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).
Samir longs to win a race in Sports Day, but it doesn't go to plan. Mr Simms helps him learn that having fun is just as important as winning.
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 ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.
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This is Book 182 in the Reading Champion Series. See all Reading Champion books here.
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Author Elizabeth Dale has written short stories for magazines all over the world. She has had over twenty books for children published, including My Secret Alien (an Egmont Green Banana). Elizabeth lives in West Sussex.
Illustrator Vicki Gausden studied for a BA (Hons) Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2005 and being awarded a Mast
