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Reading Champion: The Little Red Tortoise

Independent Reading Gold 9

Amelia Marshall, Author

Evelline Andrya, Illustrator

Series: Reading Champion

Imprint: Franklin Watts

Publication date: April 13, 2023

Category: Educational: Reading schemes

ISBN: 9781445184289

Series: Reading Champion

Imprint: Franklin Watts

Publication date: October 13, 2022

Category: Educational: Reading schemes

ISBN: 9781445184272

In this world tale from South Africa, a brave little tortoise decides to face a huge grumpy giraffe…

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

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. Perfect for 5-7 year olds or those reading book band Gold

Amelia Marshall

Amelia Marshall is an avid reader and writer of children’s books. She has worked in primary education and publishing for over 10 years. As well as specialising in fairy tale twists and retellings she loves to write playful rhymes. As a parent of a toddler son, she saw an opportunity to create a unique rhyming picture book set combining photographic and illustrative elements and came up with four books in Digger and Friends (Digger’s Busy Day, Tractor’s FarmYard Fun, Big Truck’s Road Adventure & Emergency! Emergency!).