Collins Big Cat
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One hundred years ago, Captain Scott, naval officer and explorer wanted to be the first person to reach the South Pole. Was he the first to reach it? Discover what happened to him and his men when they went to the coldest place on Earth.
- Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
- Text type: An information book
- Curriculum links: Literacy: Information texts.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
What's the tallest building in the world? How long did it take to build the Eiffel Tower? How have cars developed? Find out the answers and trace how designs have changed through the years and across the world in this visually stunning information book.
- 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 spider diagram on pages 54-55 shows how design affects all aspects of our lives and helps children to recap what they’ve read.
- Additional information 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: Shelters.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
At the beginning of World War II, a young American woman named Virginia Hall was sent undercover to Nazi-occupied France to spy on the German army. Follow her incredible true story as she bravely aids the French Resistance, organises and leads rebel armies and passes secret coded radio messages to the Allied forces in this fascinating biography.
- Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.
- Text type: A biography.
- Curriculum links: History: What can we learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person?
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Extreme sportsmen and women go faster, climb higher and compete for longer. No sporting challenge is too great. Find out the great dangers people face when pushing themselves to the limit in extreme sports. Written by Adrian Bradbury and filled with action photos from around the world, this book will appeal to adventurous young readers everywhere.
- Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.
- Text type: An information book
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.