Five fantastic stories and one non-fiction book from Star Reading. With brilliant parent notes to help you get the most out of every book with your child, all at gold book band level.

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

This book was published 2010 by Pearson Education Limited .

Hiawyn Oram is a highly respected, award-winning children's author. With over 60 books publsihed to date, she has also worked on children's television series and musicals. Jillian Powell is an experienced writer of children's fiction and non-fiction. Malachy Doyle lives in Wales where he works full time as a writer. He has written many other books for children, including our own OWEN AND THE MOUNTAIN and this is his first book for young adults. Carrie Weston lives in a village in Kent with her partner, 2 children, 2 dogs and 3 cats. She lectures at the University of East London in Children's Literature and also Special Educational Needs. Margaret Ryan is a full time writer after a long career as a primary school teacher. She is now an established younger fiction author and travels extensively throughout Scotland, England and Wales visiting schools and libraries. Brad Herzog is the author of more than 30 books for children, including more than two dozen sports books. He has also published three travel memoirs and a fourth book for adults, The "Sports 100," which ranks and profiles the 100 most important people in U. S. sports history. For his freelance magazine writing (including "Sports Illustrated" and "Sports Illustrated for Kids"), Brad has won three gold medals from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Brad travels all over the country visiting schools as a guest author. He lives on California's Monterey Peninsula with his wife and two sons.