Item category 1: Beginner read

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). Mum and Dad want to go camping, but everything keeps going wrong, and Nish isn't keen on i...

Squirrel is busy hiding acorns. Then she drops one! It falls on the head of a very silly bird called Chicken Licken. 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 ...

It is hot in the desert. Can Bill and Cam keep cool?

'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 ab...

Howard is a bull with a fear of EVERYTHING! Can he overcome his fears?

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

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). In this story, the tale of Dick Whittington is reimagined in Patna, India and Dick enlists...

This funny, rhyming picture book features Gus and Dee, two dinosaurs who love to be the centre of attention. So Sid's charity show provides a great opportunity for them to show off. But maybe this time they'll learn to share the stage with their friends?

In this new story based on the Frog Prince fairy tale, a football-mad princess discovers a dog with a secret. 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 o...

Join Flicky and other dinosaurs in their classroom adventure to the future! What will they find?