Nuno Alexandre Vieira – illustratör

Grandad is running a summer pony camp at the stables for the first time, and Grace and Aaron are helping out. The pony club games soon get quite competitive, and siblings Leah and Ryan can’t stop causing trouble for each other – and the stables.

But when one of the stables’ pregnant mares starts to give birth and the foal gets stuck, all the pony camp chaos pales into insignificance. The vet is called – but a furze fire is blocking the road! Grace and Aaron need to ride out and fetch her … but will they get back in time to save the foal?

Grace and her best friend Aaron love helping out at Rowan Tree Stables, where their ponies are best friends too. Together, they have lots of adventures!

Grace and Aaron are both working hard to qualify for the much-anticipated Dublin Horse Show. But when Aaron falls ill, Grace has to face up to the possibility of attending the biggest horse-riding event of the year without her best friend by her side. Then, on the morning they’re due to leave for Dublin, there's a crisis at the stable. Will either of them get to ride? 

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)Anansi the spider is clever and helpful. When he comes across a sad and hungry sheep, Anansi decides to help the sheep find greener pastures. Along the way, he must also save them both from hungry wild beasts! Come along with Anansi and the Sheep on this fun mash-up of traditional stories!Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.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.