'I am a lion. I am in the play.' The Play is a book-banded reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Pink Book Band. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 95-word first-person narrative features a short, highly structured, repetitive text with limited vocabulary. It is suitable for ages 4 - 5. The Play is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels and eleven book band levels (Pink through to Lime).