In this world tale from Brazil, Beetle and Rat live on the forest floor, but both long to be higher up in the rainforest like the other much more colourful creatures. A parrot tells them to have a race and whoever wins will get a colourful coat.

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, 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 or those reading book band orange.