Cars

by Monica Hughes

Published 5 January 2005

This book helps children identify different types of car by colour using simple, repetitive text which reinforces common colour words. Cars are shown both in close-up and in action in its surroundings, driving in the city, off the road or tearing around a Grand Prix circuit.

  • Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.
  • Text type - A non-fiction report
  • Pages 14 and 15 give children the opportunting to recap the information and discuss the text.
  • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

Shapes

by Monica Hughes

Published 4 January 2006

This simple non-fiction book introduces and explores the circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, stars and hexagons which can be found in everyday objects. Each labelled shape is accompanied by a photograph showing the shape in an environmental context, for example a rectangular brick in a wall or a hexagon in a honeycomb.

  • Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.
  • Text type – A simple non-fiction book.
  • All six shapes and photographs of where they are found are repeated on pages 14 and 15 to consolidate understanding of the book.
  • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

One World

by Monica Hughes

Published 1 August 2016

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 8 books are becoming more complex, although still strongly patterned but to a lesser extent than level 7. Although the focus remains on vowelling to aid the flow of reading with verbal sentences of up to 8-10 words, level 8 books have more events and episodes, fewer repeated patterns, and more complex vocabulary. Non-fiction titles use non-fiction tools – including signs, labels, captions and diagrams – where necessary. Double spacing is used between words to ensure children see where each new word in a sentence begins and ends.

Take a look at different climates and landscapes from around the globe. Explore climates that are wet, dry, hot and cold using simple explanations and vibrant pictures in this photographic non-fiction book by Monica Hughes.

A world map on pages 14–15 shows where each of the countries featured in the photographs are located to give children context and to help them recap information in the book.