Viking Adventure

Magic Key

by Roderick Hunt, Alex Brychta (Illustrator)

Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh new look for today's children, teachers and parents, with lively new covers and fresh artwork.

Engaging new artwork and covers
Alex Brychta's unique style of artwork enthrals and entertains children, and the fresh new look will heighten their pleasure in reading the stories. With freshly drawn artwork for all the favourite core stories at Stages 2 - 5 and fantastic new covers, Oxford Reading Tree is more appealing than
ever!

Stories children love
The Oxford Reading Tree stories have always captivated children's imagination, inspiring them to read - and the stories and characters in the new editions haven't changed at all. Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool.

Simplified structure
We have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 and 7 Storybooks; magpies become Stages 8 and 9 Storybooks; wrens at Stage 2 have become patterned stories at Stage 1+; and wrens at Stage 3 are now patterned stories at Stage 2.

New teaching support material
In addition to the existing guided reading cards, perfect for use in guided reading sessions, we have brought out new teaching materials to reflect the needs of teachers in today's

DT Flexible, friendly teacher's notes included FREE with each pack of Oxford Reading Tree books - these are easy to store and will save you hours of preparation!
DT New Take-Home cards for every Storybook from Stages 1 - 9 to help parents or carers get the most out of reading with their child
DT Free resources website at www.oup.com/uk/primary with downloadable photocopy masters
DT New Teacher's Handbook and special edition for Scotland

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 2003

Reviews

[Clara Ventura · Rating 5 out of 5]

First I´m going to tell you the resume of the story. After that I´m going to tell what I thought about the story.

In the story Wilma didn't participate. The story is about vikings. An adventure they had, they landed in a boat that didn't have wind. Then the vikings saw them and they didn't like to see them. In the village they frightened some people that were going to attack them using the lantern.

I thought the story was very good. I thought Chip was afraid when they arrived at the adventure. There were part of the story that were funny. The end of the story was funny because they brought a viking shield and went they came it was mini viking shield. The teacher said it wasn't a real viking shield and Biff smiled to Wilf.

It´s a very good stroy for children.

[Wesam Karam · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a wonderful story
for kids to improve reading levels

[Steven Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great story where the children are learning about viking at school and the magic key glows and take children on a Viking long boat.

[Tiago Ventura Rego · Rating 5 out of 5]

These adventures are always great fun for childrens!

[Shayiri Kowlassur · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting reader

[Asma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Viking adventure is a historical fiction book and is written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta and is a fantastic book for children up to key stage 2 onwards. The book is consisted of big and bold pictures, and provides basic information on Vikings. There are four main characters in this book: Wilf, Biff, Kipper and Chip, who were all intrigued by the Viking project. The story did not hand any wicked or manipulative characters. This book can help children with their imaginative skills and can enhance their thinking skills. Teachers can use this book as a part of their history lesson, when teaching a topic on Vikings. Moreover, since the book is based on Viking’s magical adventures, it can therefore be used to sustain children’s interest in history lessons.

The story contains words, which can help children with their literacy and decoding skills. The writing of the book is in bold and stands out. In my opinion, this is a magical adventurous book for young and older children and is full of exciting moments.