• Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.
• Text type – A humorous story.
• An invitation and reply for Arthur’s party on pp22-23 offer a great opportunity to extend the story and link to children’s writing.
• Curriculum links – Citizenship: Choices living in a diverse world.
• This story is paired with a non-fiction book on the same theme: How to Make Pop-up Cards by Monica Hughes.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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.