Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-9 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Watch out, there are monsters about — and they are smaller than you might think! Find out about the world's small but monstrous creatures in this fantastic non-fiction book.

This humorous story follows Harry the spider to Clare's school, where the class is studying minibeasts. Displeased with his box, Harry escapes in the classroom. The fuming teacher is reconciled to Harry when he finds her lost glasses. She admits that Harry is a very clever spider. * In this sequel to Harry The Clever Spider, we find out what happened when Clare took Harry to school. *Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms. * Text type — A story with a familiar setting. * Posters on pages 22 and 23 advertise Harry's services for finding lost items and remind the readers of Harry's talents. * Curriculum links- Science: Living things in the environment. * Ideas for Guided Reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities. * This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

«Faster than a speeding boat, and more exciting than a trip on a bobsleigh, this fact-packed non-chronological report looks at the fastest animals and machines in the world. Action-packed illustrations and photographs accompany text explaining what enables each featured animal or machine to be so fast. * Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms. * Text type — A non-chronological report. * The table on pages 22 and 23 summarises the features that make each animal and machine a contender in the «Going Fast» category. * Curriculum links — Science: Forces and movement. * This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.»

Those Big Bad Wolf tales! Forget them, this is the true story! Archie Wolf tells how he is drawn into the country`s worse crime wave. Could he track down the villain behind it? And could he escape from the villain`s hit man? This is a guided reading series for ages 4-7. It includes practical teaching notes at the back of each book.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-9 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Brother Aelred loved singing and looking after the pigs. But it was his secret weapon that stopped the Vikings getting the treasure!

Part of the Collins Big Cat guided reading series for ages 4-7, this anthology of three plays features a prize of 3500 biscuits, a creature on Earth, square tomatoes and underwater torches. It is based on original poems by Michael Rosen.

Long ago, when the world was new, the sun decided to start racing across the sky. But on Earth, everyone was far from happy! The days were so short and there was no time to get anything done! People complained — Someone ought to do something! But no one did! until Maui came along with a plan! This title retells a traditional Maori legend.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-9 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. In 1807 parliament passed a law that finally ended slavery in Britain. One of the most important people in getting this law passed was a brave and brilliant man who died ten years before. His name was Olaudah Equiano and this is his story.

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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. It's Cal's first day at a new school and he's feeling nervous. Will his sister tell everyone the secret about their dad?

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-9 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. When the Game Player of Zob pays a visit to earth and challenges the earthling children to a game, the children soon find out that the alien is a very bad loser — and that isn't good news for them... A funny sci-fic story.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-9 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Find out all about the Masai tribe in this stunning non-fiction book by top BBC wildlife filmmakers and photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott.

How do you test a rain-soaked young girl to make sure she is a Princess? You hide a pea in her bed, of course! Only a real Princess can feel a pea under twenty plump mattresses. But, this Princess has a mind of her own. Will she endure the test? Will she win the heart of the Prince? This title retells the famous Hans Christian Anderson tale.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-9 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. This fascinating book, written in conjunction with the London National Portrait Gallery, examines what portraits are and what they can tell you about the sitter (and the artist) through examining some of the world's greatest portraits.

Here is everything you need to know about being a knight, from from being a young page to being knighted. This humorous non-fiction book explains all the tasks, training, outfits and privileges that came with the job.

This book presents Serge Prokofieff's famous musical story about young Peter and the Wolf in the style of a play with four scenes. The cast of characters on page 2 shows how Prokofieff used a different musical instrument to represent each character. With the help of a narrator, the story reveals, how Peter outwits the big bad wolf.

It's Flynn's first day at school and he's nervous about making a mistake. An amusing story unfolds as Flynn's parents recount the mistakes others have made: Police officer Julie Nick gave a robber an ice cream and Ned Mutton tried to milk the chickens. Convinced he won't do anything so silly, Flynn walks out of the house still wearing his pyjamas!

Artist Jon Stuart shows how he produces computer-generated images. The process starts with a simple block of cubes, which are added to, given texture, before being bent, stretched, twisted into the correct shape and size. He then adds background, lighting and colour to bring the whole scene to life.

Ever wondered why the dinosaurs didn't survive? In this fascinating non-chronological report the success story of crocodiles and lizards (focusing on monitor lizards), and some of the reasons why they have survived since the time of the dinosaurs is explored. * Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary. * Text type — A non-chronological report. * The book includes a contents page on page 1, plus a glossary and index on pages 20 and 21. * A fact chart on pages 22 and 23 summarises the distinguishing aspects of each of crocodiles and monitor lizards. * Curriculum links — Science: Humans and other animals. * This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

Chicken Licken is worried the sky is going to fall on his head, so he sets off with an increasing band of followers to tell the King. But will he get that far...? * Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary. * Text type — A traditional tale. * A timeline of events retells this traditional tale for children to discuss and renact. * Curriculum links — Citizenship: Choices; Science: Plants and animals in the local environment. * This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

The ultimate introduction to words, Dr. Seuss style! Perfect for introducing your child to reading! Introduced by the Cat in the Hat and featuring a selection of Dr. Seuss artwork and rhyming sentences, I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words shows young children how easy it is to learn to read — even for a dog. Each spread features five rhyming sentences, each positioned alongside a colourful flap which lifts to reveal a rhyming word and more delightful Seuss artwork. With a novelty child-safe mirror on the final page, this storybook is a joy to read with your child.