The Peach Boy

by Alex Frith

Published 27 March 2009
A folktale from Japan retold for beginner readers developing reading stamina through simple, repetitive text. When a village is attacked by a gang of ogres, there’s only one hero who can help them – Peach Boy! He vows to hunt down the Ogre King himself and make him sorry. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.