Books in Collins Big Cat Shakespeare series

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]."

A quirky insight into how to live like an Ancient Greek – in twenty-five easy stages.• Sapphire/Band 16 books books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.• Text type: An information book.• Curriculum links: History: Who were the Ancient Greeks; How do we use Ancient Greek ideas today?• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader

Have you ever wondered how to draw your favourite manga character, or design a character of your own? Manga artist Katie Coope shows you how, step by step. Use this book to create your own manga hero or heroine – their adventures start here!• Diamond/ Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.• A mind map on pages 54 and 55 helps children recap all the different things to think about when drawing their own manga characters.• Text type: An instruction book.• Curriculum links: Art and Design.

From the pyramids in Egypt to the Sydney Opera House, landmarks have been built all over the world. Find out what makes them so special.• Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.• Text type—an information book.• A map of the world on pages 22 and 23 shows the location of all the landmarks.• Curriculum links—Geography: "The location and characteristics of a range of the world’s most significant human and physical features."