Reading Champion: The Monkey's Heart
Author: Penny Dolan
ISBN: 9781445193762
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books
Year first published: 13 Jan 2026
Pages: 24
Format: Hardback
In this Indian traditional tale, Crocodile's wife longs to eat the heart of his friend, Monkey. But Monkey plays a trick of her own to get away ...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.
ISBN: 9781445193762
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books
Year first published: 13 Jan 2026
Pages: 24
Format: Hardback
In this Indian traditional tale, Crocodile's wife longs to eat the heart of his friend, Monkey. But Monkey plays a trick of her own to get away ...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.
