Reading Detectives

Reading Detectives: Year 2 Reading Comprehension

20 exciting reading adventures. 148 questions. One big mission: become a brilliant reading detective!

Reading practice doesn't have to feel like homework!

Meet Dave, the enthusiastic explorer who always seems to get things wrong, and Professor Einstein, his clever companion who helps turn every mistake into a discovery.

Together, they're taking young readers on 20 entertaining adventures filled with mysteries, amazing animals, dinosaurs, space, science and plenty of laughs.

But there's a catch. Every adventure has clues to uncover, questions to solve and secrets to discover!

Designed especially for Year 2 children aged 6-7, this fun and engaging workbook helps develop reading comprehension, vocabulary, confidence and independent thinking.

• 20 original reading adventures featuring stories, fascinating fact files, a poem, diary entries, letters and instructions.

• 148 reading comprehension questions covering different reading skills.

• Find the clues! Practise finding information, understanding words, putting events in order, making predictions and working things out from clues.

• Different question styles including multiple choice, tick boxes, true or false, matching and written answers.

• Drawing activities to encourage imagination and creativity.

• A reading progress tracker with stars to colour as each adventure is completed.

• Complete answers for grown-ups to make checking work easier.

• A Super Reading Detective certificate to celebrate finishing the book.

• Bonus reading and creative writing challenges, plus a simple dictionary explaining tricky words.

Follow mysterious footprints across the African savannah. Discover polar bears in the frozen Arctic. Encounter a giant squid deep beneath the ocean. Explore the wonders of the Moon, meet dinosaurs and help Dave solve some very peculiar problems!

Each short reading adventure is followed by questions designed to encourage children to look back at the text, find evidence and think about what they've read.

Year 2 reading practice, KS1 home learning, extra reading confidence, school holidays and enjoyable activities with parents or grandparents.

Children can complete one adventure at a time, making this an approachable workbook for regular reading practice without overwhelming young learners.

Read it. Find it. Solve it!

Join Dave and Professor Einstein and discover that reading isn't just about understanding words - it's about uncovering a whole world of adventures.

Brain Burst Adventures - Big questions. Brilliant answers.