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) The Crow and the Pitcher is a retelling of an Aesop fable in which a crow must be very clever and persistent to have a drink of water. 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 white 10.

It's Mother Fang's birthday. Father Fang plans a trip to the fair as a special treat. After various setbacks they arrive and enjoy riding on the ghost train but find to their horror the menu includes garlic. They return home and Father Fang orders pizzas. Grandpa whips up ice cream and Mother Fang has a great birthday after all. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 6-7 (Year 2) Book band: White A Phonics phase: 6

This book is all about getting dressed and ready to go out. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink A Phonics phase: 2

Shopping with Grandpa Fang is NEVER dull, thinks Small Fang. And he is not wrong! On a trip to buy Blood Buns (jam doughnuts) Grandpa Fang loses his fangs, knocks over a huge pile of tins, causes a cake catastrophe and terrifies the local children. Farmer Pickles brings Grandpa's fangs, revealing that he had lost them trying to eat the scarecrow! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 6-7 (Year 2) Book band: Gold B Phonics phase: 6

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) The children want to make orange jelly, but Mum only has red or yellow. Luckily, she has a good idea ... 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 5-6 year olds or those reading book band blue 4.

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) In this funny retelling of the traditional tale, Little Red Hen is making pizza. Fox is far too busy to help her ... until the pizza is nearly ready to eat! 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 5-6 year olds or those reading book band blue 4.

Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Cat is hungry. He wants to catch cod! Duck wants to save the cod - will he beat Cat? Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink A Phonics phase: 2

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.

Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Penguin has lost her balloon. Can Panda get it? Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink B Phonics phase: 2 Ideal for home learning.

Knights and dragons plays trick on each other... in space! A colour-illustrated early reader by Sheryl Webster. Perfect for children learning to read. Arthur and his Space Knights of the Round Planet are sick of the ice dragons playing tricks on them all the time. But when a baby ice dragon gets stranded on the Round Planet, Arthur makes a new friend... and has an idea that will solve the problem once and for all! The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favourite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they pick up. It's the first step towards a lasting love of reading. Level 2 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for readers who are growing in confidence and are beginning to enjoy longer stories. Clear type Up to 8 lines per page Bright, appealing pictures for added interest A variety of sentence structures A wider range of vocabulary Strong themes and characters to discuss All Reading Ladder titles are developed with a leading literacy consultant, making them perfect for use in schools and for parents keen to support their children's reading. Book band: Turquoise

Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Gull has got the map! But can he keep it? Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink B Phonics phase: 2

Project X Hero Academy Non-fiction is an inspirational series of books which broadens children's subject knowledge, while consolidating their phonics learning and improving their reading fluency.

Safe in the Sanctuary showcases the fantastic work that wildlife sanctuaries do to care for animals, such as daily care, releasing healthy animals back into the wild and providing lifelong care for animals that cannot be released back into nature. We follow Manvi as she performs her duties and helps to care for the animals including Tickles the tiger, Lulu the lemur and Petey the parakeet. Safe in the Sanctuary is in Gold Book Band, Oxford Reading Level 9. Project X Hero Academy Non-fiction is an inspirational series of books which broadens children's subject knowledge, while consolidating their phonics learning and improving their reading fluency.

Project X Hero Academy Non-fiction is an inspirational series of books which broadens children's subject knowledge, while consolidating their phonics learning and improving their reading fluency.

In this book, we meet Jimmy and find out about his role as a fitness instructor at the gym. Jimmy helps people with their health and fitness by leading exercise classes, providing advice on using gym equipment safely and creating individual exercise plans. Looking after our health and wellbeing is important and fitness instructors, like Jimmy, help with this. Jimmy at the Gym is in White Book Band, Oxford Reading Level 10. Project X Hero Academy Non-fiction is an inspirational series of books which broadens children's subject knowledge, while consolidating their phonics learning and improving their reading fluency.

Sam the squirrel has seen a juicy looking nut at the top of a tree, but when he tries to knock it down, it falls to the ground and into the paws of a cat and a dog. Will he ever get his nut back? Beautiful illustrations by Giuditta Gaviraghi accompany this story. This is a Pink/1B book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme. It’s a simple story of fiction, with a familiar setting for early readers. A story map on pages 14-15 helps children recap important events of the narrative and provides a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities. The focus phonemes in this story are s, a, t, i, p, n, m, c, g, k, ck, d, e, o, u. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader. Sam and the Nut is one of the top 10 books found to be ‘easiest’ to read – most accessible and appropriate for the reading level – in the 2019 What Kids are Reading report from Renaissance Learning. Other top 10 ‘easiest’ books to read from the report include Bad Bat (9780007412891), No, Sid, No! (9780007421923), The Magic Egg (9780007329182), Best Bird (9780007412853), Cat and Dog in a Mess (9780007235827), Get Fit (9780007421961) and Got It! (9780007421930).

When a man cuts down little bird Rosa's tree, she makes herself a new nest at the top of his house and refuses to budge. News of her protest sweeps through the animal kingdom and it inspires other animals to start moving into people's homes in protest too! A funny and heartwarming introduction to an important environmental issue and the power we all have when we work together.

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.

Small Fang is very excited about starting school. But while practising events for the School Sports Day, he is so keen to be picked to compete that he cheats, and scares the other children. Because he is so fast, he is finally picked to play football, thereby learning a valuable lesson about being picked for the right reasons. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 6-7 (Year 2) Book band: Gold A Phonics phase: 6

Zip and Zap travel to Earth. They see a sheep, which they call a 'Thing'. They try to sleep on it, throw it in the air, wear it as a hat, and use it as an umbrella. The sheep gets angry and chases them back into their spaceship - but is pleased when they leave it a present! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 5-6 (Year 1) Book band: Yellow A Phonics phase: 4

Zip and Zap travel to Earth, and meet two children, Liz and Sam. They play happily in the snow together all day. Zip and Zap take a snowman home with them, thinking it's Sam. When it melts, they think it's because Sam didn't like them - but then they see Liz and Sam waving to them from Earth! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 5-6 (Year 1) Book band: Yellow B Phonics phase: 4

Zip and Zap travel to Earth, and visit a zoo which contains lots of 'things' (animals!).They try to beep the rhino's horn, slide down the giraffe's neck, and hug a gorilla. Feeling hungry, they think a seal, a crocodile and a lion look tasty, but the lion chases them away! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 5-6 (Year 1) Book band: Yellow C Phonics phase: 4