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 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. This retelling of the original fairytale is suitable for children aged 5-7, or those reading at book band Orange.
Sarah Snashall is an experienced professional writer, and has written many books on a wide range of topics. Emma Allen is a freelance Illustrator based in Kent. Emma enjoys illustrating a variety of subjects, but perhaps most of all children, animals, quirky characters and the natural world, from tiny toadstools to towering trees. Emma illustrates digitally, with a background in traditional watercolour techniques, and finds great enjoyment in the little details and quirks that bring an illustration to life.
