Helper Bird

by Anita Ganeri

Published 1 September 2011

This little bird may be small, but it's very helpful to bigger animals. This photographic non-fiction book shows how the bird is able to help the larger animals around it, set against the stunning backdrop of Africa.

  • Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language
  • Children can recap the different ways the bird can help other animals on pages 14-15.
  • Text type: A simple non-fiction book
  • Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us
  • This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

The Life of the Desert

by Anita Ganeri

Published 6 April 2023

Collins Big Cat Arabic Reading Programme is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step.

Level 15 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters to help develop reading stamina and to help develop sustained engagement with texts. Level 15 books use a wide range of language structures to reflect progression in the teaching of Arabic grammar. Paragraphs and other text devices become more evident in these longer books.
The sandy desert of the Arabian peninsular stretches for hundreds of kilometres in every direction. It may seem hard to believe that anything can live in this hot, dry land, but many different living things call it home. Find out about the amazing plants, animals, and people who live in this beautiful landscape