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Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Greatest Stories: Oxford Level 8: The Lambton Worm

English

By (author): Jeanne Willis

Illustrated by: Pierre Kleinhouse

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. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 54g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 184mm
  • Publication Date: 12 May 2016
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780198305859

About Jeanne Willis

Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2007; the Red House Children's Book Award 2007; and Silver Smarties Prize (0-5 years) 2003. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award 2004. Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors. A prolific writer he has won numerous awards and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Childrens Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts programmes films and other projects including for the V&A Museum British Library and British Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven Stories the National Centre for Childrens Books in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the UK Childrens Laureate.

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