Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level
An atmospheric collection of new poems about the sea and earth by poet Judith Nicholls, beautifully illustrated by Judy Musselle.


* Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

Hooray! Hooray! It’s the horses’ holiday! They come by coach, they come by car, they come from far away. This humorous rhyming story takes the reader on a riotous journey to Dobbin World, where the horses’ holiday activities seem strikingly similar to our own.

This is a Band 6/Orange book which offers varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages. This is a humorous rhyming story and the postcard on pages 14 and 15 provides a new approach to revisiting and exploring the story. This book supports learning about geography near the seaside. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery and quizzed for Accelerated Reader. For more guided reading books in this Collins Big Cat band, try Chewy Hughie (9780007186921) written by Jane Clarke and illustrated by Sarah McConnell.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children’s authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.


* Blue/ Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.

Part of a multilevel reading programmed, this “Level 2” DK Reader is intended for children who are Beginning to read alone, and features a lively, fact-packed text.

Get your child hooked on reading as they meet Star Wars’ Luke Skywalker and learn all about his amazing story.

Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this action-packed Star Wars Reader is all about your child’s favourite hero, Luke Skywalker. Watch as your child meets Luke and joins him on his amazing adventures as he teams up with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3P0 and R2-D2 and journeys to the Death Star to confront Darth Vader and rescue Princess Leia.

Filled with amazing pictures from Star Wars, it’s an out-of-this-world read. And don’t forget, there’s a galaxy-full of DK Star Wars books to collect.

This book explores different types of foods through a series of quiz questions, which will help readers to think about food. The reader is invited to explore questions like ‘What are the foods made of?’; ‘What do they taste like?’; ‘Where do they come from?’ and ‘What they are used for?’

A humorous story featuring two whacky scientists building a robot. They assemble the robot carefully with each body part, but where is the head? In this simple text, each body part is named as it is added, and as the different parts are used, a repeated reply of thank you reinforces the phrase.


* Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.