Henry V

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Relive Shakespeare’s epic tale of courage and heroism in this powerful retelling by Jan-Andrew Henderson. Is King Henry V strong enough to bring together his kingdom while under siege in France? And where does his loyalty as king, really lie?

Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

Text type: A classic story

Curriculum links: English: fiction from the English literary heritage