Rocket Dog - Free Book of the Week

Badger Learning are offering one FREE eBook every week from our huge range of Hi-Lo books aimed at struggling and reluctant readers. We know how important it is for children to catch up in their reading, so our books are written by specialist authors who are experts in engaging older children who find reading difficult and think it’s not for them.

To make it easy for you to share this book with your pupils at home, you can simply download and email an eBook PDF copy to them. 

Rocket Dog by Lynda Gore

Craig is desperate for a pet dog, but his parents will not allow it. Craig's grandad decides to make him a robot dog… but will things go according to plan?

Interest Age: 10–14 • Reading Age: 7–8 • Accelerated Reader Book Level: 3.5

Rocket Dog is part of the popular Ignite series. 

With superb illustrations and a wide range of imaginative topics such as alien menaces, a restaurant for monsters, werewolves, ghosts, pirates and a robot dog, these books will grab the attention of even the most reluctant or struggling reader. Made up of two series of ten titles each, Ignite and Ignite II are both aimed at the same interest age of 10–14. These Hi-Lo books are appropriate for reading ages as young as 7–8, and include features such as a vocabulary page, comprehension questions, simple sentences and line breaks.