The Lighthouse series is designed to help children focus on specific reading skills, across a wide range of genres. There are 80 books in the Lighthouse series split into ten bands which increase in difficulty, both within the band and across the bands. The Blue band is designed as slightly advanced reading for children in Year 1.

 

This book is part of a book series called Lighthouse .

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 2001 by Pearson Education Limited .

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