Reading Champion: The Nightingale and the Emperor - Independent Reading Gold 9

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) Fantastic, original 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. Perfect for 5-7 year olds. In this twist on the original fairy tale The Nightingale , the little bird tells her side of the story, from when she is trapped in the palace to finally flying free.

About the author

Damian Harvey lives in North Wales with his lovely wife, Vicky. He has three wonderful daughters, one brilliant boy and a cat called Polly. He has written more than 130 books for primary school aged children and is busy writing more. When he isn't writing, Damian loves visiting schools, libraries, bookshops, festivals and anywhere that will have him, where he shares stories, talks about writing and gets people excited about books and reading. You can find out more about Damian by visiting http://www.damianharvey.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @damianjharveyNoopur is a children's book illustrator based in England.
Her creative inspiration comes from simple things around her like art, food, nature or going to parks and museums with her boys or visiting local craft markets, bookshops and cafes.

Most of Noopur's work starts with a pencil sketch and then rendered on Procreate or Adobe Photoshop. She uses a lot of traditional sketching and painting skills to help influence her digital work.

If she wasn't an illustrator, she would definitely have been a baker and confectioner.cu

Product details

• Authors: Jackie Hamley, Damian Harvey, Harvey Damian, Noopur Thakur
• Assisted by: Noopur Thakur (Illustration), Hamley Jackie (Editor)
• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 5
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9781445191171
• ISBN: 978-1-4451-9117-1
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 208 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Reading Champion
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; English, JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Beginner, Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 5 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, For primary education