Imagine you were a child in Victorian times. What was your day like? What did you wear, eat and play with? Did you go to school, or out to work? Find out what life was like for children in this enthralling non-fiction book.
• Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
• A timeline on pages 54 and 55 help children to recap the main events of the Victorian era.
• Text type: A non-chronological report
• This book is paired with Moving Out a fiction story set in the past about a family in post-World-War-Two London deciding whether to move out to a New Town.
• Curriculum links: History: What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain.
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader

Hard Times: Growing Up in the Victorian Age: Diamond/Band 17 (Collins Big Cat)

Children's Books

Powell, Jillian

History

Collins Educational

Let's get creative and have fun! Get an old sock, some glue, marker pens and material and follow this simple instruction text to make your own cool frog or snake hand puppet. Photographically illustrated the lively, colourful images show each stage and each instruction clearly for children to follow.
• Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.
• Text type: A simple instruction text.
• Photographs of each instruction on pages 14-15 help children to recap each instruction.
• Curriculum links: Creative Development

How to Make a Sock Puppet: Band 02A/Red A (Collins Big Cat)

Education & Reference

Interested in football? This photographic non-fiction book looks at all the different football skills needed to play the game.

In the Net: Band 01B/Pink B (Collins Big Cat Phonics)

HarperCollins, UK

Have you ever been camping? Become an expert camper - find out how to read maps, set up camp, cook campfire food and even track wild-animals with this fun non-fiction information book. Stunning photographs and useful step-by-step drawings accompany the text.

Let’s Go Camping: Band 13/Topaz (Collins Big Cat)

Collins

From pigeons and elephants to parachuting dogs - millions of animals helped in both world wars. This non-fiction book, with fascinating photographs from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, focuses on the animals that were involved and their bravery in the face of battle.

Animals in War: Band 04 Blue/Band 17 Diamond (Collins Big Cat Progress)

Find out what life was like for the children growing up during World War II. With photographs straight from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, Jillian Powell looks at rationing, schooling and evacuation and how the daily lives of children were affected by the war. • Collins Big Cat Progress builds confidence, helping struggling pupils not only to read, but to love reading• Dual-banded books provide age-appropriate interest level material matched with a lower reading ability level• Every book is levelled by reading expert Cliff Moon to ensure precise, systematic, measurable progression to help close the ability gap• The books use a range of reading strategies: phonic, graphic, syntactic and contextual to build confident, accurate, fluent readers• Designed to build speaking and listening skills, as well as reading skills, the books are highly visual and include incredible illustrations and photographs• Every book has a Key Stage 2 look-and-feel to engage older pupils and avoid stigmatisation• Topics are relevant for children in years 3-6 and connected to the curriculum and framework objectives for these years to support inclusion• Progress titles contain a Reader Response page to encourage the pupil to respond to and recall what they have read. This offers an ideal opportunity to check comprehension• Ideas for Reading, written by primary literacy expert Gill Howell are included in the back of every book to help you support the reading needs of each child• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader

Growing up in Wartime: Band 05 Green/Band 17 Diamond (Collins Big Cat Progress)

Every winner of an Olympic event has had to work hard to get to the top, but some have to work even harder to succeed. Find out which athletes have overcome racial inequality, illness and disabilities to earn their medals.• Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.• Text type: An information book• Curriculum Links: Citizenship: Living in a diverse world

Olympic Heroes: Band 05/Green (Collins Big Cat)

Let's get creative and have fun! Get an old sock, some glue, marker pens and material and follow this simple instruction text to make your own cool frog or snake hand puppet. Photographically illustrated the lively, colourful images show each stage and each instruction clearly for children to follow.

How to Make a Sock Puppet (Collins Big Cat)

Arts, Music & Photography

A Workbook enabling children to practise the language points presented in the Reader.

How to Make a Sock Puppet? Workbook (Collins Big Cat)

This photographic non-fiction book gives children simple instructions for how to build their own tent in the garden using a sheet, a rope and some rocks.
• This photographic non-fiction book gives children simple instructions for how to build their own tent in the garden using a sheet, a rope and some rocks.
• Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.
• Children can recap the stages of how to make a camp on pages 14–15.
• Text type: An instruction text
• Curriculum links: Art

How to Make a Camp: Band 02A/Red A (Collins Big Cat)

Platt, Tim

Sports & Outdoors

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