Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.
When Ryan meets Daniel, a boy who is too afraid to talk in school or other places outside of his home, he befriends him. Their friendship grows, and Daniel feels comfortable enough to talk to his new friend. Ryan's hopes for the day when his friend will be able to talk in school so that the other children may get to know the 'real' Daniel.
Andreea is thirteen. She skips school one day and for fun gets in a car with a boy she does not know. At once they have a crash which leaves her paralysed from the neck down. This is the true story of a teenager's courageous fight for a life.
Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.