Collins Big Cat
12 total works
Every human has to breathe, but how do we do it – and why? This detailed non-fiction book clearly explains the breathing process, how your lungs are connected to the rest of your body, using detailed diagrams for support.
- Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.
- Text type: An information book
- Curriculum links: Science
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
This captivating non-fiction book compares pet cats and wild cats, pointing out the features common to both. Each spread consists of a beautifully illustrated and labelled feature of a domestic cat on the left, and a high quality photograph of the corresponding feature in a wild cat on the right.
- Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.
- Text type - A non-fiction report.
- Pages 14 and 15 offers reinforcement as all the labels are repeated in a single diagram of the domestic cat.
In this simple non-fiction report we are introduced to the various creatures in a typical pond: frogs, snails, dragonflies, pond-skaters, fish and birds. Each spread features a high quality photograph of the creature on the left, and artwork of pupils and their teacher studying the animals in their natural habitat on the right.
- Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.
- Text type - A simple non-fiction report.
- All of the creatures are repeated in a single labelled diagram of the pond on pages 14 and 15 giving children the opportunity to recount the information.
- This information book is paired with a story on the same theme: Fly Away Home by Shoo Rayner.
Have you ever seen a puppet show? Now's your chance to go behind the scenes! Take a trip inside the Little Angel Theatre and meet Ronnie the puppeteer. As he takes you on a tour of the theatre, you can meet lots of puppets, find out how they're made and how a show is put on. This colourful non-fiction book brings the world of puppets to life.
- Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
- Text type: An information book.
- Pages 22 and 23 show a diagram of the different areas of the puppet theatre, to help children to recap what they have read.
- Additional retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills.
- Curriculum links: Design and Technology: Puppets; Art and design: People in action
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Boudica, the warrior queen of the Iceni tribe, is famous for leading her people into battle against the Romans about 2000 years ago. But who was Boudica, and what led her to fight against the might of Rome? Travel back in time with this book, and find out!
- Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.
- Text type: An information book
- Curriculum links: History
When it rains, we put on a raincoat to protect ourselves. Animals have coats to protect themselves, too. Discover all the different types of coats that can be found in the wild, and discuss what they might be useful for, in this photographic non-fiction report.
- Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.
- Children can re-cap the stages of the book on pages 14–15.
- Text type: A simple information book
- Curriculum links: Science: Plants and animals in the local environment
Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step.
Level 16 books offer more complex, underlying themes that give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. A wide range of language structures is used to reflect progression in the teaching of Arabic grammar, while still retaining the core aim of encouraging a love of reading through Arabic stories and texts.
Is the world’s climate changing? We all know the theory but here is the evidence, in stunning photographs and information. A stimulating approach to a topical subject.
A weather map on pages 54 and 55 helps children to look at the areas of the world most affected by extreme weather and what is happening where.
Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step.
Level 6 books provide an advance on level 5. Sentences are still highly repetitive but slightly longer, with simple story development supported by illustrations. Double spacing is used between words to ensure children see where each new word in a sentence begins and ends.
Although the focus at level 6 remains on reading the core words, the concept of reading hamzat al-wasl and sun letters correctly is introduced in non-verbal sentences of up to 4-5 words.
This superb text uses atmospheric illustrations to show what happens in the neighbourhood when it is dark. Who can be found in the city streets when children are tucked up in bed? Which animals prowl in the wood by the light of the moon?
Pages 14 and 15 repeat the scenes explored throughout the book, allowing children the chance to recap on the narrative, and answer the question 'Where is it dark?’
In this non-fiction recount of a family trip to the dump, simple text combined with Ley Honor Roberts lively and inimitable cartoon-photo collage style brings environmental issues to life. The family's journey around the dump shows how different materials are sorted into different containers, ready for recycling.
- Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.
- Text type - A simple recount.
- A diagram on pages 14 and 15 provides a chance to recap where each material was deposited.
- This information book is paired with a story on the same theme: Tec and the Litter by Tony Mitton.
Where can you see rockets blast into space? Which is the driest place on Earth? Which is the world’s highest mountain? Find out the answers and many more facts in this amazing book about the planet we live on.
- Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
- A world map with all the places mentioned in the text highlighted on pages 54 and 55 helps children to recap the different places they’ve learnt about and where they all are in the world.
- Text type: An information book.
- The book is paired with The Golden Turlte and Other Tales, a selection of short stories from other cultures.
- Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.
Dinosaurs have been fascinating people for many years. Why and how did such powerful reptiles become extinct so suddenly? It is a puzzle that has mystified scientists for a long time. Help us to study the evidence and solve the puzzle!
Lime Plus/Band 11+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and reading stamina.
Pages 46 and 47 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.
Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.
Claire has always been interested in prehistoric animals. It's fascinating to learn how the world's scientists study and discuss every single piece of evidence of the Earth's climate, rocks, animals and plants. It can't be easy studying things that happened so long ago.
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.
Have you ever seen a whale stranding on television. Why do these magnificent and enormous creatures become stranded? Read on to find out why it happens and how people help to rescue them.
White Plus/Band 10+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and reading stamina.
Pages 46 and 47 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.
Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.
Claire was lucky enough once to go on a whale-watching trip. Like other people on the boat, she felt a bond with the magnificent creatures that suddenly appeared and then dived back down under the sea. Writing this book about their mysterious strandings helped her to understand and admire them more.