Horrible Histories meets Wimpy Kid in these funny stories mismatching characters with careers.

The stories are colour chapter books perfect for the independent reader.

Mr Bloodaxe is not like any other teacher at school, he is just a little bit scary, or possibly even terrifying!

He has a striking resemblance to a famous Viking of the same name and his lessons are far from comfortable... Race Further with Reading is a series designed to build reading confidence with illustrated stories in manageable bite-size chapters, which encourage a sense of achivement at completing each one.

They follow on a level from the Race Ahead with Reading series with stories of 2,000 words. The books are perfect for children aged 6-8 or who read book band 11.