A couple of years ago my 6 year old son was brought a set of Read at Home books for Christmas. Read at Home books are aimed at helping young children learn to read and are available in different levels which your child progresses through as their reading levels improve. The books are available in stages 1 - 4 and each stage has 6 books in it for your child to read in order to improve their skills in reading. Each Read at Home book features a different story, though each story contains the same characters in each book. The books are centred around characters such as Floppy the dog, Biff, Chip, Wilf and Kipper, who are all young children engaging in adventures. ...  Read the complete review

Ouch! Is a level 2c Read at Home Book from the Oxford Reading Tree. We got it from The Works for £1.25 as part of a special offer, and there are plenty of similar offers around from various discount book retailers. The full recommended retail price is £3.50 though to me that seems a little bit on the steep side for such a short book. The story is about Floppy the dog having a little dream. He dreams he's in the wild west, where he hurts himself on the hot sand, and escaping on one of his children owner's horseback, Biff. Finally, he smacks into a cactus as he goes flying off the horse and shrieks "ouch!" for the last time. Then he wakes up to ...  Read the complete review