• Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.
• Text type – A playscript of a traditional tale.
• Pages 30 and 31 feature a ‘wanted poster’ for a your man answering to Hercules description, providing a great starting point for lots of speaking, listening and writing activities.
• Curriculum links – Citizenship: Taking part, Living in a diverse world, Animals and us.
• 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.