Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dinosaurs and prehistoric world

Join the crew of the 'Flying Dutchman' and find out what life was llike on board, and what led the ship to her legendary fate of roaming the seas for eternity.

In this retelling of a native American myth, Coyote feels sorry for the helpless humans and steals fire to bring them warmth and comfort.

Melina lives in Ancient Greece.

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)Max is on a school trip to Chester to visit some Roman ruins.

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)Prince Rupert longs to play with the other village children, but his mother, the Queen, wants to find a real princess to be his playmate.

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)Jake's great granny is quite a person.

Samir lives in Jordan with his family.

Ju-Long and Ting are spending New Year at their grandparents' house and will be watching the dragon dance at the village celebrations.

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)Stone Soup is a retelling of a classic tale of cleverness and working together.

Simon and Tariq are best friends.

Jess and Spencer have been learning all about their local environment.

In this retelling of a famous Japanese legend, we meet Momotaro, a boy whose mother found him inside a peach.

In this retelling of a Cornish folktale, we visit the mermaid's chair of Zennor Church and learn the tale of the mermaid and local man, Matthew Trewella.

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)Jasmine is a worrier.

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)Red's class is off on a wilderness adventure!

Willow is not happy when her mum decides to relocate from the UK and set up a wildlife sanctuary in Africa.

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)Lion is tired of being king.

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)Kitty loves to make people happy.

Flash is a young foal who likes to explore.

Scamp is a playful dog.

Hen is bored on the farm.

Rabbit wakes up to a blanket of snow, but just as he goes out to play he spots a giant snowball.

In this modern adaptation of an Old English story, Jack's mother orders her lazy son to find a job.

Imran has never been apart from his toy rabbit Fergus.

The Emperor lives in a beautiful golden palace, but he is not happy.

Splash the merboy is happily playing in the waves when the tide goes out and leaves him stranded in a rock pool.

Wolf is hungry and he fancies chicken for supper.

Amy Johnson likes a challenge.

Maya is very excited for her family's annual trip to the seaside.

Oliver loves to RUN and he never sits still or moves slowly .

The children are on a camping holiday with Mum and Grandad.

This classic tale from Malta is full of twists and turns (and pasta)!

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)Boots in the Mud is about the muddiest muddle imaginable!

Froggo lives in the pond with the other frogs and they are always hearing the story of the frog who kissed a princess and turned into a prince.

Ruby awakes to find herself in a hospital bed, but how did she get there?

A kind king in a far off land has been hiding his ears from everyone in his kingdom - even his wife, the queen!

Relive the story of the first moon landing and the perilous mission of the astronauts aboard the Apollo 11.

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).

Lily hates her athletics training but wants to please her parents, though she'll never be as good as her brother, Abe.

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).

Hannibal sets off to fight the Romans with an army on mighty elephants .

Abdul works hard on the farm, but his sons never help.

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 retelling of the Diwali story, we join a family who are celebrating Diwali and learn about Rama's greatest adventure, defeating the demon king.

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)Vixen's den is in the garden of an old house.

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)In this fantasy adventure, a dragon is terrorising London - or is it?

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).

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).

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).