• Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.
• Text type – An information text.
• A wordless flow-chart on pages 22 and 23 summarises the process and helps children remember the sequence of events.
• Curriculum links – Design and Technology: Investigating and using materials, different joining techniques; Science: Structures; RE: Celebrations.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
• This book is paired with a story on a similar theme: Arthur’s Fantastic Party by Joseph Theobald.

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.