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. Where does rain go after it lands? Follow a little raindrop as it journeys all the way from the cloud, along the land and rivers, into the sea – and back again. Orange/Band 6 offers varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages. The focus sounds in this book are: /ai/ a /ee/ ey, y, e /ch/ tch, t /l/ le /s/ se /igh/ y /c/ ch /v/ ve /oo/ u /j/ g, dge /z/ se Pages 22 and 23 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.

There are spiders that dance, whales that sing and lemurs that communicate with seriously smelly stink fights! Learn to read the signals they send and discover what these amazing animals are actually saying. You might find you have more in common than you ever imagined.