It's an ice-cool new adventure for everyone's favourite flat hero in this colour-illustrated early reader. Perfect for children learning to read.

Stanley and his brother Arthur are super-excited to go ice-skating on the frozen lake. And as Arthur is slipping and sliding around, it turns out Stanley is an ice-skating superstar. But then cracks start to appear ... is the ice rink about to disappear?

The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favourite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they pick up. It's the first step towards a lasting love of reading.

Level 1 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for new readers who are beginning to read simple stories with help.

Short, simple sentences

Familiar, repeated words

Big, clear type

1 - 5 lines per page

Bright, fun pictures to help talk about the story

All Reading Ladder titles are developed with a leading literacy consultant, making them perfect for use in schools and for parents keen to support their children's reading.

Book band: Green

About the Author

Born in New York City, Jeff Brown was a story editor and assistant film producer in Hollywood. He worked on the editorial staffs of The New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, and his stories appeared in these magazines and many others. He died in Manhattan in 2003.

Lori Haskins Houran has been writing and editing children's books since 1992. She grew up in Maine, but now lives in New York City.

Jon Mitchell is a freelance illustrator who has illustrated books for Teletubbies, Tots TV and Rosie and Jim and working for major publishers including the BBC, Oxford Press and Pearson Education.

Series consultant Nikki Gamble is the director of Just Imagine, a specialist resource and training centre for Primary English. She is Associate Consultant at the University of London, Institute of Education.

Book Information
ISBN 9781405283540
Author Lori Haskins Houran
Format Paperback
Page Count 48
Imprint Reading Ladder
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 110g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 3mm