The Oxford Literacy Web is an exciting new literacy programme designed to guide schools successfully through the primary years. Fitting the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy, National Curriculum in England and Wales, English Language 5-14 in Scotland, and Common Curriculum inNorthern Ireland, the Oxford Literacy Web guides pupils through the core skills associated with learning to read and write with a diverse range of literary styles within the genres of fiction, non-fiction, rhymes, language, and poetry.The "Fiction" strand: there can be no better way to learn to read than through the Duck Green School and Variety story strands. Exciting stories, hilarious events, and dynamic illustrations combine to ensure diversity and enjoyment. Variety stories extend children's experience of different stylesof fiction. They reinforce vocabulary but include a more challening element to push upward toward the next level.Starter Stage Pack A is a pack of wordless stories for beginning readers to develop book knowledge and practise language skills. The "Stories We Know" cluster consists of 3 amusing retellings of traditional stories and rhymes by Keith Gaines, while the "Teddy and Me" books are original stories byMaire Buonocore about a young girl and her toys. The books are available in both standard and `big book' format. - from Amzon