Collins Big Cat
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When a hungry boy wishes for an egg he gets a surprise - a magic egg that makes everything he wishes for come true with hilarious consequences. But in the end does he ever really get what he wants? This traditional tale is beautifully illustrated by Karen Donnelly to set the scene and encourage discussion.
- Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.
- Text type: A story with predictable structure and patterned language.
- A circular story map on pages 14-15 shows the boys journey and the consequence of each of his wishes, providing a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities.
- Curriculum links: Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Inspired by the tale of the Princess and the Pea, well-known children’s author Vivian French tells the story of Princess Sue who seeks a prince using a royal parsnip test!
- Inspired by the tale of the Princess and the Pea, well-known children’s author Vivian French tells the story of Princess Sue who seeks a prince using a royal parsnip test!
- Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.
- Children can recap the stages that Sue had to go through to find her prince using the story map on pages 14–15.
- Text type: A retelling of a traditional tale
- Curriculum links: Literacy
Talking Books are read-along versions of the Collins Big Cat titles. Lively readings, sound effects and music all help to bring the books to life.
They are designed to support reading comprehension and language acquisition for all children, and are ideal for working with less confident readers and children with English as an additional language.
Talking Books are read-along versions of the Collins Big Cat titles. Lively readings, sound effects and music all help to bring the books to life. Talking Books are designed to support reading comprehension and language acquisition for all children, and are ideal for working with less confident readers and children with English as an additional language.
Mona the goat's brother is good at jumping. Mona's sister is good at leaping. Mona is good at growing sunflowers. But when she meets a big, fierce lion, Mona finds out she's good at something else too! A humorous fantasy story by renowned childrens' author Vivian French.
Mona the goat's brother is good at jumping. Mona's sister is good at leaping. Mona is good at growing sunflowers. But when she meets a big, fierce lion, Mona finds out she's good at something else too! A humorous fantasy story by renowned childrens' author Vivian French.
Gold/Band 9 fiction offers developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.
Ideas for Guided Reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Vivian French tells this well-known, much loved traditional tale of Aladdin, the magical genies and Aladdin’s wishes. Will he find happiness with his riches and beautiful wife, or will evil magician Kadar Ghazi steal everything from him?
Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.
Text type: A traditional tale
Curriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths and legends
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Morris wants to eat his kitty biscuits, but his mother sends him off to play hide and seek instead. When it’s Morris’s turn to hide, he finds the perfect place: the food cupboard, where the kitty biscuits are kept!
- Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.
- Text type - A story with a familiar setting.
- A storyboard on pages 22 and 23 offers and opportunity for children to retell the story in their own words.
- Curriculum links - Citizenship: Taking part
In Selim-Hassan the Seventh, a teenager is determined not to follow in his father’s footsteps (but his great-great-great-great grandfather has other ideas). In The Wall, a young nomadic girl is determined to return her grandmother to the land of her birth, across the Great Wall of China.
- Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
- Two alternative career paths for Selim-Hasan on pages 54 and 55 help children to discuss the options that Selim-hassan had and the decisions he made.
- Text type: Two stories from other cultures
- Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.