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Story Sparks

Phonically decodable stories to develop and deepen comprehension skills

  • Each levelled story develops the comprehension skills children need to reach the higher expectations of the curriculum
  • A wide variety of writing styles, plots and artwork to encourage talk and inference
  • Teaching support helps deepen comprehension skills, provoke discussion and motivate children to progress
  • Texts are phonically decodable aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases, with a very small number of non-decodable story words included to build vocabulary

Series contains:

  • 72 variety fiction titles at oxford levels 1-11
  • 2 Teaching Handbooks
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Brand-new blending books to support Letters and Sounds

Little Blending Books for Letters and Sounds

Perfect for practising sounding and blending

Little Blending Books have been written specially to help children practise blending, and are aligned to Letters and Sounds Sets and Phases. They are ideal for use alongside other Oxford reading programmes.

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Take a look inside (PDF)

See inside The Story of the Train Stop, an engaging Oxford Level 8 book

Free Teaching Notes (PDF)

Take a look at this sample of our teaching notes, which are free for you to download at www.oxfordowl.co.uk

Comprehension Skills (PDF)

Top tips from Nikki Gamble on how to develop and deepen comprehension skills

Free teacher support

Find free teaching notes for all our titles on Oxford Owl

Read Teach Primary's review of Story Sparks

'If we learn one thing from this fine series it is that reading is far from a passive experience.'

Also available on the Oxford Owl eBook Library

Oxford Owl eBook Library

Oxford Owl eBook Library

Selected titles from this series are available on the Oxford Owl eBook Library, a new subscription giving you a total of up to 550 eBooks across the whole school. This eBook library is perfect for use in the classroom or to share books with children to read at home.

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Levels 1-11: Super Easy Buy Pack

Stories to fire children's imaginations and develop comprehension skills

Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-1382008242

Paperback | 09/01/2020

Price:  £2560.00

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Levels 1-11: Singles Pack

Stories to fire children's imaginations and develop comprehension skills

Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-0-19-842889-3

Pack | 11/01/2018

Price:  £530.00

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1+: Class Pack of 36

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1+: Class Pack of 36

Stories to fire children's imaginations and deepen comprehension skills

Author Michelle Robinson, Author Teresa Heapy, Author Becca Heddle, Author Cheryl Palin, Author Narinder Dhami, Author Juliet Clare Bell, Illustrator Ashley King, Illustrator Sarah Horne, Illustrator John Solomon, Illustrator Sarah Jennings, Illustrator Feronia Parker-Thomas, Illustrator Daron Parton, and Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-0-19-841479-7

Pack | 07/09/2017

Price:  £158.00

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1+: Mixed Pack of 6

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1+: Mixed Pack of 6

Stories to fire children's imaginations and deepen comprehension skills

Author Michelle Robinson, Author Teresa Heapy, Author Becca Heddle, Author Cheryl Palin, Author Narinder Dhami, Author Juliet Clare Bell, Illustrator Ashley King, Illustrator Sarah Horne, Illustrator John Solomon, Illustrator Sarah Jennings, Illustrator Feronia Parker-Thomas, Illustrator Daron Parton, and Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-0-19-841478-0

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1: Class Pack of 36

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1: Class Pack of 36

Stories to fire children's imaginations and deepen comprehension skills

Author Juliet Clare Bell, Author Karra McFarlane, Author Pippa Goodhart, Author Jeanne Willis, Author Jo Franklin, Author Mike Brownlow, Illustrator Kate Leake, Illustrator Hannah George, Illustrator Ben Whitehouse, Illustrator Emma Levey, Illustrator Mirella Mariani, Illustrator Amy Adele Seymour, and Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-0-19-841471-1

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 5: Class Pack of 36

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 5: Class Pack of 36

Stories to fire children's imaginations and deepen comprehension skills

Author Jamie Smart, Author Joanna Nadin, Author Timothy Knapman, Author Simon Puttock, Author Abie Longstaff, Author Narinder Dhami, Illustrator Jamie Smart, Illustrator Marion Lindsay, Illustrator Steve May, Illustrator Thomas Docherty, Illustrator Natalie Eldred, Illustrator Anni Axworthy, and Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-0-19-841511-4

Pack | 07/09/2017

Price:  £195.25

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 5: Mixed Pack of 6

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 5: Mixed Pack of 6

Stories to fire children's imaginations and deepen comprehension skills

Author Jamie Smart, Author Joanna Nadin, Author Timothy Knapman, Author Simon Puttock, Author Abie Longstaff, Author Narinder Dhami, Illustrator Jamie Smart, Illustrator Marion Lindsay, Illustrator Steve May, Illustrator Thomas Docherty, Illustrator Natalie Eldred, Illustrator Anni Axworthy, and Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-0-19-841510-7

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Price:  £34.75

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1: Mixed Pack of 6

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1: Mixed Pack of 6

Stories to fire children's imaginations and deepen comprehension skills

Author Juliet Clare Bell, Author Karra McFarlane, Author Pippa Goodhart, Author Jeanne Willis, Author Jo Franklin, Author Mike Brownlow, Illustrator Kate Leake, Illustrator Hannah George, Illustrator Ben Whitehouse, Illustrator Emma Levey, Illustrator Mirella Mariani, Illustrator Amy Adele Seymour, and Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-0-19-841470-4

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Levels 1-5: Easy Buy Pack

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Levels 1-5: Easy Buy Pack

Stories to fire children's imaginations and develop comprehension skills

Series Editor Nikki Gamble


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978-0-19-841469-8

Pack | 07/09/2017

Price:  £1000.00

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 3: Class Pack of 36

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 3: Class Pack of 36

Stories to fire children's imaginations and deepen comprehension skills

Author Teresa Heapy, Author Paeony Lewis, Author Jan Burchett, Author Sara Vogler, Author Kate Scott, Author Abie Longstaff, Author Peter Bently, Illustrator Sarah Horne, Illustrator Jonny Lambert, Illustrator Shahab Shamshirsaz, Illustrator Ivana G. Kuman, Illustrator Mar Ferrero, Illustrator Sophia Touliatou, and others


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978-0-19-841495-7

Pack | 07/09/2017

Price:  £177.25

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