Books by Paul Shipton

Book SynopsisRobert has stuck gum in Sid's hair, so both of them go to the barber. While Robert's mum is reading a magazine, Sid gets his revenge by telling the barber to cut Robert's hair shorter and shorter!

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Book SynopsisMack the cat goes for a walk in the woods and meets a series of scary monsters. But Mack isn't afraid - he knows of a monster who is scarier than any of them...

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Book SynopsisThe queen holds a competition to cheer the king up. All the acts fail to impress - apart from Mitch and Stitch, whose act unexpectedly has everyone itching for more!

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Book SynopsisResearch shows that the more you read,the better your English becomes.Reading in English improves your listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, fluency and confidence all vital to exam success.Using Oxford Read and Discover and Oxford Read and Imagine is a motivating way to help your students increase their contact time with English, both in and out of class. These Graded Readers are written and designed specifically for language learners so they can enjoy reading at their level from the very beginning.Being able to read a book in English gives students a powerful sense of achievement and a chance to put into practice what they are learning from their coursebooks; it helps them consolidate and expand this language.How can I use Graded Readers with my students?For tips and activities on using Graded Readers with your students take a look at the Activity Books and online Teacher' Handbook with Photocopiable Worksheets and Answer Keys.To get your students excited about read

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Book SynopsisAlice the tightrope artist is injured, so Kat takes her place. Kat falls from the tightrope, landing on Alice who is sneaking out of the circus. Money falls out of Alice's pockets - she was lying about her injury and has been stealing money. Kat saves the day!

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Book SynopsisThe Purple Muncher lands in Josh's garden and starts eating everything in sight. Josh and his friend, Ella, must find something that it won't eat, quickly! They give Josh's Uncle's lamb curry to The Purple Muncher and he flees in disgust.

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Book SynopsisSam dares Sid to take the scarecrow's hat, but Sam's sister jumps out at Sid and he falls, tearing his jumper. Sid tricks Sam by telling him the cow behind him is a bull. Sam runs away and falls, tearing his shorts.

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Book SynopsisThis title is part of Bug Club Phonics - the first Phonics programme to bring together research-based teaching methods with 100% decodable books, CBeebies video, and an online reading world to give today’s children a firm, fun foundation in Phonics.

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Book SynopsisAn old man scares Joe and Jade with stories of a Snow Monster. But when the children meet the monster, they find out he is not so scary after all.

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Book SynopsisRemoval man Phil wishes he was a star. An escapade with a big box, photographed by Jess, gets him into the local paper!

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Book SynopsisJim is bored by his job in the shop, but when he tries a variety of jobs with some disastrous results, he decides that his job is the best after all!

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Book SynopsisResearch shows that the more you read,the better your English becomes. Reading in English improves your listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, fluency and confidence - all vital to exam success. Using Oxford Read and Discover and Oxford Read and Imagine is a motivating way to help your students increase their contact time with English, both in and out of class. These Graded Readers are written and designed specifically for language learners so theycan enjoyreading at their level from the very beginning. Being able to read a book in English gives students a powerful sense of achievement and a chance to put into practice what they are learning from their coursebooks; it helps them consolidate and expand this language. How can I use Graded Readers with my students?For tips and activities on using Graded Readers with your students take a look at the Activity Books and online Teacher''s Handbook withPhotocopiable Worksheets andAnswer Keys under the Tea

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Book SynopsisOxford Read and Imagine is a fiction series written for primary and pre-primary students. Young learners follow Rosie, Ben and Grandpa on their adventures and grow up with the characters as they read and learn. When Rosie and Alice found a painting in the attic, Alice''s grandma gave it to a gallery to be studied. But why was the woman from the gallery on TV with Grandma Vera''s painting? Would the police believe she stole it? And would Grandma ever get her painting back?CEFR A2/B1Word count: 2,335

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Book SynopsisThings with Wings is a wonderfully detailed book about insects, bats and birds. But not every winged creature can fly, as readers will discover!Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a series of engaging and imaginative non-fiction books which encourage reading for pleasure and are also phonically decodable.

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Book SynopsisIn The Goalie from Nowhere Joss and his friends are having their last practice session before the Cup Final. Who is the strange lad who begs to be given a chance to play? Why is he hanging round their goal?TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

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Book SynopsisThe Macmillan Childrenâs Readers Level 3 will capture a childâs interest in reading and learning English with fun and informative subject matter. The wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles provides reinforcement of basic structures and vocabulary and can be used alongside any primary course. Accompanying audio is available for each

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Book SynopsisKate loves singing and playing her guitar - and she''s good, too. One Saturday, she goes to the town square with her friend Lucy, and plays there. It''s a big thing, playing in front of people, and Kate isn''t the only street performer in the square that day. The silver statue is there, and that''s OK because she never moves or speaks. But Joe the drummer is there too, and Kate''s music and Joe''s drums aren''t good together. Or are they?Word count 1,410

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Book SynopsisIn The Revenge of Captain Blood the picture on the wall has just winked at Mark. Captain Blood and his parrot, Hector, need Mark''s help. Why is shifty Professor Grimsdale interested in the old pirate? What has it got to do with buried treasure?TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

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Book SynopsisResearch shows that the more you read,the better your English becomes.Reading in English improves your listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, fluency and confidence all vital to exam success.Using Oxford Read and Discover and Oxford Read and Imagine is a motivating way to help your students increase their contact time with English, both in and out of class. These Graded Readers are written and designed specifically for language learners so they can enjoy reading at their level from the very beginning.Being able to read a book in English gives students a powerful sense of achievement and a chance to put into practice what they are learning from their coursebooks; it helps them consolidate and expand this language.How can I use Graded Readers with my students?For tips and activities on using Graded Readers with your students take a look at the Activity Books and online Teacher' Handbook with Photocopiable Worksheets and Answer Keys.To get your students excited about read

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Book SynopsisIn The New Year Race, which animal will win the race in Grandpa Chen''s story? Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are an exciting new set of stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. Full of humour and drama with a delightful mixture of familiar settings and brand new magic key adventures to inspire young readers. Featuring all your favourite characters, children will enjoy exploring the detailed humorous illustrations and be captivated by the storylines.These phonics-based stories are perfect for embedding and building on children''s phonics knowledge. They contain high-interest vocabulary to support language development beyond Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.Each book contains inside cover notes to help adults read and explore the content with the child, supporting their decoding and language comprehension development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl support independent reading, guided reading, writing, and speaking, listening and drama activities.

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Book SynopsisBiff, Chip, Wilf and Wilma meet a man looking for a plant in The Stinky Plant. Can they sniff it out? The non-fiction book that accompanies this title is Plants for Dinner.Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings will develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading across both text types. This book is one of six titles at Oxford Level 4, which are phonically decodable featuring a small number of pre-taught, non-decodable topic words to enrich the texts and support language development. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress.

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Book SynopsisLuke is mad about monsters in The Monster in the Wardrobe. He is always scaring himself with creepy stories. His sister Carolyn thinks he has an overactive imagination. But tonight is different. There is definitely a noise coming from the wardrobe. TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

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Book SynopsisA humorous story featuring two whacky scientists building a robot. They assemble the robot carefully with each body part, but where is the head? In this simple text, each body part is named as it is added, and as the different parts are used, a repeated reply of thank you reinforces the phrase.Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.Text type A patterned story with predictable structureThe body parts are repeated in a single labelled diagram of the completed robot on pages 14 and 15 providing opportunities for speaking, listening and writing.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

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Book SynopsisAnt and Snail decide to have a race. Ant speeds off and is soon in the lead, but when Ant trips over and fall in a pit, he is glad when Snail arrives to help him. This story is illustrated in bright 3D colour by Jon Stuart.Red / Band 2A A simple traditional storyText type FictionThe focus phonemes for this book are ai, f, n, and r. Other phonemes practised are s, a, ta, i, p, c/k, e, o, d, g, u, h.Children can follow and discuss the route taken by Ant and Snail using the map on the final spread.Paul Shipton also wrote Yellow 3 Bart the Shark and The Sun and The Moon.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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Book SynopsisBart the Shark is big and bad. Bart the Shark is feeling mad! Find out what happens to the little fish when Bart the Shark comes to visit, in this very funny rhyming story. The book is brightly illustrated with 3D cartoons by Jon Stuart. Also available in Kindle format (B07G3FFJ48).Yellow / Band 3 A humorous and rhyming storyText type FictionThe focus phonemes in this book are a-e, ea (sea), i-e and y.Use the labelled character profile on the final spread to discuss Bart the Shark.Paul Shipton also wrote Red 2A Ant and Snail; Yellow 3 The Sun and the Moon.This title is paired with the non-fiction recount about real monster-like animals: Real Monsters by Nic Bishop.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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Book SynopsisClassics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.br/br/I am a vampire killer . . . and now I need help,' says Professor Fletcher to Colin. Colin needs a job and he needs money - but do vampires exist or is the professor crazy?br/br/CEFR A1br/Word count 1,160

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Book SynopsisOxford Read and Imagine is a fiction series written for primary and pre-primary students. Young learners follow Rosie, Ben and Grandpa on their adventures and grow up with the characters as they read and learn. What happens when Rosie, Ben, and Max go to the beach? They want to swim, but it is very windy, and the waves are too big. What does Grandpa do?CEFR Pre-A1Word count: 548

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Book SynopsisIn Land of Letters the magic key takes the children to a land with letters everywhere. Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are an exciting new set of stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. Full of humour and drama with a delightful mixture of familiar settings and brand new magic key adventures to inspire young readers. Featuring all your favourite characters, children will enjoy exploring the detailed humorous illustrations and be captivated by the storylines.These phonics-based stories are perfect for embedding and building on children''s phonics knowledge. They contain high-interest vocabulary to support language development beyond Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.Each book contains inside cover notes to help adults read and explore the content with the child, supporting their decoding and language comprehension development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl support independent reading, guided reading, writing, and speaking, listening and drama activities.

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Book SynopsisIn Magic Tricks, find out if Wilf can fool a magician with his magic trick.Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are an exciting new set of stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. Full of humour and drama with a delightful mixture of familiar settings and brand new magic key adventures to inspire young readers. Featuring all your favourite characters, children will enjoy exploring the detailed humorous illustrations and be captivated by the storylines.These phonics-based stories are perfect for embedding and building on children''s phonics knowledge. They contain high-interest vocabulary to support language development beyond Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.Each book contains inside cover notes to help adults read and explore the content with the child, supporting their decoding and language comprehension development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl support independent reading, guided reading, writing, and speaking, listening and drama activities.

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Book SynopsisBiff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop More A are exciting new titles in the Oxford Reading Tree series. The stories continue to provide storylines full of humour and drama, with familiar settings and all your favourite characters with some new friends for Biff, Chip and Kipper. They also support children''s transition from fully decodable readers, such as Floppy''s Phonics, to a richer, wider reading experience with high-interest vocabulary.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Each Mixed Pack includes one of each of the Level 4 titles. The Class Pack includes six of each of the Level 4 titles.

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Book SynopsisBiff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop More A are exciting new titles in the Oxford Reading Tree series. The stories continue to provide storylines full of humour and drama, with familiar settings and all your favourite characters with some new friends for Biff, Chip and Kipper. They also support children''s transition from fully decodable readers, such as Floppy''s Phonics, to a richer, wider reading experience with high-interest vocabulary.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Each Mixed Pack includes one of each of the Level 5 titles. The Class Pack includes six of each of the Level 5 titles.

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Book SynopsisBiff, Chip, Wilf and Wilma go back in time in The Strange Beast. What is the beast the people are waiting for? The non-fiction book that accompanies this title is Beast Feasts.Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings will develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading across both text types. This book is one of six titles at Oxford Level 5, which are phonically decodable featuring a small number of pre-taught, non-decodable topic words to enrich the texts and support language development. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress.

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Book SynopsisWhy has the magic key taken Biff and Chip to a town where everyone is asleep? Find out in Wake Up!. The non-fiction book that accompanies this title is Sleep.Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings will develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading across both text types. This book is one of six titles at Oxford Level 9, which are phonically decodable featuring vocabulary to enrich the texts and support language development. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress.

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Book SynopsisThe school trip to the museum is going badly for David in Bones!. He has Chris, the class joker, for his partner and Chris is annoying him with daft jokes. But now something is really wrong. Something terrifying is on the loose...TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

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Book SynopsisPetey is a story about the future, where house robots are designed to do everything their human masters tell them. But one day, Sophie and Sam''s robot develops a mind of his own...TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book

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Book SynopsisRapid Phonics is a literacy intervention which can be used with groups or individuals. Developed by Dr Marlynne Grant, Educational Psychologist, following extensive research, Rapid Phonics fiction and non-fiction titles are designed for pupils in Year 1 and above, who are having difficulties with phonics.

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Book SynopsisThe name''s Muldoon - Bug Muldoon. I''m a private investigator - the best detective in the whole garden. There''s some weird stuff going on and I''m trying to get to the bottom of it. It started off as a missing insect case - but now the ants are acting strange, the Wasp Queen is threatening to kill me, and don''t even ask me about the spider! I think he''s got me marked down for his supper. I''m starting to get a sinking feeling about this and I''m having a really bad day. My legs are aching - all six of them...

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Book SynopsisPanther tries to scare Frog, but Frog has a plan to get the better of him.

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Book SynopsisBuild your child's reading confidence at home with fully decodable phonics books matched to Letters and Sounds.This colourful book with hilarious cartoons is a wordless story set in the jungle. A pair of monkeys have their eye on a juicy-looking fruit hanging just out of reach. The story follows their inventive but unsuccessful attempts to grab the fruit.Lilac/Band 0 wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work.Text type Fiction.A storyboard on pages 14-15 provides an opportunity for children to retell the story in their own words.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

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Book SynopsisIt's midnight, and the guinea pigs are not in their cage! In this humorous story, two guinea pigs stray from their cage to a park before returning home again in time for breakfast. Their night-time adventure is told through a series of illustrations with very simple repetitive text.

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Book SynopsisKipper and Lee play with the toys in Big!. Which is the biggest toy? The non-fiction book that accompanies this title is As Big As Me!.Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings will develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading across both text types. This book is one of six titles at Oxford Level 1, which are wordless and provide engaging stories and non-fiction through illustration and photographs. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress.

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Book SynopsisThis comical story is a patterned, counting text about a band of pirates searching for treasure. One-by-one, they get into trouble and make a hasty retreat back to the pirate ship. Helpful vignettes of the pirates at the top of each page help children count how many pirates are left.

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Book SynopsisWho is in the boat? A hilarious counting story about a mouse with a boat taxi that reluctantly agrees to pick up an increasing number of animals as it floats downstream, before eventuallysinking under the weight to the seabed! Simple text counts the number of each type of animal, from one to six, as they enter the boat.Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.Text type - A patterned story with predictable structure.The labelled flow diagram on pages 14 and 15 retells the story and allows the children to count the animals again.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

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Book SynopsisA simple information book depicting different activities: running, jumping, hanging, skating, creeping and swimming. Simple text accompanies photographs of animals performing each activity , alongside photographs of children acting out the same activity.Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.Text type A simple information book.The photographs are repeated on pages 14 and 15 with a one-word label to describe the activity for reinforcement.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

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