Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Two funny, light-hearted traditional tales from Africa. Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina. Text type: Traditional tales from another culture. Curriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths and legends; books from other cultures and traditions. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Ben's feeling sick, or at least that's what he says. Really, he doesn't want to see his friend Vince. But when he finds a monster under his bed he has an idea - the two swap identities for the day, with hilarious results! This play, by Kevin Dyer, in partnership with Polka Theatre, explores familiar issues and will work wonderfully in performance. Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language. Text type: A playscript. A feelings mountain on pages 30 and 31 charts the rise and fall of emotions that the two main characters feel throughout the play, providing a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities. Curriculum links: Citizenship: Taking part - developing skills of communication and participation; Art and Design: Portraying relationships. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

This colourful and informative book is presented as a 'scrapbook' of mementoes from Amy's visit to the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Packed with photos, it gives information on how the islands of the Pacific wre formed, how villagers live, and about the kinds of animals and plants that grow there. This colourful and informative book is presented as a 'scrapbook' of mementoes from Amy's visit to the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Packed with photos, it gives information on how the islands of the Pacific wre formed, how villagers live, and about the kinds of animals and plants that grow there. With its account of towns, villages, food and activities, this book will inform and fascinate developing readers. A final double page spread provides a glossary of unusual terms and a map to show where Vanuatu is located. Purple level (Band 8) books offer developing readers structured language with some challenging vocabulary. Ideas for Guided Reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Ned the hedgehog is looking for a home in the cold, dark forest. He needs somewhere warm and cosy to sleep, but all he keeps finding are other creatures' homes: rabbits', foxes', owls', bats'. Will he ever find a snug safe bed of his own? This beautiful book is written and illustrated by award-winning author and illustrator Tim Hopgood. Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language Text type: A story with predictable structure and patterned language. A map of the forest on pages 14-15 shows Ned's journey and all the animals he encounters along the way. Curriculum links: Knowledge and understanding of the World This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Boudica, the warrior queen of the Iceni tribe, is famous for leading her people into battle against the Romans about 2000 years ago. But who was Boudica, and what led her to fight against the might of Rome? Travel back in time with this book, and find out! Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts. Text type: An information book Curriculum links: History

A simple text where a visit to an art show causes a girl to imagine what the world would be like if it was wholly yellow, red or blue. Realising that the world actually consists of all the colours of the rainbow, she paints lots of multicoloured pieces of art herself. Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language. Text type - A simple non-fiction text. A gallery story map on pages 14 and 15 pictures the different stages of the girl's thought-processes for children to discuss. Curriculum links - Art and Design: Self-portrait.Science: How we see things. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Sam is an ordinary dog who likes to sit around and sleep in his basket - but Sam has a secret. When his owners leave the house, he becomes Super Sam! Find out what heroic deeds he performs in this entertaining story by ten-year-old Collins Big Cat 2011 Writing Competition winner Kaitlin Broadfoot, with illustrations by Kimberley Scott. Ideas for Reading provide practical support and stimulating activities. Text type: A simple story with a familiar setting.

Melrose and Croc discuss all the reasons they are all the very best of friends. From the creator of the Blue Kangaroo series, these adorable characters will soon be your best friends too! Melrose and Croc are the best of friends. They love all the things about each other that make them who they are. So when Melrose or Croc feels that nothing they do is good enough, they always know how to cheer each other up - it's easy: they remind one another of ALL the different things that make them special - unique and totally loveable! The universal theme of friendship and understanding is sure to touch every heart, as Melrose and Croc show how to love others and also yourself. A summary of the attributes that each character likes about the other on pages 26 and 27 supports children in recapping the main events in the story. Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages. Ideas for reading at the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary. Nat and Sam are having lunch in a cafe, but their lunches are quite different experiences! Chant and Chatter books are written especially for the Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds series at Book Band Pink. The narratives and non-fiction texts are formed through three short, rhythmic chants, allowing the demonstration and modelling of fluent reading and supporting children in learning Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds. The sounds in this book are: /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/ /m/ /d/ Pages 14 and 15 contain an "I Spy" feature with a specific phoneme focus, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge. Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

Collins Big Cat provides complete support for primary reading with books banded from Lilac to Pearl. Collins Big Cat sets are the ideal way to try Collins Big Cat, plug gaps and boost your reading resources at unbeatable prices. All sets include a built-in 20% discount. The Red A Band Set contains 1 copy of every title available within Band 02A/Red A. Red A band books support emergent readers. Predictable text with familiar objects and actions is combined with simple story development. The Red A Band Set is aimed at Reception pupils and contains the following 23 books: Fiction: The Beach The Magic Egg Have You Ever? Tec and the Cake Tec and the Hole A Day Out Cat and Dog Play Hide and Seek A Night at the Gallery Snap The Fox and the Stork Paddington Wants a Job Paddington: Let's Go Shopping Non-fiction: Shapes on the Seashore How to Make a Sock Puppet Weather Report In the Dark What's Inside? Up, Up and Away My Bike Ride Animal Coats World of Football Homes How to Make a Camp

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level When Frankenstein creates a monster, he never expects it to be such a huge threat to society, what will he have to do to stop it, and can he succeed before any more damage is done? Explore the fascinating dilemma of nature versus nurture in Mary Shelley's unforgettably dark thriller. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books. Text type: Fiction from our literary heritage Curriculum links: English: fiction from the English literary heritage

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level A hilarious traditional Norwegian tale, which will have the whole class in stitches. Find out how Prince Magnus gets on when he leaves home thinking he knows best, only to end up living with a ferocious giant determined for him to fail, which he surely would if it wasn't for a little helper Magnus finds. Perhaps he doesn't know best after all? Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts. Text type: A traditional tale from another culture Curriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths and legends; books from other cultures and traditions This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Who's in your family? Use this family tree to learn all about one family, how many brothers and sisters there are and what the grandparents look like, and discover how families are connected. Beautiful illustrations accompany this non-fiction report, providing lots of discussion opportunities. Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. Text type: A simple non-fiction report. A diagram of the family tree on pages 14-15 help children recap what they have read and provide a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities. Curriculum links: Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Find out all about how book is made, from making the paper to printing the words to designing the cover. Turquoise/Band 7 books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms. Text type: An information book. The whole journey is recapped visually in one spread on pages 22-23. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

The ideal way to try Collins Big Cat, plug gaps and boost your reading resources at unbeatable prices. Collins Big Cat Sets include a 20% discount on the normal price. The Pink B Band Set contains 1 copy of every book available within Band 1B/Pink B. The Pink B Band Set is aimed at Reception pupils and contains the following 24 books: Fiction: Fly Away Home Playing Monster Mess The Robot The Big Splash The See-Saw Colour Bears I Can Help Splash! The Three Little Rabbits The Boy Who Cried Wolf Paddington: Time for Tea Paddington: My Family and Friends Non-fiction: The Pond In the Desert I Can Do It! Cats Come to the Circus Wheels We Like Fruit! In the Forest Seasons Scrapbook In the Jungle In the Sea

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available. Learn about extreme exploration. Adventure with the bravest explorers up the highest mountains, down into the deepest seas, across parched deserts – and even into space! Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. Text type: An information book Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities. Curriculum Links – Geography

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. From volcano eruptions to building bridges, preventing diseases to playing football, maths is all around us. Come on a journey to discover the incredible ways maths is used in the world! Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books. Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available. When Tara Binns opens her dressing up box something exciting happens ... Tara Binns is a robotics engineer! When a delivery robot ignores simple instructions and messes up the lab, the robotics team are left confused. Smart robots are supposed to be intelligent! But Tara later discovers that the robot is even smarter than expected ... This exciting title in the Tara Binns mini-series is written by Lisa Rajan. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Text type: An adventure story Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available. Learn all about rewilding and how nature fights back even when it appears to have been wiped out. Discover how farmland grows back into forest, deserted cities turn into wilderness, and life appears on volcanoes which erupt from the sea. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books. Text type: An information book Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities Bitten by a crocodile, charged by giant otters and chased up a tree by peccary wild boars in the Amazon, Simon Chapman is a self-confessed jungle addict. He has trekked through untouched rainforests around the world but also seen the damage that people have done to them. His inspiration for his book, Nature Fights Back, comes from seeing how wild nature hangs on and can go on to thrive even when seemingly devastated by fire, pollution or logging.

Ever wanted to make a maraca? This step by step guide will show you how, with clear, engaging photos that show just how easy it is to make and personalise your very own maraca. Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through pictures and are designed to develop understanding about how stories work. Text type: A wordless instruction book. Children can recap the stages on pp.14-15 Curriculum links: Art and Design: Containers

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4–11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books. Text type: Curriculum links:

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available. When Tara Binns opens her dressing up box something exciting happens ... Tara Binns is an environmental engineer! Eco-friendly energy is good for the planet, but what if it spoils a beautiful view? Tara Binns makes a big splash in the world of wind power and everyone is blown over by the strength of her sparky ideas. This exciting title in the Tara Binns mini-series is written by Lisa Rajan. Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. Text type: An adventure story Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. Many people have searched for the Lost City of Atlantis. Does it really exist, or is it just a myth? Are any other stories of sunken cities based on facts? And how many other ruined cities are still buried beneath the waves, waiting to be discovered? White Plus/Band 10+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and reading stamina. Pages 46 and 47 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities. Abbie Rushton has heard lots of stories about Atlantis and had often wondered if it was a real place. She genuinely didn't know the answer so she loved researching this book to see if she could find out! She was thrilled that she could share some information about Dunwich as she's been fascinated since she visited as a child. She doesn't live far from Dunwich now and still enjoy visiting the beach and the last grave on the clifftop.

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Level 10 books include characters that express emotions and stories with more events. Non-fiction titles introduce terms that might be new to many children. Level 10 books continue to use single spacing and more high-frequency words appear without vowel markings to help the students get used to the traditional norms of printed Arabic. Prince Mimo is upset - he wants the moon. So the King and Queen send their servants, Grim and Misery, out to catch the moon for him, with hilarious consequences. This charming story by award-winning author Mal Peat and Elspeth Graham is illustrated by Xiao Xin. Children can recap the main stages of the story on pages 14-15, providing lots of speaking and listening opportunities.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. Dinosaurs have been fascinating people for many years. Why and how did such powerful reptiles become extinct so suddenly? It is a puzzle that has mystified scientists for a long time. Help us to study the evidence and solve the puzzle! Lime Plus/Band 11+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and reading stamina. Pages 46 and 47 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities. Claire has always been interested in prehistoric animals. It's fascinating to learn how the world’s scientists study and discuss every single piece of evidence of the Earth’s climate, rocks, animals and plants. It can’t be easy studying things that happened so long ago.