Collins Big Cat
3 total works
Catrin lives in Wales, and prefers drawing animals to spending time with friends. One night, she hears an eerie howl from the nearby mountain - a wild cat. Can she confront her shyness and go in search of this rare animal? This sensitive story by award-winning author Berlie Doherty shows that courage and friendship can come from unexpected places.
- 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 mystery story.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship: Choices.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Two spooky stories from double-Carnegie-winner, Berlie Doherty. Dark and atmospheric these two tales send a chill down the spine. A desolate winter moor is the backdrop to the first story of a haunting friendship, and, in the second, when the past comes back to haunt Charlie, it becomes impossible to tell what is real and what isn't.
- Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
- Text type: Two stories by a significant author.
- A feelings bar chart on pages 54-55 show the rise and fall in the narrators emotions during the first story, Nightmare.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship: Living in a diverse world.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
The Three Princes are all desperate to win the love of Princess Halima, and a challenge is set by her father to find the most beautiful, magical gift they can find. But when disaster strikes, will they be magical enough? Full of rich, bold illustrations, this traditional Arabian tale is humorously retold by double-Carnegie-winner Berlie Doherty.
- Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.
- A traditional folktale.
- A summary on pages 30 and 31 of the magical objects that the princes find helps readers to recap the story.
- Curriculum Links; Citizenship: living in a diverse world, Art and Design: Self Portrait
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.