fruit Tree and Other Stories


Myths and Legends

No. of pages 64

Published: 2010

Great for age 5-11 years

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These exciting new TreeTops Myths and Legends are guaranteed to appeal to all your junior readers - whatever their cultural background, gender or enthusiasms. These are the oldest and most enduring stories in the world, retold by leading contemporary children's authors to bring out all of the action, drama, humour and depth of the original stories in a way that makes them as exciting and meaningful today as ever. The strand is comprised of 24 books, telling a total of around 65 traditional stories from around the world. All of the stories are fully illustrated with stunning, vibrant images. The stories are carefully levelled, making them accessible to the average 7-11 year old reader. A thought-provoking letter from the author explains something about the background of the stories and the process of writing or retelling them. The letter also encourages the reader to make links between stories in a collection - prompting a fascinating investigation of the similarities and differences between stories that have evolved from different cultures around the world.The stories are ideal for making links to other areas of curriculum. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Myths And Legends, Treetops .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Oxford University Press .

Sally Prue is the award-winning author of Cold Tom (Branford Boase Award 2002). She has also written for A&C Black in the White Wolves series.

 

This book is in the following series:

Treetops
Treetops reading series is aimed at older primary school readers, those aged 7 through to 11. It has a huge collection of levelled books, matched to the new National Curriculum and covering a wide range of subjects.

Myths and Legends


Often individual series are part of a bigger set. The sub-series this book is in forms part of the following wider set:

Oxford Reading Tree

This book features the following characters:

Kipper
This book features the character Kipper.

Biff
This book features the character Biff.

Chip
This book features the character Chip.