Some boys are playing with a ball when a dog comes along and steals the ball from them. They don’t have another ball to play with. Then they come up with the idea of making their own balls with plastic bags. They get bags from their home and from the local spaza shop. They make several balls, so when the dog comes along again and tries to steal their ball, they are not worried because they have other balls to play with.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level
‘What Happened to the Dinosaurs’ investigates why these huge creatures disappeared. The important question, ‘How do we know they existed?’ is answered with a clear timeline of images. Various theories are suggested, which support knowledge and understanding of climate change, volcanoes, asteroids and evolution of the animals which did survive.


*Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.

A non-fiction, photographic picture book about the different parts of an oak tree and the creatures that live in its roots, trunk, bark, branches and leaves. The photographs and life-like illustrations answer the repeated question: ‘Who lives…?’


* Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.


* Text type – A simple non-chronological report.

It’s Flynn’s first day at school and he’s nervous about making a mistake. An amusing story unfolds as Flynn’s parents recount the mistakes others have made: Police officer Julie Nick gave a robber an ice cream and Ned Mutton tried to milk the chickens. Convinced he won’t do anything so silly, Flynn walks out of the house still wearing his pyjamas!

• Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.

• Text type – A humorous story with a familiar setting.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children’s authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.


* Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.


* Text type – An information text.

Find out what happens to the little egg in this patterned story, filled with colourful illustrations by Shoo Rayner.

• Yellow level/ Band 3 books offer early readers varied sentence structure and natural language.

• Text type – A patterned story with a predictable structure.

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Paperback Collins Big Cat English
By (author) Frances Ridley , Series edited by Cliff Moon , Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat
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Some wheels are big and some wheels are small. This exciting book is full of photos of all kinds of wheels: big and small, fat and thin, fast and slow, from skateboards to tractors, that children are sure to be curious about.

• Pink B/ Band 1B books offer simple, predictable texts with familiar objects and actions.

• Text type – A simple non-fiction text.

What’s the difference between a frog and a toad? This highly photographic non-fiction book explains the similarities and differences between these two amphibians, including their appearance, diet and behaviour.


* Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.


* Text type: A simple non-fiction book.


* Children can compare the similarities and differences of frogs and toad in the comparison pages on pages 14-15, providing plenty of discussion opportunities.


* Curriculum links: Science: Plants and animals.

This book shows how people decorate their homes in different ways using patterns.

This story with a familiar setting is about Lenny’s family who go to the local park to fly his new kite. Lenny takes great care to hold on to his kite, but then Mum has a turn. She holds on tightly too, but trips over the dog, and falls into the pond. The other children try to help, so they all arrive home soaking wet and muddy!


* Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.


* Text Type – A story with a familiar setting.

Mole sets out to see the wind. He asks every animal he meets if they see the wind and they all say no. The illustrations tell a different story: windswept trees, blowing leaves and litter show that the wind is actually blowing, though invisible to them.


* Red B level/ Band 2B texts offer emergent readers simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.


* Text type – A story with predictable structure and patterned language.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with fully decodable phonics books matched to Letters and Sounds.


Cat steps out through the cat flap, unaware that Dog is about to pounce. A frantic chase follows, which almost ends in catastrophe. But there is a suprise twist in the tale when Dog rescues Cat.


* Lilac/Band 0 – wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work.

Collins International Primary English is a six-level, multi-component course for the international market which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students. This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and listening skills at primary level. The course follows a clear structure and progression through the levels, with carefully selected texts covering both fiction and non-fiction genres, including extracts from the highly successful Collins Big Cat series. The Workbooks support the Student’s Books by providing additional material for practice and reinforcement. Exercises and activities are linked to each unit of the corresponding Student’s Book, offering further practice in the key skills.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level
Explore the extraordinary world of fossils! Find out how they’re formed, where to find them and how to identify them in this information book. Written by palaeontology expert Dr Andrew Ross, in conjunction with the National Museum of Scotland, this book will help children discover all the fascinating details of different species for themselves.


This is a Band 10/White book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme which has more complex sentences and figurative language. This is an information book and has an illustrated archaeological dig of the fossils mentioned in the book on pages 30 and 31, which helps children to recap what they’ve learnt and provides a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities. This book supports learning about geography near the seaside, as well as sparking discussions about history and what it was like to live in the past. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader. For another story in this Collins Big Cat book band for guided reading, try Cinderella (9780007336180) written by David Wood and illustrated by Shahab Shamshirsaz.

This fascinating book gives an introduction to some of the oldest, boldest and coldest sculptures ever made! From the sphinx and the Statue of Liberty, to works by Henry Moore, Rachel White read and Meret Oppenheimer, the sculptures are revealed in stunning photographs, alongside interesting and informative facts.

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!

Poor Ladybird is lost and flies around the garden looking for somewhere she can call home. Her early efforts are rebuffed by the other animals, until finally she finds somewhere she can be happy: a ladybird-patterned T-shirt, where other ladybird friends soon come to join her.

Ben and Bobo are painting, they’re having lots of fun, but Bobo is very clumsy and things keep going wrong. Soon it’s complete chaos, but, in the end, the finished result is a big surprise. Martin Waddell’s hilarious story is accompanied by lively, humorous illustrations by Julian Mosedale

Ponds are full of all kinds of plants and animals. Take a look inside one pond and discover the food chain that exists within, in this wonderfully illustrated non-fiction book by John Townsend.