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This hilarious set of poems by award-winning and much-loved poet Roger McGough explores the weird and the wonderful. Filled with brand new poems and accompanied by wonderful illustrations from Natalie Kilany, this book will resonate with young readers everywhere.

Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.

A poetry book

Curriculum Links: Citizenship: Choices"

Stretch is a cat, long and slinky. Woffles is a dog, big and woolly. When the People bring home Muffy the new cat with sharp claws, Woffles' quiet life is shattered. But Stretch has an idea to put an end to Muffy's little games Comically illustrated by Sholto Walker, this hilarious story was written by popular children's author Jean Ure.

Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.

Text type: A humorous animal story"

The Three Princes are all desperate to win the love of Princess Halima, and a challenge is set by her father to find the most beautiful, magical gift they can find. But when disaster strikes, will they be magical enough? Full of rich, bold illustrations, this traditional Arabian tale is humorously retold by double-Carnegie-winner Berlie Doherty.

Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.

A traditional folktale.

A summary on pages 30 and 31 of the magical objects that the princes find helps readers to recap the story.

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Walter Tull was a successful footballer and officer in the British Army in World War One. These achievements are even more exceptional because Walter was Afro-Caribbean, succeeding in a world that still considered black people inferior. Follow him from the orphanage to the football field and final days in the trenches, in this inspiring biography.

Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.

A biography

A timeline on pages 54 and 55 presents the key events in Walter Tull's life...

At the beginning of World War II, a young American woman named Virginia Hall was sent undercover to Nazi-occupied France to spy on the German army. Follow her incredible true story as she bravely aids the French Resistance, organises and leads rebel armies and passes secret coded radio messages to the Allied forces in this fascinating biography.

Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.

Text type: A biography.

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Some cars are big and powerful, while others are very small. Some can even fly or float on water Find out about some of the world s coolest and most unusual cars in this highly photographic information book.

Collins Big Cat Progress builds confidence, helping struggling pupils not only to read, but to love reading
Dual-banded books provide age-appropriate interest level material matched with a lower reading ability level
Every book is levelled by reading expert Cliff Moon to ensure precise, systematic, measurable progression to help close the ability gap
The books use a...

Dan and Sara are bored. There's nothing to do in their town, so they're sitting in the park and playing a computer game - but little do they know what adventures are happening right behind them ... This Manga graphic novel is written and energetically illustrated by author Katy Coope.

- Collins Big Cat Progress builds confidence, helping struggling pupils not only to read, but to love reading
- Dual-banded books provide age-appropriate interest level material matched with a lower reading ability level
- Every book is levelled by reading expert Cliff Moon to ensure precise,...

When Pedro the fisherman catches a big swordfish, he decides to share his meal with a man in the local prison a captured pirate. But when Pedro himself is later captured by a pirate gang, he finds his generosity hasn t been forgotten. This traditional tale is written by Saviour Pirotta and wonderfully illustrated by Shahab Shamshirsaz.

Collins Big Cat Progress builds confidence, helping struggling pupils not only to read, but to love reading
Dual-banded books provide age-appropriate interest level material matched with a lower reading ability level
Every book is levelled by...

When the volcano Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago, the city of Pompeii disappeared under the ash. Four hundred years ago, Pompeii was rediscovered. The ash had preserved Pompeii so well that buildings, mosaics, statues and other artefacts have survived to the present day. So step back in time and discover what life was like in the Roman times.

Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.
Text type: An information book
Pages 22 and 23 show a timeline of events, from eruption to discovering the lost city in the present day,...

Each day we use all of our five senses. We see people, hear sounds, touch objects, smell odours and taste food. Filled with diagrams and photos, this information book by award-winning author Sally Morgan looks at each of our senses in turn and explains how they work and why they are so important.

White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.
Text type: An information book
Curriculum links: Science: Ourselves; Sound and hearing"