Everything about Mr Big is big. And ordinary pens just won't do; every time he tries to write, Mr Big's ordinary sized pens break. So Mr Big drives to the shop in his big car to buy a big pen. But size is not the only surprising thing about Mr Big's new pen. This eBook is best viewed on Kindle Fire in landscape view to optimise your experience.

 This is a Band 04/Blue book which offers longer, repeated patterns with sequential events as well as integrated literary and natural language. This is a fantasy story, and a storyboard on pages 22 and 23 provides a pictorial summary of the story in eight frames - an ideal cue for further discussion and activity. This book supports numeracy learning with shape, space and measure. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery and quizzed for Accelerated Reader. For more guided reading books in this Collins Big Cat band, try Crunch and Munch (B06Y5JMJY1) by Nora Sands.

The Magic Pen - Band 05/Green

There was once a woman who baked the best cakes in the whole world. The fairies loved her cakes. But they didn't want to buy them and the woman was far too clever to let anyone steal them. So the fairies decide to steal the cake-maker instead! What follows is a hilarious account of how the woman manages to escape the greedy fairies' clutches.

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 This is a Band 09/Gold fiction book which offers developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters. This is a traditional story with a story map on pages 22 and 23 that tracks the comings and goings of the unfortunate fairies to help children retell the story in their own words. This book supports learning around personal and social development and will encourage children to recognise what they like and dislike, what is fair or unfair and what is right or wrong. 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 Animal Ancestors (B06Y5R42YB) by John Hughes.

The Woman who Fooled the Fairies - Band 09/Gold

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 Dunkan Dabble won't answer to his name as he believes he's Batbird, a superhero that he and his friends watch on TV. Dunkan's family and friends find him very difficult to live with as Batbird. He plays too roughly and insists on sleeping upside down. But Dunkan becomes a hero overnight by unwttingly saving his family from a prowling fox.

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 Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.

 Text type - A humorous fantasy story.

 A timeline on pages 30 and 31 summarises the story in nine sequential steps providing an ideal cue for further discussion.

 Curriculum links - Citizenship: Choices, Taking part.

 This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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