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Featuring outstanding, full-color photos from the Wildlife Conservation Society, one of the world's most esteemed wildlife conservation organizations, this title introduces beginning readers to dolphins.

Ant and Snail decide to have a race. Ant speeds off and is soon in the lead, but when Ant trips over and fall in a pit, he is glad when Snail arrives to help him. This story is illustrated in bright 3D colour by Jon Stuart. The focus phonemes for this book are ai, f, n, and r. Other phonemes practised are s, a, ta, i, p, c/k, e, o, d, g, u, h. "Collins Big Cat Phonics" decodable readers provide fiction and nonfiction especially written by top children's authors. They allow children to practice the phonemes they have learned, while ... read more

"Collins Big Cat" is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Those Big Bad Wolf tales! Forget them, this is the true story! Archie Wolf tells how he is drawn into the country's worse crime wave. Could he track down the villain behind it? And could he escape from the villain'... read more

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. This imaginative poem from children's poet James Carter recounts a journey to some exotic and far-flung locations. Anne Wilson's beautiful collage-style artwork captures the atmosphere of India, China and Africa. T... read more

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. In this stunning non-fiction book, we follow the journey of a mother turtle, as she finds a safe place on the beach for her eggs, and the dramatic dash the newly-hatched baby turtles make to the sea. The text is il... read more

Bart the Shark is big and bad. Bart the Shark is feeling mad! Find out what happens to the little fish when Bart the Shark comes to visit, in this very funny rhyming story. The book is brightly illustrated with 3D cartoons by Jon Stuart. The focus phonemes in this book are a-e, ea (sea), i-e and y. "Collins Big Cat Phonics" decodable readers provide fiction and nonfiction especially written by top children's authors. They allow children to practice the phonemes they have learned, while enjoying a rich reading experience. This helps... read more

This non-fiction book takes us on a trip with a little girl and her dad as they go for a journey on the big, red bus. The focus phonemes in this book are b, g and t. Other phonemes practised are s, a, i, p, n, c/k, e, o, r, d, u and l. "Collins Big Cat Phonics" decodable readers provide fiction and nonfiction especially written by top children's authors. They allow children to practice the phonemes they have learned, while enjoying a rich reading experience. This helps every child learn how to: read the letters that represent the s... read more

The focus phonemes in this book are ow (clown), air, al and aw. "Collins Big Cat Phonics" decodable readers provide fiction and nonfiction especially written by top children's authors. They allow children to practice the phonemes they have learned, while enjoying a rich reading experience. This helps every child learn how to: read the letters that represent the sound, blend the sounds through the word, and read the word. The featured authors include Emma Chichester Clark, Martin Waddell, Shoo Rayner, John Foster, Malachy Doyle, Pau... read more

A dog follows the bus to school, where he meets the teacher and takes part in the activities of the class.

Bot, the golf-loving robot, is going for a trip in his rocket ship. Find out what happens when he lands on the moon, in this funny book by author/illustrator Shoo Rayner. The focus phonemes practised in this book are oo (moon), z and ar. Other phonemes practised are sh and ng. "Collins Big Cat Phonics" decodable readers provide fiction and nonfiction especially written by top children's authors. They allow children to practice the phonemes they have learned, while enjoying a rich reading experience. This helps every child learn how... read more

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Brother Aelred loved singing and looking after the pigs. But it was his secret weapon that stopped the Vikings getting the treasure!

"Collins Big Cat" is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. The King lived in a castle high on the hill and he loved food! Every day was filled with milkshakes and muffins, puddings and pumpkins, chicken and chocolate as many yummy things as the cooks could bake. But the ki... read more

Angus wants to have fun with his friends and be a pirate in the school play, but he has to look after his brother and sister while his mother gets on with her acting career. When she gets a new boyfriend, Angus has a horrible thought: what if she has another baby and he has to look after it?

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Bungleman to the rescue! The people of the town sleep soundly, knowing that Bungleman is looking after them. But is Bungleman all he appears to be?

When Cat and Dog play in the park, Dog gets into a mess. Cat tries to tidy him up, but ends up getting even messier! This funny story features the lively characters Cat and Dog. More stories about Cat and Dog can be found in "Collins Big Cat" guided reading series. The focus phonemes in this book are e, s and c (ck). Other phonemes practised are a, t, i, n ,c, o, r, m, d, g, u, l, h ,f and b. "Collins Big Cat Phonics" decodable readers provide fiction and nonfiction especially written by top children's authors. They allow children ... read more

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Chicken Licken is worried the sky is going to fall on his head, so he sets off with an increasing band of followers to tell the King. But will he get that far!? Jeremy Strong presents a lively and spirited retellin... read more

Little did I know that Alan's mysterious piece of paper was to change my life forever. For the worse! Darren is just your average schoolboy -- or was, at least -- until he and his friend Steve buy tickets to the outlawed magical and macabre Cirque Du Freak. Packed with wonderfully grotesque characters -- including a snake-boy, a wolf-man and, most exciting of all, an enormous performing spider -- the boys are enchanted, fascinated and yet terrified by the show. Darren, a total spider freak, decides to steal and train the spider to ... read more

A lyrical story, written in verse, that celebrates friendship and individuality from the author of Pig-Heart Boy Despite his Mum's insistence, Sam doesn't want to be friends with Davey. He thinks Davey's a first class moron. But one day Davey saves Sam's life and a bond is formed between them. Sam is still embarrassed to be seen with Davey, but little by little he has to admit, when it's just the two of them, Davey is a lot of fun. Then something terrible happens to Davey...Told in verse, in the first person, this is the touching s... read more

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Have you ever imagined what the world would look like it was all blue? Award-winning children's author and illustrator Satoshi Kitamura takes us on a voyage of imagination as he contemplates the colours of the worl... read more

"Collins Big Cat" is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 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 teaching notes are included at the back of each book. This play includes a funny old man plus a pizza-eating boy who knows a lot about llamas, chimpanzees, giraffes, kangaroos and dinosaurs. It has a rhyming playscript that's lots of fun to read or perform.