The Golden Touch And Other Stories

Grade level: 3, 4, 5, e, p, i.

This Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper Level 6 Collection is great value, containing 4 books in 1! It includes the stories The Golden Touch, The Palace Statues, Change Gear! Steer! and A Rare Pair of Bears.Level 6 First Stories have been specially written to introduce and practise a range of key everyday words and to develop early reading skills through simple stories. Level 6 Phonics practise sounds and letters, just as children learn to do in school, with the help of Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy. This collection focuses on combining sounds (single letters and letter pairs) to read simple words and sentences. These engaging stories include tips for reading together and for talking about the story, puzzles and fun activities. Written by Roderick Hunt and beautifully illustrated by Alex Brychta, they are the perfect introduction to learning to read! This series also provides free support for parents through www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Visit the Oxford Owl for practical advice for helping children learn to read, all you need to know about phonics and lots of fun activities and free eBooks.Read With Biff, Chip and Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series, it's based on the Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools.

Five classic stories of horror, humor and the macabre from Jane Rice. From the Salem Witch Trials to a drowned man’s revenge and a man-eating plant, Jane Rice finds a macabre humor in some horrific stories. The House (1941) – The House hated. It had a grim and determinedly evil personality all its own, and it had set out to murder every member of the family, one by one— The Golden Bridle (1943) – The golden bridle was the answer to the golden dream of every jockey—it meant a winner in every race. But its golden touch had something, too, of the Midas touch— The Crest of the Wave (1941) – He was riding the crest— ’til a Delilah and a Judas tipped him into the river. After that—he rode them! The Elixir (1942) – Maybe it was the Witches’ Cup, maybe it was the mighty potion of mixed drinks she’d mixed—but something sent her from a 1942 Halloween party to a Salem witch-hunt. At the wrong end of the hunt! Pobby (1942) – Pobby was a difficult character for an author to handle. He kept coming around to visit the writer, demanding that the ending be changed. He didn’t want the plant to grow—

The Silverthorn and Bendelbinder families maintain their financial empires in the face of personal crises which call into question their basic values