Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales are fully decodable so children can read some of the best known stories from around the world for themselves! A poor man arrives in town with three magic rocks, promising that he can use them to make dinner for everyone. Illustrator(s): Beech, Mark. Num Pages: 16 pages, Full colour. BIC Classification: 4KHF; YQCR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 158 x 207 x 3. Weight in Grams: 68.
Three Rocks is based on the traditional tale Stone Soup. A poor man arrives in town with three magic rocks, promising that he can use them to make dinner for everyone - how will he manage it? This humorous story written by Monica Hughes and charmingly illustrated by Mark Beech will capture your child's imagination! It has been sensitively rewritten to enable your child to read it with confidence whilst capturing the magic of the original tale. There are useful tips for parents and an engaging story map inside the book to help you and your child retell the story together. The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree levels and matched to the phonics progression in Letters and Sounds, enabling your children to read the stories independently.