Anansi and the Mango Tree: Independent reading Turquoise 7 (Reading Champion)

In this African traditional tale, Anansi wants some of Tiger's mangoes, but Tiger doesn't want to share. Anansi thinks of a clever way to trick Tiger and get some of the mangoes.

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 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 http://www.damianharvey.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @damianjharvey

Edyta Karaban is a Children's book illustrator and author. She was born and lives in Wrocław, Poland and graduated from the University of Wrocław, majoring in art history.
She has been illustrating books for several years. She has a cat at home who is often a source of inspiration, and she loves drawing animals and creating animal characters, sometimes giving them human traits and attributes.
She lives in a city but always dreams of being closer to nature. Fortunately, there is a big park next to her home, which she visits daily. Baking cakes always cheers her up, and if she wasn't an illustrator, she would probably have made cakes and desserts for a living!