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Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Floppy and the Bone and Other Stories

Book cover for Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Floppy and the Bone and Other Stories by Roderick Hunt

This 2012 Level 3 bind-up combines two Phonics stories with two First Stories, so its exact contents matter more than a general Biff, Chip and Kipper series label.

Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Floppy and the Bone and Other Stories by Roderick Hunt is estimated to take about 4.5 minutes to read aloud (350 words, 1 sentence a spread). Best for ages 4-6.

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Estimated read-aloud time
about 4.5 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
Words
350Approximate
Sentences per spread
1Text density
Re-read tolerance
3/5holds up
Vocabulary level
1/5plain words
Best for
Ages 4-6Age range

Our review

This 2012 Level 3 bind-up contains Floppy and the Bone, Poor Old Rabbit, Shops and Such a Fuss. Two are Phonics stories for practising sounds and simple blending; two are First Stories built around early everyday words and a wider story-reading task. That split makes the volume more than four interchangeable decoding exercises.

Use the ISBN and contents, not one familiar story title, to identify the book. OUP's current Stage 2 Sing Song collection also includes Floppy and the Bone but groups it with The Sing Song, The Red Coat and Missing!, so it is a different product. The Moon Jet bind-up uses the same two-and-two design at the older Level 4. Choose between the 2012 volumes by the actual story and sound demands, and stop after one completed story rather than treating the whole bind-up as a session.

Before you buy it

Check the ISBN when buying: current OUP Stage 2 collections reuse Floppy and the Bone in a different four-story grouping. Match each story to the child’s taught sounds.

Themes

  • phonics
  • decodable
  • dogs
  • family
  • school

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