Description
| Product ID: | 9780198305859 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Greatest Stories |
| Title: | Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Greatest Stories: Oxford Level 8: The Lambton Worm |
| Authors: | Author: Jeanne Willis, Kimberley Reynolds, Pierre Kleinhouse |
| Page Count: | 24 |
| Subjects: | Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes, Educational: English language: readers & reading schemes, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Follow unfortunate John Lambton as he battles to rid his village of a scary, scaly monster and break the Lambton curse. TreeTops Greatest Stories is a series of timeless classics for children aged 711. Its much-loved stories, beautiful artwork and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will love. This retelling of an old Northumberland folk tale follows the Lambton family and their misfortunes. When John goes fishing on a Sunday, everyone warns him it is a bad idea. He thinks that catching a worm is as far as his bad luck will go, but little does he know the disaster that will follow. As the worm grows to monstrous proportions the villagers are terrorized and live in fear of their lives, until at last John learns how he can rid them of the monster. Wonderfully depicted by Pierre Kleinhouse, this sorrowful tale is full of magic, monsters and misery.TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children''s authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-05-12 |
