Last month, we shared a selection of boredom-busting eBooks from the Oxford Owl free eBook library to make sure that your pupils have plenty to read while they’re learning at home. We’ve picked some more of our favourites, and this time they’re all books that will take your class on an adventure without leaving the comfort of their living rooms. Let’s escape into an eBook!
Remember, parents will simply need to register for free on Oxford Owl for Home to start reading the eBooks.
Home for a Night
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper
Oxford Level 3 (Reception-Year 1/P1-2)
Join Biff, Chip and Kipper as they try out a different home for a night when they go camping. This eBook is from the Explore series, which means that the decodable story is topic-linked to a fascinating non-fiction book, The Right Home. The Explorer Challenges, story maps and questions inside the book make them great for developing young explorers’ comprehension skills at home.
What’s in the Woods?
Read Write Inc. Phonics Non-Fiction Book Bag Books
Read Write Inc. Yellow Level
(Reception-Year 1/P1-2)
Head out for a walk in the woods with this Read Write Inc. Phonics Non-Fiction Book Bag Book. It’s designed to be used at home for reading practice outside the classroom, which means that it includes supportive notes for parents and carers, as well as pre-reading activities and a Vocabulary Check.
Way-out Day Out
Oxford Reading Tree inFact
Oxford Level 8 (Year 1-3/P2-4)
Turn your class into space detectives with this eBook, packed full of interactive fun facts and activities. It will give them a rocket’s eye view of our solar system, which will allow them to discover what has caused the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, which planet is a freezing gas ball and lots more fascinating facts.
Into the Pyramid
Project X CODE
Oxford Level 8 (Year 2-4/P3-5)
Team X face their biggest challenge yet: what will they find inside the pyramids? Part of the Project X CODE intervention series, this book will help struggling readers revisit and build phonics knowledge through engaging 3D adventure stories. It includes parent notes to support reading at home, as well as interactive play activities to develop comprehension skills.
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales
Oxford Level 9 (Year 1-3/P2-4)
Capture your readers’ imaginations with this beautifully illustrated retelling of a Norwegian fairytale that shows how love and goodness can triumph over evil magic. It includes handy tips for reading together and how to create a story map to retell the story.
Let’s Make Comics!
Oxford Reading Tree inFact
Oxford Level 9 (Year 1-3/P2-4)
Inspire your class to create their own adventures by writing and drawing comics! This fun eBook, written by a real-life comic writer and illustrator duo, is full of top tips and tricks, including coming up with ideas and characters, and drawing panels, bubbles and sound effects.
Big Game Adventure
Project X Origins
Oxford Level 14 (Year 4-6/P5-7)
Mark and Liam have to save three endangered animals, and it’s up to your class to help them, in an adventure story that will take them from the African bush to the depths of the jungle. This eBook includes notes specifically aimed at parents supporting older children with reading.
Treasure Island
TreeTops Classics
Oxford Level 17 (Year 4-6/P5-7)
Send your shipmates out onto the high seas in this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of pirates, treasure, friendship and mutiny. When Jim Hawkins sets sail to look for treasure, first he must outwit the pirates in his crew. This accessible introduction to a classic tale is available as an audiobook in the Oxford Owl library.
We don’t know about you, but we’re absolutely exhausted after all those adventures! We hope your reading explorers have a great time and that these eBooks set their imaginations racing around the world.
Did you know? You can search the Oxford Owl eBook library by age, level, book type and series, so that you can easily find the right book recommendations for your class. Browse the full library here.
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