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Reading Champion: The Nightingale and the Emperor

Independent Reading Gold 9

Damian Harvey, Author

Noopur Thakur, Illustrator

Series: Reading Champion

Imprint: Franklin Watts

Publication date: February 27, 2025

Category: Educational: Reading schemes

ISBN: 9781445191171

Series: Reading Champion

Imprint: Franklin Watts

Publication date: August 22, 2024

Category: Educational: Reading schemes

ISBN: 9781445191157

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)

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.

In this twist on the original fairy tale The Nightingale, the little bird tells her side of the story, from when she is trapped in the palace to finally flying free.

Damian Harvey

Damian Harvey lives in North Wales with his lovely wife, Vicky. He has three wonderful daughters, one brilliant boy and a cat called Polly. He has written more than 130 books for primary school aged children and is busy writing more. When he isn’t writing, Damian loves visiting schools, libraries, bookshops, festivals and anywhere that will have him, where he shares stories, talks about writing and gets people excited about books and reading. You can find out more about Damian by visiting http://www.damianharvey.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @damianjharvey