รายละเอียด(อย่างย่อ) #1 Stanley Manners : Stanley Manners tells lies - lots of them! When he lies to his friends about his birthday party, they expect to see an enormous cake, a tennis-playing robot, amazing conjurors and a dragon! When Stanley wishes really hard for his lies to come true, disaster unfolds. Can Stanley get his birthday party back under control, or will his lies just get bigger and bigger? This story shows the importance of telling the truth ...and the dangers of having a dragon as a pet! #2 Rhyme Slime : Anita can't help speaking in rhyme and it's quite inconvenient to rhyme all the time. When she gets to school she finds that it's worse. The whole of her class can only speak in verse! #3 Out of Control : Jake wishes he was as good at playing Space Explorers as his big brother Sam. Then one day Jake ends up inside the game, collecting rocks and dodging aliens! It's brilliant fun until he discovers that Sam is trapped inside the game, and needs his help. Can Jake play well enough to save his brother or will everything get Out of Control? #4 Do Tigers Have Nine Lives? : A boy's toy tiger turns into a real tiger in the middle of the night. The boy and the tiger leap out of the window and into a beautifully-illustrated adventure. The tiger whisks the boy away to the beautiful jungle of his homeland. But danger awaits them - will they make it back, or will the tiger lose one of his nine lives trying to escape? #5 Julia Caesar : Julia, the daughter of Julius Caesar, must foil a plot to trick her father and save Rome. Using only her lucky marble and her quick-wits, it's up to Julia to save the day! Julia Caesar is a gorgeously-illustrated action story set in Ancient Rome. #6 Agent Blue and The Swirly Whirly : Agent Blue, the super spy-pigeon, is back! When all the TV satellites around the world disappear, Agent Blue suspects Birdseed is up to his old tricks again. Can Blue defeat a giant robot dove, stop the mysterious Swirly-Whirly and finally capture Birdseed? Join Blue as he jets off into space in this fantastically fun comic adventure! Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations. These 36 original stories will get children thinking, and develop and deepen their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustration styles broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child.