Item category 2: Paperback

Provides information about foxes, including different types of foxes, their habitats, diet, physical characteristics, and behaviors.

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with UCL Institute of Education (IOE). 'A New Boy' is a non-fiction text reporting on welcoming a new child into the school. The repeated sentence structure offers ...

One morning on the outskirts of war-torn Damascus, a starving man stumbles through a once familiar street - now just piles of rubble. Everything he once knew has been destroyed by famine and war. In despair he turns to his only comfort and joy, music, and pushes his piano into the street and be...

Learn about different types of reptiles and what they have in common

Paris. Spring, 1945. A ripple of excitement passes through the crowd of photographers. Robert Capa jostles amongst them, waiting for a glimpse of the anticipated star. He sees her; beautiful, graceful and composed as she enters the Ritz. It is a chance meeting between the two most unlikely of peo...

Every morning a very large and very snappy crocodile shouts 'stay away from my river! if you come in my river, I'll eat you all!' All the animals are frightened to go in the river until one day the crocodile is ill, and a mouse solves their dilemma.

Desperate to become a shark caller to avenge the death of her parents, Blue Wing is instead charged with befriending infuriating newcomer Maple. At first they are angry and out of sync with the island and each other. But when the tide breathes the promise of treasure, can they overcome their diff...