The Animals' Football Final is an exciting story for young cowboy fans who are learning to read on their own. Perfect for children aged 5-7 who are reading at book band blue.

Max really wants to be a cowboy, but he's not very good at using his lasso. When a bull escapes from the country show, will Max be able to save the day?

The Froglets series is perfect for children who are reading on their own, with fun stories of no more than 200 words and puzzles to encourage retelling the story and to help build vocabulary. Compiled in consultation with Catherine Glavina, PGCE and Primary Leader, The Centre for Professional Education, University of Warwick.

This book features in the following series: Froglets, Froglets Series .

This book is at Book Band Blue. Once children can recognise 100 high frequency words, then it's time for Blue. Books at this level will start to become more complex and children will rely less on illustrations. The books in this band also teach children how to read with insight and will encourage them to read with expression. Pupil Targets: (i) choose books that they are interested in from the library, (ii) talk about a story in their own words, (iii) start to choose different books to read, (iv) don't always need pictures to help them understand a story, (v) notice and correct some of their mistakes, (vi) answer questions about the story to show a level of understanding, (vii) read words such as 'some', 'little', 'when', and 'out'.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-7 years. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

A. H. Benjamin started writing in the mid-eighties. He had several stories published in storybooks, magazines and annuals. In 1987, he had his first book published `The King Bird, Andersen Press`.