Yellow socks, white socks, green socks and stripey socks. Can you see the socks? Stripey Socks is a reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Pink Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 57-word recount text features a short, highly structured, repetitive text with limited vocabulary. Yellow socks, white socks, green socks and stripey socks. Can you see the socks? Stripey Socks is a reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Pink Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 57-word recount text is suitable for ages 4 - 5. Stripey Socks features a short, highly structured, repetitive text with limited vocabulary. It features short, predictable texts with natural language. It has larger print, appropriate fonts and clear spacing. Stripey Socks is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels and eleven book bands (Pink through to Lime).