Fantastic, original stories are 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.

Independent Reading Red 2 stories are perfect for children aged 4-5 who are reading at book band 2 (Red) in classroom reading lessons.

Katie Dale

Katie Dale had her first poem ‘The Fate of The School Hamster’ published in The Cadbury’s Book of Children’s Poetry, aged 8 and hasn’t stopped writing since. On graduating, she went travelling through South-East Asia – only to discover whilst in a Vietnam internet cafe that she was a winner of the SCBWI 2008 Undiscovered Voices competition.