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Free online Oxford Reading Tree eBooks from Oxford Owl

By Paul Nisbet on Tuesday 29th May, 2012 at 3:49pm

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I've been meaning to blog about this for ages and have finally got round to it!

The Oxford Owl web site has over 250 free Oxford Reading Tree eBooks for teachers, children and parents to read online. The books have a recorded narration (i.e. human, not computer speech) and you can zoom in and out to make the text and pictures bigger or smaller. Turning the pages is done with a click of a mouse - you can't use the keyboard or switches directly.  You could however point the mouse over the 'next page' button and then use a switch to click, to turn the page.

The books are ideal for using on a whiteboard or for individuals to read on their own computer (but not iPad - the books are Adobe Flash format which don't play on iOS).

There are also some activities for each book (although they didn't work on my computer - no doubt got the wrong version of Java / Flash / other plug in) and the 'Kids Barn' has a lot of information and games about Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy and the other characters. 

 

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#1. boco - Friday 15th June, 2012 at 11:16pm

my child likes reading oxford series books when he was four years old.

#2. emily - Friday 15th June, 2012 at 11:17pm

my child likes reading oxford series books when he was four years old.

#3. Riley - Sunday 15th July, 2012 at 8:08pm

Very good

#4. tan teong cheok - Friday 12th October, 2012 at 12:14pm

quite useful for reading but too few books for children 5-8

#5. natalia - Thursday 15th November, 2012 at 8:45am

can't see it

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