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)

How to Grow a Sunflower is a non-fiction text instructing how to grow a sunflower. 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.

Elif Balta Parks

Elif Balta Parks is a business graduate whose love of drawing led her to change her life and become an illustrator. She studied independently for several years, developing her style and then attended Central Saint Martins college before beginning her career as an illustrator. Since 2012 Elif has illustrated over 30 children’s books and is passionate about engaging young readers’ imaginations with her work.
She lives in more than one place but always has her sketchbook at her side.