This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

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

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.
This book is perfect for the 5-7 age group or supports those reading at book band Purple.

Tracy Turner-Jones

Tracy is a writer, foster parent and administrator in no particular order. She’s had two children’s short stories published, won the Manchester Women’s Comedy sketch prize and self-published a fantasy story: Arabi. Matooke was her first published picture book. She lives in London but daydreams about a desk with a view and more time to write.