Interest age: from c 4 years

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).

Clem is an explorer, a collector, a protector of the seas! Treasure hunting on her beloved beach, she stumbles across Crab, his claw stuck in a plastic bag. Crab will be much safer and happier in the city with Clem, but doesn't he belong on the beach?

Left alone to clean the house in her dirty, ragged clothes, how can Cinderella possibly ever go to the prince's ball? Using the highly successful 'see and say' format, this picture storybook is ideal for the first steps in reading. It includes a picture-word guide inside the back cover for easy r...

Here is a stunning picture book for Christmas, written in Julia Donaldson's perfect, heartfelt rhyme. Deep in a snowy wood stands a little pine tree with a special destiny: it's going to be the famous Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square! With gorgeous, atmospheric illustrations, this beautiful, mo...

Deep in a snowy wood stands a little pine tree with a special destiny: it's going to be the famous Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square! With gorgeous, atmospheric illustrations, this moving story brims with festivity and hope.

Here is a stunning picture book for Christmas, written in Julia Donaldson's perfect, heartfelt rhyme. Deep in a snowy wood stands a little pine tree with a special destiny: it's going to be the famous Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square! With gorgeous, atmospheric illustrations, this beautiful, mo...

Favourite stories are retold in a lively natural language to help children to develop the confidence to read alone.

Chicken Licken is convinced that the sky is falling. One by one, he persuades the other birds around the farm to come with him and tell the King. Then the procession meets Foxy Loxy, who seems extremely keen to help them. Why, he even knows the quickest route.

Discover that bereavement can be a beginning, not an ending, in this beautiful story of one boy's grief when he loses his beloved grandfather. Dadaji loves to teach others to paint, especially his grandson. But after Dadaji passes away, the boy can't bear to use the favourite paintbrush his grand...

Look out, here comes trouble! Croc has stopped at Old MacDonald's farm for a snack - E-I-E-I-OUh-oh! Providing a unique, alternative spin on a familiar song, this delightfully silly story is contemporary, quirky and playful - kids will love to follow Croc's antics and sing along with him as he ro...