This colourful book with hilarious cartoons is a wordless story set in the jungle. A pair of monkeys have their eye on a juicy-looking fruit hanging just out of reach. The story follows their inventive but unsuccessful attempts to grab the fruit.

Get The Fruit: Band 00/Lilac (Collins Big Cat)

Children's Books

Shipton, Paul

Animals

HarperCollins, UK

A humorous story featuring two whacky scientists building a robot. They assemble the robot carefully with each body part, but where is the head? In this simple text, each body part is named as it is added, and as the different parts are used, a repeated reply of thank you reinforces the phrase.
• Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.
• Text type - A patterned story with predictable structure
• The body parts are repeated in a single labelled diagram of the completed robot on pages 14 and 15 providing opportunities for speaking, listening and writing.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

The Robot: Pink B/ Band 1B (Collins Big Cat)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Collins Educational

Hippo wants to play on the see-saw. But who will play with him? In this humorous story a hippo wants to go on a see-saw, but no other animal is heavy enough to get hippo off the ground. It takes a group of animals to do it – and in the end, it is a tiny mouse that makes the difference.• Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.• Text type - A story with a predictable structure and patterned language.• Pages 14 and 15 feature a flow chart, an ideal opportunity to retell the story in sequence.

The See-saw: Pink B/ Band 1B (Collins Big Cat)

Who is in the boat? A hilarious counting story about a mouse with a boat taxi that reluctantly agrees to pick up an increasing number of animals as it floats downstream, before eventually sinking under the weight to the seabed! Simple text counts the number of each type of animal, from one to six, as they enter the boat.

In the Boat: Band 01A/Pink A (Collins Big Cat)

Education & Reference

'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading series for ages 4-7, featuring both fiction and non-fiction titles which encourage children to develop their reading skills.

The Guinea Pigs (Collins Big Cat)

A simple information book depicting different activities: running, jumping, hanging, skating, creeping and swimming. Simple text accompanies photographs of animals performing each activity, alongside photographs of children acting out the same activity.

I Can Do It! (Collins Big Cat)

A picture story about three hungry ants. The ants want to know what is for breakfast but they are not keen on dad’s sweet offerings. Finally he suggests an apple; an offer that everyone is happy with. The book includes several discussion features, such as speech bubbles and a clock that shows the passing of time. • 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 types - A story with a predictable structure and patterned language. • A story trail on pages 14 and 15 summarises the different stages of the book in sequence. • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

What's For Breakfast?: Red B/Band 2B (Collins Big Cat)

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.

Ant and Snail: Red / Band 2A (Collins Big Cat Phonics)

Folens

This simple non-fiction book introduces facts about the sun and the moon, and compares them. • Yellow / Band 3 - A simple non-fiction book • Text type - Non-fiction • The focus phonemes in this book are igh, y (sky), ay, a-e, i-e and y (very). • Use fact files on the final spread to compare and contrast the facts children have learned from the book. • Paul Shipton also wrote Red 2A Ant and Snail; Yellow 3 Bart the Shark.

The Sun and the Moon (Collins Big Cat Phonics)

Science, Nature & How It Works

It's lunchtime and the farmer's hungry, but his lunch box is empty! He turns to all the animals on his farm for help, the sheep, cows, horses and geese, but they are all being very secretive. Are they hiding his lunch, or a much bigger and better surprise? The delightful illustrations develop the text, providing lots of points for discussion. • Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. • Text type: A story with predictable structure and patterned language. • A map of the farm showing all the animals on pages 14-15 helps children recap the main events of the story, and provides a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities. • Curriculum links: Personal, Social and Emotional Development

The Farmer's Lunch: Band 01A/Pink A (Collins Big Cat)

Gordon, John

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