Take a whistle-stop colouring tour of the capital city with this brilliant London-themed colouring book. From Trafalgar Square and Tower Bridge to Piccadilly Circus and Portobello Road and beyond, children will love putting their own colourful stamp on one of the world's most vibrant cities. Packed with 42 exciting illustrations of London's famous sights, landmarks, museums and parks – including London Zoo, the Olympic Park, the London Underground and Oxford Circus Station, the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, Kew Gardens and bustling Soho – this book is the perfect way to keep kids busy on the go. A fun and engaging way to introduce young explorers to London. Also publishing in 2024: The London Activity Book 9781780559797

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Something strange is going on at my school. All the teachers have yellow swirly eyes, and we've got some weird new school rules. I think it's time to investigate what's going on! White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language. Text type - A humorous story. Recap the main events of the story with a reader response spread on pages 22-23. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

A gorilla doing a ballet! An Anteater who won't eat ants! An invisible dog! You'll find them all here along with a much bigger bunch of amazing animal poems, raps and rhymes featuring the blue-footed booby bird, the quagga and many more. This wonderful collection comes alive even more by combining comedy performance poet Neal Zetter's wacky words with Julian Mosedale's zany illustrations. You are guaranteed to laugh!

Ben and Bobo are painting, they're having lots of fun, but Bobo is very clumsy and things keep going wrong. Soon it's complete chaos, but, in the end, the finished result is a big surprise. Martin Waddell's hilarious story is accompanied by lively, humorous illustrations by Julian Mosedale. Read B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion Text type: A story with predictable structure and patterned language. An accident map on pages 14-15 illustrates all the things that went wrong for Bobo during his painting activity with Ben. Curriculum links: Personal, Social and Emotional Development This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

This fantasy story is about two monkeys, who look smart in their new clothes. Mojo has new shoes, and Weeza has a new hat ... until it flies away in the wind. In their humorous search, Mojo and Weeza mistake a pan, a nest and a turtle for Weeza's hat, before retrieving it from a muddy pond. Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language. Text type - A fantasy story. The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words. Curriculum links - Art and Design: Exploring a range of starting points for practical work, including stories. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 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. Blue/ Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language. Text type - A fantasy story. The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words. Curriculum links - Science: sorting and using materials. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Bungleman is Pickleton's very own local superhero. Dennis is his long-suffering son. When disaster strikes in Pickleton, it is Bungleman who everyone calls upon to save the day. Unfortunately, Bungleman is a rather useless superhero. When things go wrong, Dennis secretly always comes to his dad's rescue. Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. Text type - A story with a familiar setting. A reader response page provides lots of opportunities for speaking and listening and to scaffold writing. Curriculum links - Art and design: People in action; Citizenship: People who help us - the local police; ICT: Writing stories: communicating information using text. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

In Walrus Joins In everyone in the North Pole is very excited about the 'Big Show in the Snow'. Anyone can be in it. The trouble is, Walrus wants to take part... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Mr Cat's carrying a big bag. His friends, Mrs Bear, Mr Fox, Mrs Duck and Mr Mouse are all very interested to find out what he has inside, but Mr Cat will only give them one answer: "Wait and see!" This sweet story is written by ten-year-old Collins Big Cat 2011 Writing Competition winner Louisa Kelly, with quirky illustrations by Julian Mosedale. Ideas for Reading provide practical support and stimulating activities. Text type: A story with patterned and predictable language.

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. The goats on Hill Farm have a problem - someone is stealing their food. They need the help of Wow Cow and they need it fast, but will she uncover the culprit? Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion. The focus sounds in this book are:/oa/ /ee/ /oo/ /ar/ /ow/ /ear/ /oo/ /ur/ nn, pp Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. 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. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Packed with fantastic puzzles to tackle, this football puzzle book is guaranteed to keep fans entertained long after the final whistle has blown. Football-crazy kids will love to get their heads in the game with these themed quizzes, mazes, wordsearches, crosswords, guess the goals, stats attacks, spot the difference puzzles and many more. Packed full of engaging puzzles to entertain for hours, this book is suitable for supporters of any team to test their knowledge. Written by football fanatic Clive Gifford and with entertaining black and white illustrations from Richard Watson and Julian Mosedale, this is a great way for football fans to learn facts and stats about the beautiful game.

It's Carlo's birthday party in The Fabulous Food Machine. Everyone in the village is coming. But the green cubes of food that the Fabulous Food Machines produce will ruin the party. Can Carlo and his grandfather stop the machines? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. Leopard doesn't like his spots, can the doctor help him? A humourous story readers will love. In Red Band the sense of story starts to be developed. Illustrations continue to support understanding but readers also need to use decoding skills. Slightly longer texts with less repetition extend high-frequency word knowledge. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.