I agree to some extent and lets not forget that any books are better than none. also the deal is good so that's a bonus. I can add though that my wife was a literacy consultant for 10 years, giving help to failing primary schools in Nottinghamshire . She left when the operation was considered a success. I'll let you guess what reading scheme each of these schools in special measures used. It was the first thing she scrapped every time.

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The description says 5+ years. However, my daughter and kids I know started when they were 4. She read it for 2 years until she was about 7. It entirely depends on a child's capacity imo.

I agree with what others have said. In my view, with children that are too young to read anything other than very basic words, you need two types of book: the ones we all adored as children such as The House at Pooh Corner, fairytales etc which you read to them as the adult, and the easier ones such as this that the child can read themselves. Yes there are things less 'mind-numbing' than Biff, Chip and Kipper, but more mind numbing than this series of books is trying to persuade a child to re-engage with reading after they have tried and failed to read books that were far too challenging for them and as a consequence their self esteem is shot to pieces and they are turned off books altogether.

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Hey sid- what age range is this book for? I have a 6 and 9 years old kids.

Exactly, not sure what blizzard is trying to get too but these books are used to teach kids how to read the basic words. They are very similar to books we used to have in the 70s just different characters. As you said don't read them to the kids they read them to you. As for the schools infant/ primary schools are so under funded when you are finished with these pass them to the school so the kids still get the benefit.

Yes teenagers don't like reading probably because they have other distraction but there are teenagers I have one, who reads a book every couple of days :smiley:

The price is good but for anyone who has never read one of these books to their kids - they are mind numbing. So many more interesting and exciting books out there for children. Forget about the fond memories you had reading these as a child. Children's authors have upped their game and yet schools still use this drudge.

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Thanks for taking the time to explain. Seems quite sensible to me. I will pass this information around.

You are welcome, and I add that I only have an opinion. Who's to say it's right?

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I didn't really want to get into this but the Oxford reading tree was sold to schools years ago most can't really afford to replace them. The books do get better when the magic key comes along, but there's a lot of competition between the children about what level they're on. Reading isn't really about keeping score. Try looking at some Mini Grey books like Traction Man, Biscuit Bear and the Pea and the Princess. Look at Sharing A Shell by Julia Donaldson. Also A kitten called Moonlight. The writing is less rigid in style and and a few of these come with excellent audio CDs read by well known names. Lost and found by Oliver Jeffers has now been made into a bafta nominated animated film.
Look at the huge amount of teenagers around who couldn't care less about reading books. They've all been reared on Biff, Chip and Kipper.

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