Interest age: from c 5 years

There's a baby on the way and Anna isn't happy about it. She and her friends are convinced it could be anything from an octopus to a giant sandwich. Will Anna warm up to the idea of a new baby? What will the new baby turn out to be?

The emperor loves the nightingale's songs. One day he gets a clockwork bird, but soon realises it is not as a good as the real one.

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). Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has...

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). Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has...

Perfect Pamela's birthday is next week, and she needs a gown. Will she be nice to her maids who are looking for the perfect gown? Or will she be a spoilt little girl?

A town called Hamelin is full of rats until a mysterious Pied Piper arrives. He knows how to get rid of them but will he get his reward?

It's party time for Alice and Leo's friend Hannah, but her birthday is turning into a disaster! Pippin the Baking Pixie is ready to help make a special cake - until the mean Nixies steal his magical baking tools. Can Alice and Leo find the tools to save Hannah's birthday party?

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). Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has...

Porky Pies is always telling lies, trying to terrify his brothers and sisters into believing that the Big Bad Wolf is back. But when the biggest fibber in the litter tries to plan his most daring prank yet, the joke is on him this time. So who will have the last laugh?

'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...