This simple non-fiction text recounts a girl's journey by bicycle using symbols, maps and directions depicted by an engaging illustration-photo montage effect. Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development. Text type - A simple non-fiction recount. The map on pp14-15 is a useful summary of the journey, consolidating understanding, and providing a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

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. Join one family as they sort through items in their home that they don’t want anymore and take them to the recycling centre. Find out happens to their items after they’ve been recycled in this engaging non-fiction book. 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: /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.

This story with a familiar setting is about Lenny's family who go to the local park to fly his new kite. Lenny takes great care to hold on to his kite, but then Mum has a turn. She holds on tightly too, but trips over the dog, and falls into the pond. The other children try to help, so they all arrive home soaking wet and muddy! Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language. Text Type - A story with a familiar setting. The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 provides an opportunity for children to retell the story in their own words. Curriculum links - Science: pushes and pulls. This story is paired with a non-fiction book on the same theme: The Wind by Monica Hughes (Band 3/Yellow). This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

This book recounts the experiences of two children as they take a look inside the giant Biomes and discover the exciting plants and exotic foods that grow in difficult environments. Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters. Text type - A non-fiction recount of a visit. A map of the Eden project can be found on pages 22 and 23 to encourage children to discuss the information. Curriculum links - Geography: Passport to the world; Science: Growing plants and animals in the local environment. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

In this non-fiction recount of a family trip to the dump, simple text combined with Ley Honor Roberts lively and inimitable cartoon-photo collage style brings environmental issues to life. The family's journey around the dump shows how different materials are sorted into different containers, ready for recycling. Red 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 simple recount. A diagram on pages 14 and 15 provides a chance to recap where each material was deposited. This information book is paired with a story on the same theme: Tec and the Litter by Tony Mitton. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

Follow a young girl as she sets out to catch a crab, in this fun non-fiction book, written by Charlotte Guillain and brought to life by the illustrations of Ley Honor Roberts. This is a Pink B level/Band 1B book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme which offers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions for early readers. A simple non-fiction book, children can trace the sequence of events for catching the crab on pages 14-15. This book would link well with the knowledge and understanding of the world curriculum topics. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader. Get Fit is one of the top 10 books found to be 'easiest' to read - most accessible and appropriate for the reading level - in the 2019 What Kids are Reading report from Renaissance Learning. Other top 10 'easiest' books to read from the report include Bad Bat (9780007412891), No, Sid, No! (9780007421923), Sam and the Nut (9780007334995), The Magic Egg (9780007329182), Cat and Dog in a Mess (9780007235827), Cat and Dog in a Mess (9780007235827) and Get Fit (9780007421961).

George is determined to save the world by lunchtime but he's not quite sure how. Grandpa suggests they start by recycling his yoghurt container, putting his banana peel in the compost pile, and hanging the washing to dry in the sun.
On his bike, George discovers many more ways he can help save the world.
A trip to the recycling bank, charity shop and local farmers' market shows how recycling and reusing materials, and using less gas and more produce, can really help save the world. George even gets a favourite toy fixed!

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. A little girl is going on a train ride. She is going to see her grandpa, what does she see on the way? Blue Band books feature more complex stories with several characters and episodes within one story to support comprehension development. Greater variation in sentence patterns helps readers to self-correct independently. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.