This book is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Homing Pigeons is a non-fiction text reporting on the amazing skill and history of homing pigeons. The simple sentence structure offers readers the opportunity for an independent reading experience with the support of the illustrations. Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. This early non-fiction text is 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.

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised features exciting fully decodable fiction and non-fiction readers to enthuse and inspire children. The books are matched to the Little Wandle progression and phases. Collins Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised sets are the best way to buy with a built-in 20% discount. The Phase 5 Set contains one of each of the following 66 books: Fiction: The Elf and the Bootmaker Let's Pretend! Dragon Owner's Manual Not in Otter's Pocket! Don't Blame Me! The Stone Shadows Iris's Wild Ride Jake and Jen and the Balloon of Doom Watch Out, Nebit! Disaster Duck Noisy Neesha The Hide and Seek Squirrels A Helping Hand Witney and Boscoe's Lost and Found Oodles of Noodles The Dragon King's Daughter The Knight Who Could Knit The Shy Monster Dark Unicorn Tracking The Blue Beast Roo's Rocket The Car Boot Sale The Robot Meets A Tiger Paper Tiger The Lost Shimmer Kitten Trouble Mighty Mud Race Jazz And Pop's Adventure The Mouth-Watering Cheese Adventure Jake And Jen In The Lost Land Of Dinosaurs Taro And The Stag Beetle Bodies Can Do Anything Watch Out This Troll Shouts! Non-fiction: Bear Spotting How Not to Be Eaten How to Draw Cat and Dog Blackcurrant Jam Wild Homes Welcome to my Home Super Sharks Animal Tricks: Sticking Power Be a Cave Explorer Show Time! This is Our Planet Beetles Around the World The Loch Ness Mystery Around the World in 72 Days Crocs and Rocks Reptiles Break Rules The Great Fire of London Poles Apart Cleaning Up The Sea Living In The Clouds Fish That Fool Amazing Webs Cranes Lifting High Saturn's Secrets Legends of The Sky Recycle It What Is Snot? The Secret Life Of Mushrooms How To Draw A Dinosaur Robot Space Explorers Slam Dunk Rare And Unusual Creatures The Art Of Climbing

The prince must find a wife - but he just cannot find a real princess to marry. Then a dirty, wet and smelly girl arrives at the castle, claiming to be a princess. The queen decides to test her... A beautifully illustrated retelling of this favourite traditional story. Must Know Stories includes favourite tales, celebrating the diversity of our literary heritage. Level 2 stories are told in chapters in under 1000 words.