It provides clear parental support within and beyond the book: a "Tips for Reading Together" page, giving parents practical ideas for helping with their child's reading; a "Think about the Story" page providing stimulating ideas for parents to use with children when they are discussing the story - a "Useful common words" panel to highlight high frequency words used in the story which have a close correlation with the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy. It's highly successful, high profile author and illustrator team: Roderick Hunt, author of the original "Oxford Reading Tree" stories, and Cynthia Rider are superb storytellers with over 50 years educational experience between them. Alex Brychta's humorous and detailed illustrations bring the stories alive and are known to and loved by millions of "Oxford Reading Tree" readers. All titles have the perfect format for sharing a book with beginner readers - slightly wider than Ladybird to allow for all the humour and detail of the illustrations! "Read at Home" fully supports government initiatives to encourage parents to support their child's reading.