Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 3-5.

 Mega Slug is the boss of the allotment. It's his job to keep the allotment free of plant-eating pests . like Big Dash, a snail supervillain, who would munch every single carrot and radish on the allotment if he could. We follow Mega Slug as he tries to get rid of Big Dash. In the end, it's a cunning trick that works and the allotment is safe (for now, at least .)This humorous graphic novel was written by Catherine Baker.

 Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.

 The focus sounds in this book are: /ch/ /sh/ /th/, and adjacent consonants.

 Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.

 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.

Mega Slug and Big Dash - Band 04/Blue

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.

 Hippo Jazz and elephant Jeff go on a boat trip, but what happens when the ship is about to sink? This story was written by Catherine Baker.

 Red A/Band 2A offers emergent readers predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.

 The focus sounds in this book are: /z/ zz /th/ /sh/ /qu/ /ng/ /nk/ /x/ /w/ /j/

 Pages 14 and 15 contain a fun "I Spy" Letters and Sounds activity, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge.

 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.

Jazz and Jeff - Band 02A/Red A

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.

 From arable farms to solar farms, find out what they provide for us in this photographic non-fiction book by Catherine Baker.

 Yellow/Band 3 offers varied sentence structure and natural language.

 The focus sounds in this book are: Adjacent consonants with short vowel phonemes

 Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.

 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.

Good Things From Farms - Band 03/Yellow

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.

 We're going to the beach! Explore the sights and sounds of the seaside, and look at the plants and animals that live there.

 Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through pictures and are designed to develop an understanding of how stories work. They support early practice of reading and exploration of familiar themes to further develop curiosity and inspiration for early readers. Images from within each scene are pulled out along the bottom of the pages to focus and promote discussion. These books support Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds.

 Pages 14 and 15 contain an "I Spy" feature, which uses visual support to help children explore the themes and sounds contained within the book.

 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.

At the Beach - Band 00/Lilac

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.

 Humpty Dumpty has fallen off the wall! Follow a cast of familiar fairy tale characters as they try to help him.

 Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through pictures and are designed to develop an understanding of how stories work. They support early practice of reading and exploration of familiar themes to further develop curiosity and inspiration for early readers. Images from within each scene are pulled out along the bottom of the pages to focus and promote discussion. These books support Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds.

 Pages 14 and 15 contain an "I Spy" feature, which uses visual support to help children explore the themes and sounds contained within the book.

 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.

Humpty Dumpty - Band 00/Lilac

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.

 Find out all the different fascinating things you can see in rock pools in this non-fiction book!

 Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.

 The focus sounds in this book are: /ai/ /ee/ /igh/ /oa/ /oo/ /oo/ /or/ /er/

 Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.

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

Rock Pools - Band 02B/Red B

Seule. Seul. Seuls. C'est un joli mot : solitude, c'est aussi, parfois, une bien belle chose. Pas toujours. Le plus souvent c'est l'horreur. La solitude humilie, accable, dessèche, épuise, stérilise, désespère. Le plus souvent, la solitude c'est la mort. Invisibles, silencieux, transparents, les solitaires sont dans la foule. Catherine Baker s'est assise au bord du flot et elle a attendu. Alors ils sont venus vers elle. Si nombreux, si pitoyables, si exigeants. Tellement vivants, tellement prolixes, tellement violents qu'il a fallu à Catherine Baker deux années de travail acharné pour écrire ce livre extraordinaire et bouleversant et pourtant si simple et si évident. Écoutez les solitaires. C'est de vous qu'ils parlent.

Balade dans les solitudes ordinaires

Après avoir refusé de scolariser sa fille et quand celle-ci arrive à l'âge de quatorze ans, Catherine Baker écrit ce livre pour lui expliquer ses choix. Si l'école est la première cible de Baker, ses attaques
portent beaucoup plus profondément : la domination adulte et, au-delà, l'asservissement
social et sa gestion des individus. La première parution de ce livre date de 1985. Si les constats que dresse Baker sont très actuels, la radicalité de la remise en cause à laquelle elle se livre est quasiment impensable aujourd'hui. " Parce que ce livre est extrêmement personnel, parce qu'il est le partage, l'offrande, ou la simple proposition d'une subjectivité, il a su toucher certain-es de ses lectrices et lecteurs au plus profond, modifier leur intelligence du monde. Sans chercher plus loin, nous sommes plusieurs [...] dont les vies seraient sans doute bien différentes aujourd'hui s'il ne nous était un jour tombé entre les mains. "

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