In this world tale from Brazil, Beetle and Rat live on the forest floor, but both long to be higher up in the rainforest like the other much more colourful creatures. A parrot tells them to have a race and whoever wins will get a colourful coat.
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)
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. Perfect for 5-7 year olds or those reading book band orange.
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Can you solve the puzzles to save the Kingdom? Put your puzzle skills to the test with mazes, word games and codes to crack!
The second book in this popular series celebrating friendship, magic and fighting for what you believe in.
This is Book 266 in the Reading Champion Series. See all Reading Champion books here.
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Sarah Snashall is an experienced educational author who has written for Oxford International English, Scholastic, Collins, Pearson, Hodder and Kingfisher. She has written lots for teachers and also workbooks for children. She loves reading bedtime stories to her children and she also volunteers at her local school running guided reading sessions. She sings,
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