Join friends Looga and Barooga on two awesome adventures with hungry pirates and sea monsters, as they use their imagination to face their fears! Two exciting stories in an accessible comic-strip format to engage even the most reluctant readers. With carefully levelled text, ideal for practising the phonics skills children learn at school.

This engaging collection of two Read with Oxford comic strip-stories is ideal for children who are growing in reading confidence. The stories are phonics-based and have been specially written so that your child can read them for themselves. Tips for parents and fun after-reading activities help you to get the most out of the stories.

Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence.

Read with Oxford Stage 4 equates to Oxford Levels 6 and 7 used in schools. For more information about the Read with Oxford Stages, as well as practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress, go to readwithoxford.com. Let's get them flying!

Series Editor Nikki Gamble

Author Robin Etherington

Illustrator Zak Simmonds-Hurn

`What I feel this range does, is to combine reading for progress with reading for pleasure. [...] there is a brilliant mix of modern and traditional tales, well-known characters, super-heroes and non-fiction [...] there really is something for everyone.' bitsybookworms.com

`[The Read with Oxford Stages] offer parents a way of pinpointing the most appropriate complimentary resources and activities to use at home as their children progress through the reading schemes.' booksfortopics.com

`These books will support a child's reading journey at home with clear progression, step by step stages and online advice and resources. The books are designed to provide this progression and support in a fun way, rather than feeling like yet another chore to add to an already overburdened list.' cupoftoast.co.uk