Kipper The Clown

Biff, Chip and Kipper storybooks

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

16 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 2003

Reviews

[Emkoshka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with my Turkish host family's children. Slow and simple. The curly-haired man in the vest looks like my dad, heh.

[zhanghao · Rating 4 out of 5]

A circus performance organized by the friends themselves.

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kipper the clown is an oxford reading tree. Kipper and friends decide to put an event on for the whole family, a bit like a circus.
The students seem to like the Kipper books. I think it is because kipper is familiar with them. I read this for guided reading with a year 2 class. I got them to draw a picture and annotate it, answer questions about the book and then we used the ideas in the book to help with our own. I tried the students to plan their party although in hindsight it would have been better for them to plan their own circus.
The book itself is not particularly interesting but you can do some interesting tasks based on the book.

[Siobhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah, Roderick Hunt, what a vital part of my growing up you were.

I’m fairly certain it’s a British rite of passage to read a Roderick Hunt book. They are the books you have to read at school, the ones that will move you towards the entirety of the literary world.

And boy, were they ever fun!

It doesn’t matter how old I get, I’m still more than capable of recalling details from his stories.

They certainly left a lasting impression!

[Nyra Sapra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kipper made wood, and he made a car out of that then he fell down, and it was so funny, that everyone laughed at him.