Farmer Marchant gets a shock - pirates are stealing his COWS! What on earth do pirates want with cows? Find out and join Farmer Marchant on a crazy high seas chase...

Race Ahead with Reading is the perfect introduction to reading chapters with brand new page turning reads in five short bite size chapters, to encourage children to take the driving seat with their reading.

This book is part of a book series called Race Ahead With Reading .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme is not levelled.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Margaret Nash is an up-and-coming author of fiction and won the Silver Smarties Award in 1998. She lives in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire. Martin Remphry is a young illustrator with a growing reputation. Principally known for his black and white line work in series such as Sparks, he has enjoyed recent success with picture books such as When I was young. Martin lives in London.