Collins Big Cat
2 total works
Plants are amazing, different around the world - and the biggest living things ever. There are leaves twice as long as a bus, flowers that attract insects by smelling like dead bodies, and trees that grow taller than the Statue of Liberty or weigh ten times as much as a blue whale!
- Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.
- Text type - An information book.
- The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.
- The glossary and index on pages 30 and 31 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.
- Curriculum links - Science
Mars is the closest planet to Earth, but how much do we know about it? Written by science author Steve Parker, this fact-packed book takes a look at the physical features of the planet and at the amazing exploration that has been done on Mars.
- Mars is the closest planet to Earth, but how much do we know about it? Written by science author Steve Parker, this fact-packed book takes a look at the physical features of the planet and at the amazing exploration that has been done on Mars.
- Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language
- Photographs of Mars taken from space on pages 14-15 help children recap and provide a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities.
- Text type: An information book
- Curriculum links: Science