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 Omari takes his great-grandmother’s journal of Caribbean folktales into school, he doesn’t expect to come face to face with one of the creatures from it! Can Omari and his class get rid of the Baccoo – and get their real teacher back?


Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.


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

Illustrated by: Zavian Archibald
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