Collins Big Cat
4 total works
Traversing across the world by train, boat and plane, the two children in this story poem encounter the extremes of sun and snow travelling to Africa, India and China. The book begins with a poem, before revealing their journey's details, and repetitive questions encourage the reader to turn the page and continue the voyage.
- Yellow/ Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.
- Text type - A poem with predictable structure and patterned language.
- The story map on pages 14 and 15 gives children the opportunity to follow the route again on a world map.
- Curriculum links - Geography: Where in the world is Barnaby bear? Passport to the world. Music: Feel the pulse.
- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
A collection of beautiful poems about the habitats of contrasting creatures.
- Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.
- Text type – A poetry collection.
- Check comprehension and embed learning with a reader response spread on pages 22–23.
Electric guitars have made a massive contribution to music over the last century. It's hard to imagine today's music without them! But how were they invented, who were (and are) the greatest guitarists and what makes this amazing instrument so versatile and exciting? Read this book to find out!
* Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
* Text type: An information book
* Curriculum links: History
Wolves are fascinating, beautiful - and often misunderstood. Find out how wolves are adapted to life in harsh climates, how they live and work together in packs, how humans have mistreated them in the past, and how humans and wolves might live alongside each other more peacefully in the future.
- Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
- Text type - An information book.
- The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.
- The glossary and index on pages 30 and 31 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.
- Curriculum links - Science