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Read at Home: First Experiences: Kipper Gets Nits

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Cover of Read at Home: First Experiences: Kipper Gets Nits by Roderick Hunt
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Year: 2009
Language: en
Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780198468929
Dimensions:
Height: 7.00786 inches
Length: 5.74802 inches
Weight: 0.3086471668 Pounds
Width: 0.326771 inches
Dewey Decimal: 428.6
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“Read at Home: First Experiences: Kipper Gets Nits” by Roderick Hunt is a 32-page book published by OUP Oxford on May 7, 2009. This edition is designed for young, beginner readers and features familiar characters from the popular Oxford Reading Tree series. The story follows Kipper as he discovers he has nits, while Floppy, his dog, experiences itchiness from fleas. This narrative aims to support parents in guiding their children through early reading experiences.

Readers will find that “Kipper Gets Nits” introduces young children to new situations, making it an ideal choice for shared reading between parent and child. The book encourages exploration of feelings and emotions, while also helping to build vocabulary through engaging activities. Written at Level 4 of the Read At Home series, it is tailored for children who can recognize 30-50 words by sight and are ready for more complex sentences. The collaboration of Roderick Hunt and illustrator Alex Brychta brings the story to life with humor and detail, making it a valuable addition to early literacy development.


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Kipper gets an itchy head – he has nits! Meanwhile, Floppy also feels itchy. The family realise he must have fleas… Read At Home is the best-selling home reading series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in exciting stories written for parents to support their child’s reading at home. Read At Home First Experiences introduce young children to new situations and are ideal for parent and child to read together. Read At Home First Experiences help parents to: BLExplore the wider world with their child BLTalk about shared feelings and emotions BLBuild vocabulary through the fun activities RAH Level: Although these books have been created for parents to share with their child, they have been written to Level 4 of Read At Home. Level 4 is for children Building Confidence in Reading – those children who can recognise 30-50 words by sight, can read harder sentences, with less support, and can use sounds to help make words. The story is written with simple but more varied sentence structure and vocabulary with three to four sentences per page. Highly successful, high profile author and illustrator team: BLRoderick Hunt, author of the original Oxford Reading Tree stories, and Annemarie Young, are superb storytellers with over 50 years educational experience between them. BLAlex Brychta’s humorous and detailed illustrations bring the stories alive and are known to and loved by millions of Oxford Reading Tree readers.

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Publisher: OUP Oxford. Year: 2009.
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ISBN-13: 9780198468929.
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Language: en. Pages: 32.

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