This non-fiction book explains how sea creatures have spines, stings and teeth and other means to protect themselves from hungry predators. Packed with stunning underwater photographs, there is much to entrance young readers.

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

 Text type - Non-chronological report.

 A simple table at the end of the book can be used to check understanding and to recap information learnt reading the book.

 Curriculum links - Citizenship: Animals and us.

 This non-fiction book is paried with a playscript on a similar theme: Worm Looks for Lunch by Julia Donaldson.

 This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Spines, Stings and Teeth - Band 05/Green

This photographic non-fiction book tracks the life of a turtle. Initially meeting the mother, we stay with her eggs and follow a hatched baby turtle along the dangerous sands to the sea. A story of survival, the turtle returns to the beach to lay its own eggs.

 This is a Band 03/Yellow book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme which offers varied sentence structure and natural language. This is a non-fiction recount with a flow-chart on pages 14 and 15 that provides an opportunity to recap and discuss the story. This book supports learning about science, life processes and living things, and humans and other animals. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery and quizzed for Accelerated Reader. For another story in this Collins Big Cat book band for guided reading, try Around the World (9780007186587) by James Carter.

The Baby Turtle - Band 03/Yellow

An exhilarating ride with one of New Zealand's foremost adventure photographers, Andy Belcher as he takes on the New Zealand Targa Rally against a variety of cars - from 1960s Austin Healeys and Ford Cortinas to the latest Ferraris. Wonderful photography supports Andy's recount of the trials and tribulations of this exciting event.

 White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.

 Text type - A non-fiction recount of an event.

 A photography rally map on pages 30 and 31 encourages discussion and provides lots of opportunities for further activities.

 Curriculum links - DT: Vehicles; Geography: Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?

 This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Rally Challenge - Band 10/White

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.

 Meet Chaz and his family as he takes you on a tour of his house before everyone sits down for dinner! This non-fiction book was written by Angie Belcher.

 Pages 14 and 15 contain an "I Spy" feature with a specific phoneme focus, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge.

 The focus sounds in this book are: /j/ /v/ /x/ /y/ /z/ /ch/ /sh/ /th/ /ng/

 Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

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