Once upon a time there were two good friends, a frog and a toad…

Each time Toad saw how messy his home was he said,
“I will do it tomorrow. Today I will take life easy.”
What happened when tomorrow arrived?

The much-loved Frog and Toad stories were written and illustrated Arnold Lobel and have been loved by generations.

Children can recap the story on pages 14–15 by exploring the difference between tidying the house ‘tomorrow’ and doing it ‘today’, providing lots of speaking and listening opportunities.

Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.

Ideas for Reading provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

Collins Big Cat is a whole-school reading programme that provides complete support for primary reading. Children will become fluent readers through hundreds of high-quality fiction and non-fiction banded books by award-winning authors and illustrators. In-depth teaching resources support you in developing and assessing key reading skills at all stages from early reading through to phonics, to guided, whole-class and independent reading for more confident readers.