Books published by publisher COLLINS EDUCATIONAL

Collins Primary Focus: Comprehension Pupil Book 1 is aimed at ages 7+. Using a variety of well-known authors, the book is designed to encourage children to read and understand every essential fiction and non-fiction text type. Follow-up activities progress from literal questions to higher order thinking skills.• Features significant authors from a range of eras including contemporary household names that children love to read• Includes every genre required by current literacy frameworks• Supports all ability levels with a progression through literal, deductive, evaluative and inferential questions• Engages all children with an updated design and new artwork to complement different texts

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

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Level 4 books are for children who are ready to start to read stories with simple single words or nonverbal sentences with 2 or 3 short words, and with total support through illustrations and extensive use of repetition. Double spacing is used between words to ensure children see where each new word in a sentence begins and ends, with the focus on reading core words. Mama owl and her small baby sit up in a tree. In trying to show each other how big they are, the small owl is accidentally knocked out of the tree. Can the Mama owl save him? This quirkily illustrated story is written by Michelle Robinson.

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Level 10 books include characters that express emotions and stories with more events. Nonfiction titles introduce terms that might be new to many children. Level 10 books continue to use single spacing and more high-frequency words appear without vowel markings to help the students get used to the traditional norms of printed Arabic. This unique persuasive text takes the form of a fictional holiday to Mars, presenting factual information about the red planet. The text draws comparisons between Earth and Mars, and considers aspects of space travel such as weightlessness and the lack of oxygen. A pictorial glossary is provided encouraging discussion and reinforcement of technical terms.

Get your students to be gansters in this great play which has been specially adapted for schools from the popular film and it even includes still photographs. So join all the characters: Bugsy, Fat Sam, Tallulah and Dandy Dan for great fun with the whole class.Students will relish this opportunity to play a cast of Prohibition-era mobsters.Fat Sam, who runs one of the most popular speakeasies in town, is in danger of being closed down by his ‘business rival’ Dandy Dan. Enter baby-faced Bugsy Malone, a killer with the ladies and a definite asset to Fat Sam. Unfortunately, Bugsy has also caught the eye of Sam’s girlfriend Tallulah – though he’s set his designs on the showgirl Blousey Brown.This play lends itself perfectly to school performance with its large mixed cast and consistent humour.The book contains a stimulating playscript suitable for classwork and school production, accompanied by resources including background material and lively activities.

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

Compare the way the five-year-old narrator and his baby sister Kim can do everyday activities in this lovely non-fiction book written by Catherine Baker and beautifully illustrated by Karin Littlewood.• Pink B/Band 1B books offer simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.• Text type: A simple non-fiction text• Pages 14–15 provide an opportunity for children to recap the story.• Curriculum links: PSHE, Science

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.