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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.

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Bill longs for someone to talk to. Then one day the door to his room opens and a giant bottom comes in Legs, arms, chest follow as bit by bit, Bill's new giant friend appears. When his friend's last bit finally arrives and he is in one piece, they have plenty to talk about

Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.

Text type - A traditional story.

A flow chart on pages 14 and 15 shows the different body parts that make up Bill's new friend, giving children the opportunity to recap and retell the...

This simple non-fiction book introduces and explores the circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, stars and hexagons which can be found in everyday objects. Each labelled shape is accompanied by a photograph showing the shape in an environmental context, for example a rectangular brick in a wall or a hexagon in a honeycomb.

Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.

Text type - A simple non-fiction book.

All six shapes and photographs of where they are found are repeated on pages 14 and 15 to consolidate understanding of the book....

What are the differences between your pet cat, and a big cat in the wild? Find out in this photographic non-fiction book.

Red / Band 2A - A simple recount

Text type - Non-fiction

The focus phonemes in this book are i, c, h and l. Other phonemes practised are s, a, t, p, n, k, e, o, r, m, d, g, u, h, f and b.

Children can compare and contrast pet cats and big cats alongside each other on the final spread.

Alison Hawes also wrote Red 2A The Big Red Bus; Red 2B Thick and Thin and Pond Dipping.

This book is paired with a fictional story that features a cat: Red 2A Cat...

This photographic non-fiction book examines how animals and people move.

Red / Band 2A - A simple non-fiction book

Text type - Non-fiction

The focus phonemes in this book are j, a and d. Other phonemes practised are s, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, o, r, g, u, l, h, f, b and ai.

The final spread gives the children the opportunity to recap and discuss the text.

This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery."

What things are thick? What things are thin? Find out in this non-fiction book.

Red / Band 2B - A simple information book

Text type - Non-fiction

Focus phonemes in this book are th (thin), oo (cook), v and oi. Other phonemes practised are ar, er, ou, sh, th (this), ee, z, and oo (moon).

The final spread gives children the opportunity to recap and discuss the text.

Alison Hawes also wrote Red 2A Pet Cat, Big Cat and The Big Red Bus; Red 2B Pond Dipping."

If you dip a net into a pond, what will you see when you scoop it out? This non-fiction book supports work on nature and the world around you.

Red / Band 2B - A simple non-fiction recount.

Text type - Non-fiction

The focus phonemes in this book are x, w and ue.
Other phonemes practised are ou, sh, th (this), th (thin), ng, ee and oo (look).

The labelled illustration on the final spread enables children to discuss what they have learned about pond life.

Alison Hawes also wrote Red 2A Pet Cat, Big Cat and The Big Red Bus; Red 2B Pond Dipping."

This simple non-fiction book introduces facts about the sun and the moon, and compares them.

Yellow / Band 3 - A simple non-fiction book

Text type - Non-fiction

The focus phonemes in this book are igh, y (sky), ay, a-e, i-e and y (very).

Use fact files on the final spread to compare and contrast the facts children have learned from the book.

Paul Shipton also wrote Red 2A Ant and Snail; Yellow 3 Bart the Shark."

Winter is coming and Mole is looking for a new hole to stay in, but he doesn t want to be on his own. Will any of the other animals let him share their home?

Blue / Band 4 - A story with a familiar setting

Text type - Fiction

The focus phoneme in this book is -are (share).

Children can use the cross-section of the hill on the final spread to discuss the characters and the story setting.

Jane Clarke also wrote Red 2A Muck it Up "

A hungry man and his wife baked a small bun. But as soon as they put it on their plate, the bun jumped up and ran off. This lively version of the traditional story of the gingerbread man is by Martin Waddell.

Blue / Band 4 - A

Text type - Fiction

The focus phoneme in this book is al (small).

Use the storymap on the final spread to discuss the route the small bun took and the characters he met..

Martin Waddell also wrote Red 2b The Mouse and the Monster; Yellow 3 Horse Up a Tree

This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery."

This non-fiction book is a report on the different types of fruit the children like to eat. Labelled mouth-watering photographs of melons, oranges, strawberries growing in their natural environment are accompanied by simple captions.

- Pink B/Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.

- Text type - A non-fiction report.

- All six fruits are shown in a labelled diagram on pages 14 and 15 to consolidate understanding and encourage discussion.

- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

School Book Character day is coming up and Tig is worried as his Mum has found him a frilly Little Boy Blue outfit. Can he get away with turning up as yet another footballer? A strange turn of events leads to a most unexpected outcome.

Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.

Text type - A story with a familiar setting.

Labelled pictures of Tig s different costumes on pages 30 and 31 provide lots of opportunities for speaking and listening.

Curriculum links - Citizenship: Choices, Taking part.

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