The Green Machines is a funny story for young fans of big machines who are learning to read on their own. Perfect for children aged 5-7 who are reading at book band green.

The machines are not happy. The boss has told them to knock down the playground! They decide to run away - but how will they hide? And what will they get up to?

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 Green. Books banded Green will have more characters and different forms of text, such as non-fiction, rhymes, diagrams and verse. They introduce more compound words, some longer sentences and more punctuation. These books are usually 20 pages long with either 3 or 4 sentences per page. Pupil Targets: (i) talk about each of the characters, (ii) start to read fluently, and use full stops and commas, (iii) notice rhyming words, even if they are not familiar with them, (iv) read texts in unusual layouts, such as in speech bubbles and lists, (v) use a contents page and glossary in non-fiction books, (vi) think about the overall plot of the book and talk about how they fhink it will end.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Andy Blackford is an ex-advertising executive with a vivid imagination. He has recently had several of his picture books published, before contributing to Leapfrog. Deborah Nash is a freelance journalist and storyteller. She is the author of numerous children's plays, several of which have been produced professionally, and has also written drama scripts for BBC Worldwide and Radio. This is her first story for this age range. Nick Shepley is a teacher, writer and the creator of the Explaining History series of ebooks and website. He worked as a history head of department and now divides his time between history writing and work for the Holocaust Education Trust. Mike Byrne is an experienced examiner and author of A Level History books.