Series:

Hopscotch: Twisty Tales

9 total works

Cover of Sleeping Beauty - 100 Years Later
Hopscotch Twisty Tales give the classic fairy tales a new twist. Perfect for the reluctant or newly independent reader, these stories capture the spirit of the fairy tale world and encourage imaginative exploration through carefully controlled word and text levels, perfect for the Primary Literacy Framework at Unit 2.

Cover of Hopscotch Twisty Tales: Hansel and Gretel and the Green Witch

In this classic fairy tale retold with a twist Hansel and Gretel are greedy and unfit. Their father, the woodcutter plans a trip to the woods, but they soon get lost and discover a hungry, health-conscious witch!

Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and word counts with highly entertaining and original stories, perfect for children starting to read independently.

Cover of Cinderella's Big Foot

Cinderella's Big Foot

by Laura North

Published 9 September 2010

In this classic fairy tale retold with a twist we meet Jack, the great bean pie cook, and a Giant who's very hungry, but not so keen on eating people!

Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and word counts with highly entertaining and original stories, perfect for children starting to read independently.

Cover of Hopscotch Twisty Tales: Cinderella's Big Foot

In this classic fairy tale retold with a twist we meet Jack, the great bean pie cook, and a Giant who's very hungry, but not so keen on eating people!

Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and word counts with highly entertaining and original stories, perfect for children starting to read independently.

Cover of The Boy Who Cried Sheep!

The Boy Who Cried Sheep!

by Laura North

Published 9 July 2015
The Boy Who Cried Sheep revisits the original story of teh Boy Who Cried Wolf with a new spin! This time the Shepherd boy watches a herd of stunt jumping sheep, and he must save the day when no one comes to rescue little Red Riding Hood from the Big Bad Wolf! Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and word counts with highly entertaining and original stories, perfect for children starting to read independently.

Cover of The Princess and the Frozen Peas
This is an inventive new twist on the classic fairy tale. It features fun puzzles to reinforce story sequencing, and character and dialogue work.

Cover of The Pied Piper and the Wrong Song
The Pied Piper has been asked to rid the town of rats. But when he plays his magic pipe, very strange things start to happen...Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and word counts with highly entertaining and original stories, perfect for children starting to read independently.

Cover of Jack and the Bean Pie

Jack and the Bean Pie

by Laura North

Published 12 August 2010
Jack is very poor but an expert at making pies. One day he gets some magic beans and a giant surprise! Hopscotch Twisty Tales are fantastic new stories featuring characters from the classic fairy tales, in text of under 400 words.

Cover of Little Mermaid's Deep Sea Rescue
A follow up story to the classic 'Little Mermaid', this story adds a new twist to the tale. Little Mermaid is out swimming when she gets trapped by fishing nets and hauled aboard a ship. She encounters a handsome young sailor who frees her. Later, while the sailor, who has fallen in love, tries to track the mermaid down, he gets into very big trouble with a hungry shark! Little Mermaid to the rescue...! Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and a word count of under 500 words with highly entertaining and original stories. They are perfect for children starting to read independently aged 5 or who read book bands 7-8. Each book also contains fun puzzles at the back to reinforce story sequencing and character and dialogue work.