Big Cat Read On supports fluent readers to improve their reading skills and nurture a love of reading. Consisting of a wide range of engaging chapter books, the Big Cat Read On series improves reading stamina and comprehension, develops vocabulary, and introduces children to more sophisticated narrative structures and themes.


Orpheus is a talented lyre player, spellbound by Eurydice’s beauty. Eurydice is a woodland nymph, entranced by Orpheus’s singing. They fall in love and get married, but tragedy strikes. Can Orpheus use his skills to travel to the Underworld and return Eurydice to the land of the living?


About the Author and Book Talk questions invite the reader to think more deeply about the themes in the book and reflect on their reading experience. Online lesson plans provide guidance in using this book in a range of settings, including independent, social and whole-class reading – all designed to support the reader to connect with the book and encourage a positive attitude to reading.

Illustrated by: Sunnu Rebecca Choi
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