Collins Big Cat
6 total works
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.
- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
A not very special cat loves nothing better than hearing the stories told in her library, or by her cat friends. Then one day she accidentally gets locked in the library over a holiday! With nothing else to do but wait, Tiger starts looking at the books on the shelves…
- White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.
- Text type – A fantasy story.
- A poster on page 30 advertises one of Tiger’s storytelling sessions to aid further discussion and check comprehension.
- Curriculum links – Citizenship: Taking part, Living in a diverse world.
- Michaela Morgan has also written Woody’s Week, Funny Fish, Rat-a-tat-tat and Tig in the Dumps for Collins Big Cat.
- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Open the door and see who is there: a cat in a hat, a fox in socks, a dog and a frog; and they all want to play! But the final visitor is not so welcome – a dinosaur – ROAR!
- Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.
- Text type – A rhyming story with a predictable and repetitive pattern.
- A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 gives children the opportunity to recap and discuss the story.
- Curriculum links – Music: exploring sounds, including chants.
- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Collins Big Cat Read at Home is a series of stories by top children's authors and illustrators that children will love to read. Built-in progression within and between each level help you choose the right story to develop your child's confidence as they become independent readers. Extra activities will motivate and entertain your child.
In the story Woody’s Week, Gran has sent Woody an exciting birthday present – a model house but Woody has a design idea of his own!
• Read the story Woody’s Week
• Re-tell the story using mini picture prompts
• Complete a variety of interesting activities
• Make a fun theme-based project
• Get helpful tips on reading together
The First steps level offers beginner readers very simple stories with repeated phrases that are clearly supported by illustrations. There are four fun books at this level.
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.
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.