Books with author Julian Mosedale

Stan and Pam are dinosaurs who are overjoyed when they are given a pet rat called Pat. However, when Pat goes missing, Stan and Pam look everywhere and end up enlisting the help of some friends to find her. This fun story is written by Honor Head and illustrated by Julian Mosedale.• Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.• Text type: A simple story with a familiar setting• Pages 14–15 provide an opportunity for children to recap the story.• Curriculum links: Personal, Social and Emotional Development; P.S.H.E.

Mr Cat’s carrying a big bag. His friends, Mrs Bear, Mr Fox, Mrs Duck and Mr Mouse are all very interested to find out what he has inside, but Mr Cat will only give them one answer: “Wait and see!” This sweet story is written by ten-year-old Collins Big Cat 2011 Writing Competition winner Louisa Kelly, with quirky illustrations by Julian Mosedale.• Ideas for Reading provide practical support and stimulating activities.• Text type: A story with patterned and predictable language.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4–7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children’s authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.• Blue/ Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.• Text type - A fantasy story.• The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words.• Curriculum links - Science: sorting and using materials.

A story-based approach to phonics practice helping children to read with confidence. There's not much to fear, when Lug is near, with his magic ear! This book is for children in Year 2/Primary 3. This is a highly attractive, illustrated text with a humorous story incorporating specific phonic elements. The particular phonic focus (ear) is reinforced throughout the text. Each children's book includes notes on the inside back cover to support use in guided group reading sessions.

This fantasy story is about two monkeys, who look smart in their new clothes. Mojo has new shoes, and Weeza has a new hat … until it flies away in the wind. In their humorous search, Mojo and Weeza mistake a pan, a nest and a turtle for Weeza's hat, before retrieving it from a muddy pond.• Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.•Text type - A fantasy story.•The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words.•Curriculum links - Art and Design: Exploring a range of starting points for practical work, including stories.

An engaging workbook for children learning English with the Big Cat series. These workbooks accompany the popular Collins Big Cat series. They enable children to practice and reinforce the target vocabulary and language structures presented in each corresponding Collins Big Cat reader through enjoyable puzzles, games and activities, as well as through more traditional comprehension exercises.Tracing, copying and eventually free-writing tasks build and develop children’s writing skills as they progress through the Bands, Pink A to Lime. A fun quiz to test understanding, and a reward certificate at the back of each Workbook, enable children to feel a sense of progress as they learn to read more confidently in English.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4–7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children’s authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.• Blue/ Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.• Text type - A fantasy story.• The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words.• Curriculum links - Science: sorting and using materials.

An engaging workbook for children who are using the Big Cat series.These workbooks accompany the popular Collins Big Cat series. They enable children to practise and reinforce the target vocabulary and language structures presented in each corresponding Collins Big Cat reader through enjoyable puzzles, games and activities, as well as through more traditional comprehension exercises.Tracing, copying and eventually free-writing tasks build and develop children’s writing skills as they progress through the Bands, Pink A to Lime. A fun quiz to test understanding, and a reward certificate at the back of each Workbook, enable children to feel a sense of progress as they learn to read more confidently in English.

A Workbook enabling children to practise the language points presented in the Reader.These workbooks accompany the popular Collins Big Cat series. They enable children to practise and reinforce the target vocabulary and language structures presented in each corresponding Collins Big Cat reader through enjoyable puzzles, games and activities, as well as through more traditional comprehension exercises.Tracing, copying and eventually free-writing tasks build and develop children’s writing skills as they progress through the Bands, Pink A to Lime. A fun quiz to test understanding, and a reward certificate at the back of each Workbook, enable children to feel a sense of progress as they learn to read more confidently in English.