Collins Big Cat
4 total works
A simple text where a visit to an art show causes a girl to imagine what the world would be like if it was wholly yellow, red or blue. Realising that the world actually consists of all the colours of the rainbow, she paints lots of multicoloured pieces of art herself.
- Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.
- Text type - A simple non-fiction text.
- A gallery story map on pages 14 and 15 pictures the different stages of the girl's thought-processes for children to discuss.
- Curriculum links - Art and Design: Self-portrait.Science: How we see things.
- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Tiger Dead! Tiger Dead! Stories from the Caribbean
by Grace Nichols, John Agard, and Satoshi Kitamura
In these two animal stories from the Caribbean, find out in the first why Tiger wanted to get rid of all the other animals and keep the jungle for himself and what clever Anansi did about it, and in the second how shy Owl nearly lost everything because he didn't have the courage to show his face.
- Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.
- Text type: Two stories from another culture.
- The feelings roller coaster for Owl on pages 30-31 help children to discuss the different emotions addressed in the story.
- Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world; ICT: Combining text and graphics.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Firefly
by John Agard, Grace Nichols, and Satoshi Kitamura
A wonderful anthology of poetry by award winning poets John Agard and Grace Nichols, brought to life with beautiful illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura.
- Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
- Text type: A poetry book.
- An illustration on pages 22 and 23 encourages children to recap the poems they have read in the anthology.
- Curriculum links: Art and Design: Portraying relationships; Music: Play it again - exploring rhythmic patterns; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world
Full Moon Night in Silk Cotton Tree Village: A Collection of Caribbean Folk Tales
by John Agard and Grace Nichols
Learn all about the strange goings on in Cotton Tree Village with these four traditional tales from the Caribbean, beautifully told here by award-winning authors, John Agard and Grace Nichols.
Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.
Text type: Traditional tales from another culture
Curriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths and legends; books from other cultures and traditions
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.