Reading Champion: Crafty Coyote and the Fox

In this North American traditional tale, Crafty Coyote not only steals Fox's meat, but he also decides to play lots of tricks!

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)

Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

Fantastic 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.

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

Simone Fumagalli (Illustrator)

Simone Fumagalli is an italian illustrator of children's books. Simone grew up in the province of Monza and Brianza. As a child, he spent his time wandering around, hunting for adventures on his bicycle and drawing the unexplored worlds of his fantasy.

Later, Simone attended the children's illustration School "Arte & Messaggio" and the annual "MiMaster" Master of editorial illustration, in Milan.

He loves to be inspired by the world of nature and animals. In his free time, he likes to climb in mountains, walk in the woods and relax in the middle of the sea.

In this North American traditional tale, Crafty Coyote not only steals Fox's meat, but he also decides to play lots of tricks! 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) Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.Fantastic 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.

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