This book is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

A New Boy is a non-fiction text reporting on welcoming a new child into the school. The repeated sentence structure offers readers the opportunity for a first independent reading experience with the support of the illustrations.

Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

This early non-fiction text is accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child’s reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.

Perfect for children aged 5-6 or at book band Red.

Sarah Snashall

Sarah Snashall is an experienced professional writer, and has written many books on a wide range of topics.

Ally Marie

Ally grew up in a creative family who both influenced and supported her in her love of art. Colouring in books and jigsaws were her thing. Ally’s creative journey has been an adventure, staring out as an apprentice furniture maker, then drawing room interiors and onto a career as a greetings card illustrator.

Reading such beautifully illustrated books each night to her two children affirmed her love of book illustration.

Nowadays she can be found painting and drawing in her home studio in Leicestershire. She adores walks in the surrounding countryside, drawing with her children and the first coffee of the morning. The seaside is her happy place.