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 Cody’s adventurous summer plans were suddenly cancelled, the looming school holidays felt like a bleak emptiness, with nothing to do, nowhere to go. Until someone, new and unexpected, changed all that.


Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.


Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Illustrated by: Alfredo Belli
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