July 28, 2022
Scheduled System Maintenance – ORT Audio Streaming
The Oxford Reading Tree audio streaming service will be unavailable from 0:00am to 5:00am on Wednesday, 24 August due to scheduled system maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
May 31, 2022
Oxford Reading Tree Extended Stories Available Online
You can now download Extended Stories for select Stage 1 ORT storybooks from the ORT Resource Centre.
Extended Stories are longer, more detailed versions of the Oxford Reading Tree storybooks and help children to understand and predict the stories.
Find out more
Oct 19, 2021
Oxford Reading Tree & Resources for Children 2022 Catalogue
New Oxford Reading Tree & Resources for Children 2022 Catalogue is now available. View and download the 2022 catalogue from the ORT Resource Centre.
October 20, 2020
Oxford Reading Tree & Resources for Children 2021 Catalogue
New Oxford Reading Tree & Resources for Children 2021 Catalogue is now available. View and download the 2021 catalogue from the ORT Resource Centre.
January 28, 2020
New ORT Audio Sticker Set & Book Combo Pack launched
Since their release, the ORT audio pen and audio stickers have been a big hit with ORT fans. Now, we are pleased to announce that the audio stickers for stages 1 to 3 are available to buy in special packs with ORT books! Find out more and purchase online.
June 12, 2019
New ORT Audio Stickers for Stages 6 to 9 and updated ORT Audio Pen in stock now!
Since launching, the Oxford Reading Tree Audio Pen and Audio Stickers have been a firm favorite with ORT fans, young and old. Now, we’re pleased to announce the release of brand new Audio Stickers for stages 6 to 9. What’s more, our bestselling ORT Audio Pen has been updated to include all audio files for ORT stages 1 to 9! A great way to develop children’s language skills, the new stickers and pen are available on our website.
January 9, 2019
Important notice about ORT series audio streaming
We are pleased to announce that select Oxford Reading Tree audio tracks are now available to stream using access codes.
Since December 2018, stories featuring online audio* have stickers containing access codes. If you have an applicable title but don’t have an access code, please fill out this request form.
*Titles with online audio:
Oxford Reading Tree: Decode and Develop Stage 1+ ~9
Oxford Reading Tree: Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper Level 1+ ~9
Oxford Reading Tree: inFact Level 1+ ~5
TreeTops: Time Chronicles Level 11+ ~13+
We hope you enjoy listening to your favourite ORT stories!
October 12, 2018
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper Series Audio Available
Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper Series Level 1+ to 9 audio is now available for streaming at the Resource Centre.
September 14, 2018
Price changes to Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) from October 1st
Due to price changes in the UK and the effect of exchange rate changes, from October 1st 2018, we must unfortunately increase the price of certain ORT products between 5 – 10%. We appreciate your understanding in this matter and thank you for your ongoing interest in Oxford University Press products and services.
What’s the Oxford Reading Tree (ORT)?
- Literacy textbooks used at over 80% of the primary schools in the UK.
- Over 200 humorous stories with natural-sounding, authentic language that native-speaker children actually use.
- Divided over 10 stages with repeated vocabulary and sentence structures ideal for English language learners.
- Exciting stories with interesting plot twists based around Kipper and his family’s daily life, giving students a taste of the British home-stay experience without leaving Japan.
Meet the characters...
The Oxford Reading Tree stories are based on a group of characters. Kipper has many adventures with his dog Floppy, his brother Chip, Chip’s twin sister Biff, and their friends. Children love reading about these characters and cannot wait to read what happens to them in the next story!
Level Chart
Useful Materials
- ORT Resource Centre
Teaching Notes for Time Chronicles and audio files for Decode and Develop Stories now available. - Oxford Books for Children Catalogue
- Order Sheet
- All Title Poster
- Progress Chart Poster
- ORT Teacher Overview
- ORT Phonics Teacher Overview
- ORT Word Count
- ORT book chart
Oxford Owl helps parents with thier child's reading at home. Essential free tips, fun activities and eBooks are available.
Oxford Books for Children Catalogue
[PDF approx. 10.7MB]
Important Notice
■Notice of changes to text and illustrations in selected Oxford Reading Tree titles
■There have been changes in the text and illustrations for Oxford Reading Tree Stage 3 More Stories B ‘The Barbecue’ and Stage 5 More Stories C ‘The Adventure Park”. Please see here for details.
- Illustrations of the “sausage version” (before replacement) are available for download. Please click the links below to download the files.
- Audio files (MP3) of the “burger/ chicken leg version” (after replacement) are available for download. Please click the links below to download the files.