Books in Collins Big Cat Sets series

This wordless instruction text by celebrity gardener Kim Wilde combines photographs and illustrations to show how a scarecrow is made using recycled materials. Each step of the construction process is clearly depicted, in sequence, concluding with a photograph of the finished model.• Lilac/Band 0 - wordless book that gives information through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how information books work.• Text type - Wordless instruction text.• The process is summarised in a flow diagram on pages 14 and 15 to give children the opportunity to recap the information.

Let's get creative and have fun! Get an old sock, some glue, marker pens and material and follow this simple instruction text to make your own cool frog or snake hand puppet. Photographically illustrated the lively, colourful images show each stage and each instruction clearly for children to follow.• Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.• Text type: A simple instruction text.• Photographs of each instruction on pages 14-15 help children to recap each instruction.• Curriculum links: Creative Development

You probably know that bees and butterflies help to pollinate flowers. But did you also know that beetles, lizards and small mammals are also good pollinators? Read more about the animals that help to pollinate flowers – you might be surprised by what you find! • Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. • An information book. • Curriculum Links: science

So you want to be a Roman? Here is everything you need to know – in 20 easy stages. From the battle ground to building roads – find out the REAL facts to Roman living in this humorous non-fiction information book from Scoular Anderson.• Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.• Text type: An information book.• A gallery of the things the Romans did that changed the way we live on pages 46-47 enables children to recap the main features left over from Roman times.• Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary and index can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills.• Curriculum links: History: Whay have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past - a Roman case study.• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Get to know one of literature’s most famous couples, as they meet, fall in love, marry in secret and are then cruelly separated. A love story at its heart, this is also a tale of rivalry, revenge, and bitter resentment. Get to know one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays in this wonderful and engaging retelling. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading program and longer chapter books.

A wonderful collection of creation stories from Australia, telling how the koala lost his tale, the kangaroo got her pouch, as well as how the birds got their colours. Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. Text type: Traditional tales from another culture Curriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths and legends; books from other cultures and traditions

Tod is a shy tortoise who hides away, especially when it’s time to tidy up! But what will happen when Tod is forced out of the comfort of his own shell? This sweet story is written and illustrated by acclaimed author Charlotte Middleton.• Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.• Children can follow the important stages of the story in the flow chart on pages 14–15.• Text type: A story with a familiar setting• Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us

Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell risked their lives to look after the wounded and the dying. They proved that bravery in wartime isn’t just about fighting and winning battles.• White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.• Text type—A dual biography.• A glossary on page 29 defines difficult words.• A timeline on pages 30 and 31 allows children to recap the events of the gallant lives.• Curriculum links—History: "the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods [for example, … Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell]."