Collins Big Cat
4 total works
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.
This is a Band 06/Orange book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme which offers varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages. This is an information book with a flow chart on pages 22 and 23 that summarises the process of producing CGI. Contents are listed on page 1 while a glossary and index are detailed on pages 20 and 21. This book supports learning around art and design, and investigates different kinds of art, design and craft. It also supports ICT education, and is an introduction to modelling and creating pictures. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. For more guided reading books in this Collins Big Cat band, try Pompeii (9780007461875) written by Fiona Macdonald with imagery by Giorgio Bacchin
Every child’s dream; a robot that tidies your room! But in this wordless picture book, the advantage-taking boy discovers his wised-up robot messing everything up again! Hiding the mess, the boy goes out to play… before all is revealed and Mum turns to the robot herself.
- Lilac/Band 0 – wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work.
- Text type – Fantasy
- A picture summary on pages 14 and 15 provides an opportunity for children to recap and retell the story in their own words.
- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
What is a carbon footprint? Why do we think that the climate is changing? How does climate change affect our lives? And most important of all, what can we do about it? In partnership with the children’s charity Plan, this book explores the topical issue of Climate Change and what it means through the experiences of children around the world.
- Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.
- Text type: A non-chronological report.
- A spider diagram on pages 30-31 help children to quickly identioy and recap the action points for each country covered in the book.
- Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills.
- Curriculum links: Georgraphy: Passpaort to the world, Weather around the world; Science: Characteristics of materials.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Talking Books are read-along versions of the Collins Big Cat titles. Lively readings, sound effects and music all help to bring the books to life.
They are designed to support reading comprehension and language acquisition for all children, and are ideal for working with less confident readers and children with English as an additional language.
Talking Books are read-along versions of the Collins Big Cat titles. Lively readings, sound effects and music all help to bring the books to life. Talking Books are designed to support reading comprehension and language acquisition for all children, and are ideal for working with less confident readers and children with English as an additional language.