Maggie and the Moonbird: A Bloomsbury Reader: Dark Blue Book Band
Ebook
Overview
Book Band: Dark Blue (Ideal for ages 9+)
An inspiring fantasy story from Katya Balen, author of The Space We’re In and October, October.
Maggie wants her dad to take her birdwatching like he promised but he’s too busy and she ends up at the zoo with her auntie and her annoying cousins. There, she sees a strange bird and takes one of its beautiful silver feathers home.
Little does she know, that this is the start of a magical adventure in the moonlight… This magical story features black-and-white illustrations by Pham Quang Phuc.
The Bloomsbury Readers series is packed with book-banded stories to get children reading independently in Key Stage 2 by award-winning authors like double Carnegie Medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean and Waterstones Prize winner Patrice Lawrence. With engaging illustrations and online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), this series is ideal for home and school. For more information visit www.bloomsburyreaders.com.
’Any list that brings together such a quality line up of authors is going to be welcomed … Bloomsbury Readers are aimed squarely at children in Key Stage 2 and designed to support them as they start reading independently and while they continue to gain confidence and understanding.’ Books for Keeps
An inspiring fantasy story from Katya Balen, author of The Space We’re In and October, October. The Bloomsbury Readers series includes book-banded stories by award-winning authors like Geraldine McCaughrean and Patrice Lawrence and features online guided reading notes by the CLPE, ideal for independent reading at Key Stage 2.
A magical adventure story about the power of imagination, from the author of The Space We’re In and October, October, Katya Balen
Features engaging black-and-white illustrations from Pham Quang Phuc throughout
Bloomsbury Readers are perfect for getting children reading independently in KS2, with book-banded stories covering a diverse range of genres and topics
Includes online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE)
Dark blue book band, ideal for ages 9+
Any list that brings together such a quality line up of authors is going to be welcomed … Bloomsbury Readers are aimed squarely at children in Key Stage 2 and designed to support them as they start reading independently and while they continue to gain confidence and understanding.
- Title: Maggie and the Moonbird: A Bloomsbury Reader
- Authors: Katya Balen, Pham Quang Phuc
- Series: Bloomsbury Readers
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Education
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 80
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472994165, 9781472994196, 1472994191, 1472994167
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472994165
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T11:23:18Z
Katya Balen studied English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behaviour. She has worked in a variety of special needs schools as a teaching assistant, and more recently co-founded Mainspring Arts - a non-profit organisation that provides mentoring and creative opportunities for neurodivergent adults. Katya is the author of October, October and The Space We're In which was shortlisted for the 2020 Branford Boase Award.
Pham Quang Phuc is an illustrator from Vietnam. Nowadays he mostly does children's books. With his childhood dream of writing for children, he now considers storytelling as a way of balancing his life and hopes young readers will gain interests and dreams from his books. Among other prizes, Quang Phuc was the Winner of The ASEAN Children's Book Illustrator; he was awarded 'Best in Fiction' for his 'Everywhere Monsters' illustration series.