When I was a kid, we had a collection of most of the books in the series. They were meant to help improve our English reading skills and learn vocabulary, sentence structures, etc. I still remember those stories very well, which is kind of crazy to me.
I remember Chip (the older brother), Biff (the older sister), and Kipper (the younger brother) with his striped shirt very well, as well as the funny yellow dog “Floppy”.
I also remember a few of the side characters, like Gran, Nadim, and Wilma + her younger brother “Wilf” (I remembered him as “Will”, but apparently was wrong)
The first few “stages” involved normal things like going to the beach, Gran’s house, and going to school. The later stages had loads of fun adventures involving magical worlds.
Has anyone else read those books as a kid? I still remember each story very well, which I find really weird.
Not as a kid, but as a parent.
Wonderful books for early readers.
Same, I had mine bringing them home a few years ago.
One thing that always struck me was how 1990’s (and maybe earlier) the pictures were. It’s hard to put my finger on why, but they just don’t feel contemporary.
Same here - my kids had these, but I’m of the generation raised on Roger Red Hat.
I did not have them as a child, but taught them in ESL classes as an adult :) cute stories
Yes I used to read them as a child when I was in an IGCSE school. They were fun.
I remember they were graded in colours. I read them so much they ran out of colours to give me.
I remember the first few stages were orange, green, and blue while the magical adventure ones were purple (I think, I might be wrong)
I bought a set over a year ago for my son, then the school library also seems to have them (they pick a book a week)
Yes! I read them in school and used to look for the hidden pair of glasses in each book.
