Books in Collins Big Cat Progress 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.

Red Hen works hard to dig, plant, cut and mill the grain while the other animals refuse to help. Will they wish they hadn’t been so lazy when Red Hen has finished making her big jam buns? This beautifully illustrated retelling of the traditional tale is written by well-known author Pippa Goodhart.•Collins Big Cat Phonics Progress books are specifically designed for struggling readers, giving them age-appropriate texts that they can read, building their confidence and fostering positive attitudes towards reading. This title has a text level of Band 2A / Red A, which provides predictable text, and an interest level of Band 10 / White.•Text type: A traditional story•The flow chart on pages 14 to 15 allows children to discuss and recap Red Hen’s progress as she completes each of her jobs.•Curriculum links: Citizenship

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