Educational Books
The books on this page were written for the Oxford Reading Tree and Collins Big Cat reading schemes and can be used in schools or at home.
Oxford Reading Tree
Collins Big Cat
Oxford Reading Tree
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
adapted by Julie Sykes
Oxford University Press
TreeTops Stage 15
isbn 978-0-19-911767-3
A specially adapted version of this classic horse story complete with illustrations. Black Beauty tells of the ups and downs of his life as a working horse in Victorian Britain.
Jem Stone Genie - the Crash
lllustrated by Tony Blundell
Oxford University Press
TreeTops Stage 11
isbn 978 0 19 911358 3
It’s test time at the Three Wishes School for Genies but Jem Stone has accidently turned his teacher into a spider. Can he put his mistake right before anyone finds out?
Carnival
Illustrated by Martin Salisbury
Oxford University Press
TreeTops Stage 16
isbn 0 19 919274 X
Clare loves spending time on Carnival, a canal boat owned by her kind old neighbour, Max. When Max falls ill he tells Clare there is something special for her on his boat. Then Carnival gets new owners and Clare has to run away to find the special gift that Max has left her.
Collins Big Cat
The New Kite
illustrated by Ley Honor Roberts
Collins,
Yellow Band 3
isbn 0 00 718568 5
Lenny has a new kite but will he remember not to let go of it?
Sounds
Photography by Martin Sookias
Collins,
Blue Band 4
isbn 0 00 718584 7
This is an information book for younger children to learn about sound.