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 Written by Roderick Hunt
Illustrated by Alex Brychta

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BEFORE READING DURING READING
Talk together Enjoy the story together.

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• Look at the front cover together, read If your child needs
the title and talk about beaches. support to read the

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• Look at the poster together and talk words:
about how sandcastles are built. • Ask your child to

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the pictures. right under each word
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• Model how to sound
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may include:
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whole word for your

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top Biff • Use the pictures
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to talk about the

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story and learn the
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read the words below to your child

words.
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the box he sand
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best was said See the inside back cover
for more ideas.
Chip Kipper
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Chip had a box.

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He put sand in it.

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“Pat it flat,” he said.

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Kipper had a box.

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He put sand in it.

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Biff had a bucket.

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She put sand in it.

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Biff put the bucket on top.

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“Good,” she said.

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It was a sandcastle.
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It was a good sandcastle.

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It was the best sandcastle.

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• Ask your child what Chip used to start building

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the sandcastle.
• Encourage your child to point to the word on

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• Ask: What did Biff and Kipper do to help?

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Text © Roderick Hunt 2005

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Illustrations © Alex Brychta 2005

First published 2005
This edition published 2011
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ISBN 978-0-19-848081-5
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Printed in China by Imago
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process conforms to the environmental
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 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories

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Level 1+

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The

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Sandcastle
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a sandcastle.
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Biff, Chip and

Kipper Stories
Level 1+
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