The Fairy of Gossamer River

by Zohra Nabi

Published 11 September 2023

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.

Fluency 7 books have a word count of 4800 words with an expected reading rate of 100 words per minute.

When Yasmina graduates Ms Gillyflower’s Finishing School for Fairies she is reluctant to guard a tall tower (she’s afraid of dragons) or live in a tumbledown cottage (she has horrible hayfever). Instead, she moves into a narrowboat on Gossamer River, and is tasked with looking after the local wildlife. However, she soon discovers that the water is being polluted by the Wizard of Waste, who is determined to turn the river into a rubbish dump. Yasmina must rally the community, but will she be able to defeat the Wizard of Waste?


Taliya and the Rewilders

by Zohra Nabi and Lia Visirin

Published 8 September 2024

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.

Fluency 8 books have a word count of 5280 words with an expected reading rate of 110 words per minute.

When Taliya and her family move from their lovely farm to a new town, she thinks it’s the dullest place ever. However, all is not as it seems behind the picket fences and neat white houses …