Fiction 5+

Ms Alex has assigned Yasmin's class to write about their heroes. Yasmin loves to write but she can't decide who her hero is. After dismissing lots of ideas, could it be that Yasmin's hero has been right beside her all along?

Part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with UCL Institute of Education (IOE).

Yeti is expecting a lot of customers at his Snow Cafe. Delicious spaghetti should fill them up. But how much to make? You can't have too much spaghetti - can you?

Toucan worries that he can't do things. But others say he can!

Pete tries to join in and play with the other dinosaurs, but he finds that his little arms make this difficult for him. Will he find a game he can play?

The escape plan was set and the animals of Ginger Zoo were ready to break out. It would have all gone according to plan if Llama had just been a little bit calmer.

Cook can't seem to make a pie that the king likes. However, one day when Cook falls asleep, his assistants make a pie with unexpected ingredients.

Observer Mink doesn't believe in rules. She loves running wild and free. So, when a zebra appears in the square where she lives and she finds out that his parents have been captured by the evil Mr Spit, she knows that it's up to her to help. So begins a grand adventure to rescue a whole menagerie...

Observer Mink doesn't believe in rules. She loves running wild and free. So, when a zebra appears in the square where she lives and she finds out that his parents have been captured by the evil Mr Spit, she knows that it's up to her to help. So begins a grand adventure to rescue a whole menagerie...

When jealous Jack Frost steals Zelda the Gamer Fairy's magical headset, controller and console, video games everywhere begin to glitch and gaming is ruined! With the help of Rachel, Kirsty, Gracie and Khadijah, Zelda must venture through the Land of Games and play to win back her enchanted object...