How Beetle got its Colourful Coat

In this world tale from Brazil, Beetle and Rat live on the forest floor, but both long to be higher up in the rainforest like the other much more colourful creatures. A parrot tells them to have a race and whoever wins will get a colourful coat.

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Su...