Flans Across the River

by Nick Warburton

Treetops is Oxford Reading Tree's new series of fiction with built-in progression for pupils aged 7 to 11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully monitored language levels, the stories are accessible, motivating, and humorous. The series is organized into Oxford
Reading Tree Stages (from Stage 10 to Stage 14), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; extended reading vocabulary; and more pages, more text, and fewer illustrations.
Each stage is supported by the Teacher's Guide, which offers guidance on using Treetops to assess children's reading ability, and includes a variety of activities (comprehension. writing for a range of audiences and in different forms, discussion and role play) many on photocopiable sheets.

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 14, 1995

About the author

Nick Warburton was born in 1947 and is married with one son. He gave up teaching in primary schools after ten years to try writing (also doing part-time work in libraries and selling on craft stalls). He writes children's books, radio, stage and television scripts, and in 1985 was joint winner of the BBC/Radio Times drama award for Conversations From the Engine Room.

Nick's play "Beast" won the Tinniswood Award; best play of 2005. See brief mention below and Tinniswood Award page.

Reviews

[Nuqksh Sapra · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a boy named Rodney, the son of Mr Bodney who was a baker. Mr.Bodney wanted Rodney to take flans to Mr Crab. Rodney has to go across the river but the bridge is fallen. Rodney thinks of various ways to make them go across. All of his tries failed except the last one because he used his trousers as parachute and everybody cheered for him. When he reached home Mr.Bodney told him he has to go again tomorrow.

[Ian McHugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious! (If you're 3 and 7 years old) So many flans flying about. Added hilarity with a near naked protagonist. Kids and Dad alike loved it as Flo read.