Reading Champion: The Nightingale and the Emperor

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure. Perfect for 5-7 year olds.

In this twist on the original fairy tale The Nightingale, the little bird tells her side of the story, from when she is trapped in the palace to finally flying free.

Damian Harvey (Author)

Damian Harvey lives in North Wales with his lovely wife, Vicky. He has three wonderful daughters, one brilliant boy and a cat called Polly. He has written more than 130 books for primary school aged children and is busy writing more. When he isn't writing, Damian loves visiting schools, libraries, bookshops, festivals and anywhere that will have him, where he shares stories, talks about writing and gets people excited about books and reading. You can find out more about Damian by visiting and follow him on Twitter @damianjharvey

Noopur Thakur (Illustrator)

Noopur is a children's book illustrator based in England.

Her creative inspiration comes from simple things around her like art, food, nature or going to parks and museums with her boys or visiting local craft markets, bookshops and cafes.

Most of Noopur's work starts with a pencil sketch and then rendered on Procreate or Adobe Photoshop. She uses a lot of traditional sketching and painting skills to help influence her digital work.

If she wasn't an illustrator, she would definitely have been a baker and confectioner.cu

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