Raman & The Guru
When Raman's plan to save his village goes wrong, he must face serious consequences. Then Guru Nanak arrives with his companion, and events take an unexpected and amazing turn.
Readerful is designed to motivate children to read more. This Independent Library book is for pupils in Y4/P5 at Oxford Reading Level 14 to read without support.
The Journey of Guru Nanak - A Sikh Tale
A collection of fascinating tales about the adventures of the founder of the Sikh faith, Guru Nanak, and his travelling companion, Bhai Mardana.
Beginning with his childhood, these stories chart Nanak's travels across Asia, reworked from the original Sikh tales, showing how the Guru inspired and helped others by spreading his wisdom, kindness and belief in one Creator and one universe for all.
A Reading Planet Rising Stars Supernova/Red+ title from Hodder Education. Reading Age 7-12
The Unfortunate Crane
The crane lives by a lake, deep in the Punjabi forest. It would be very happy there if it wasn't for the other animals teasing it for being ugly, especially the mean peacock.
Then a boy called Gagan accidentally starts a fire in the forest, and all the animals that can't fly are stuck.
Maybe they'll realise that the crane is a really important animal after all....
The Unfortunate Crane: A Punjabi Tale is part of the Reading Planet Cosmos range of books from Hodder Education.
Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Reading age: 7-8.
Wolf Girl - Out Now
Verity has lost her mother, and is gradually losing the woodland they both loved, too. So when she meets a lone wolf in the forest and the two become unlikely friends, she’s determined to save her, no matter the cost…
Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.
The Wolf Who Cried Boy
A young wolf spots machines in the forest and rushes to tell his pack. But they don’t believe him. At the same time, a boy with a well-known love for tales sees the wolf and runs to tell his village. Will he be believed? How will these two storytellers find a way to stop the destruction of the forest?
Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.
Fluency 6 books have a word count of 4560 words with an expected reading rate of 95 words per minute.
A Long Way Home
It's 1941 and the Second World War is raging. Evan's dad is off fighting on the frontline. Evan's mam has gone to London. And Evan is stuck at home, feeling very lonely in the Welsh countryside, being looked after by his horrible aunt Annie.
Kush is a soldier from India. He is fighting for the British Empire as part of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. After a hard battle at Dunkirk, his regiment is sent to the Welsh valleys for training. He is very homesick, missing his wife, his children, and his home.
When the two lost souls cross paths, a plan starts to form. Maybe they can help each other...
Unheard Voices
In the early 1900s, Britain had a massive empire that made up a quarter of the world's population, Countries like Jamaica, India, Nigeria and many, may more were all part of this empire.
So when the Second World War broke out in 1939, it wasn't just the little island nation of Britain that fought against the Nazis and their allies. People from all over the world gave service and made great sacrifices in the fight for freedom.
Sadly, we don't often get the chance to hear the stories of these brave people from across the British Empire. It's time to change that...