Rattlesnake is so determined to win the race, he wants to gobble up the other runners! Porcupine, Octopus and Parrot will have to be quick to avoid being eaten...
The Froglets series is perfect for children who are reading on their own, with fun stories of no more than 200 words. Puzzles at the back of the book encourage story retelling and matching words to characters to build vocabulary.
They are great for children age 5 or reading book band 5/green.

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

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.

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 .

Laura North is a children's book author who lives and works in London. Her first children's book was a retelling of 'Theseus and the Minotaur', one of her favourite myths. She has since written a series of fairy tales with a twist, including 'Cinderella: The Terrible Truth', 'The Princess and the Frozen Peas' and 'Hansel and Gretel and the Green Witch', with pictures by some extremely talented illustrators. Jeff Norton is an author, writer-producer, and founder of production company, AWESOME. He creates compelling characters, amazing stories, and immersive worlds for all ages, in all media. Originally from Canada, Jeff now lives in London. Leo Antolini has been drawing for as long as he can remember and cartoons have been a major influence on his work. A self-described nerd, he is always interested in learning new things. Designing characters is his absolute favourite thing to do, especially animals, which he loves! Leo is from Buenos Aires, Argentina.