For National Curriculum Early Years

Brian the lion loves dancing, but lions are meant to be brave and strong and fierce. Nobody would think a dancing lion was brave or strong or fierce, would they? But when Brian finds out about a big dancing competition, he decides it's time to prove everyone wrong!

Brrr! The Ice Age is coming, the temperatures are dropping and the dinosaurs are frrreezing. Only one thing will keep them warm - woolly jumpers! But dinosaurs can't knit, can they? Find out what REALLY happened to the dinosaurs in an out-of-this-world adventure, featuring dinosaurs, knitting and...

Brrr! The Ice Age is coming, the temperatures are dropping and the dinosaurs are frrreezing. Only one thing will keep them warm - woolly jumpers! But dinosaurs can't knit, can they? Find out what REALLY happened to the dinosaurs in an out-of-this-world adventure, featuring dinosaurs, knitting and...

The children at school have an exciting task today - they're making a bug hotel! The minibeasts will be very happy when the children have finished. 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

The children at school have an exciting task today - they're making a bug hotel! The minibeasts will be very happy when the children have finished. 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

As Christmas approaches, most of the toys in the toyshop are excited to be going to new homes. But Bunny, the littlest one, is worried. He can't imagine life outside the shop or without his best friend, the sailor doll. When Bunny is selected as a present to be given away at a Boxing Day party, h...

For Gran's birthday, Asha decides to make a cake from Dad's cookbook, but it doesn't go to plan. '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 readin...

For Gran's birthday, Asha decides to make a cake from Dad's cookbook, but it doesn't go to plan. '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 readin...

When Cam and Dad take a kite to the field, it flies up high - but when the kite gets stuck in the tree, Dad has to come to the rescue! Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

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). 'Can I Live Here?' follows a little squirrel who is looking for a home - the trouble is, e...