Bill longs for someone to talk to. Then one day the door to his room opens and…a giant bottom comes in! Legs, arms, chest follow as bit by bit, Bill's new giant friend appears. When his friend's last bit finally arrives and he is in one piece, they have plenty to talk about! •Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language. • Text type - A traditional story. • A flow chart on pages 14 and 15 shows the different body parts that make up Bill's new friend, giving children the opportunity to recap and retell the story. • Curriculum links - Science: ourselves, parts of the body. • Talk, Talk, Talk is one of three Collins Big Cat books by Martin Waddell. • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

Talk Talk Talk: Blue/Band 4 (Collins Big Cat)

Children's Books

WADDELL, MARTIN

Literature & Fiction

Collins Educational

Bert's Band like to play as they march down the street. When they win the cup, they arrive back at their home town at midnight, and very carefully remove their shoes and socks so as not to disturb the townsfolk as they march down the street - playing at full belt! This lively text is ideal to read aloud, with lots of opportunities to join in.

Bert’s Band: Band 04/Blue (Collins Big Cat)

HarperCollins, UK

Kind Emma lives all alone in her little cottage by the wood, with no one to talk to. But one snowy night Emma hears a knock at her door, and a tiny voice asking for help. When she takes pity on the little thing at the door and gives it shelter and food, she finds that her whole life is changed - and she at last has a friend to talk to.

Kind Emma: Orange/ Band 6 (Collins Big Cat)

Education & Reference

It's just a normal lesson on a normal day at school, except Mrs Bennet, who can do magic, has turned into a very big rabbit. The problems start when the class realise that Mrs Bennet can't change back into herself.

Class Six and the Very Big Rabbit: Band 10/White (Collins Big Cat)

Humor

Collins, UK

When a wee mouse meets a big, hungry monster on the road, he needs to think fast. This is a lively retelling of a traditional story by Martin Waddell. • Red / Band 2B - A traditional story • Text type - Fiction • The focus phonemes in this book are sh, er, oa and ng. Other phonemes practised are ou (ground), th (this), th (thin), ee, w, oo (look), ie (lie) and ch. • Children can compare and contrast the two main characters using the character summaries on the final spread. • Martin Waddell also wrote Yellow 3 Horse Up a Tree and Blue 4 The Small Bun.

The Mouse and the Monster: Red / Band 2B (Collins Big Cat Phonics)

Classics

When Horse went up a tree one day, he didn't think about how to get down again - and now he's stuck. The sheep, the ducks, the hens and Farmer come to help him in this comical tale by Martin Waddell.

Horse up a Tree: Yellow / Band 3 (Collins Big Cat Phonics)

Animals

Folens

A hungry man and his wife baked a small bun. But as soon as they put it on their plate, the bun jumped up and ran off. This lively version of the traditional story of the gingerbread man is by Martin Waddell.• Blue / Band 4 - A• Text type - Fiction• The focus phoneme in this book is al (small).• Use the storymap on the final spread to discuss the route the small bun took and the characters he met..• Martin Waddell also wrote Red 2b The Mouse and the Monster; Yellow 3 Horse Up a Tree• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

The Small Bun: Blue / Band 4 – A (Collins Big Cat Phonics)

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

Class Six and the Very Big Rabbit Workbook (Collins Big Cat)

Times Books UK

It's just a normal lesson on a normal day at school, except Mrs Bennet, who can do magic, has turned into a very big rabbit. The problems start when the class realise that Mrs Bennet can't change back into herself.

Class Six and the Very Big Rabbit (Collins Big Cat)

Bert's Band (Collins Big Cat)

Arts, Music & Photography

Collins

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