News posts for 2026

Two new books in the Franklin Watts Reading Champion series

Hilary has written The Helpful Pisky and The Hare and the Tortoise for the Franklin Watts Reading Champion series.  The series offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. The 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.