Collins Big Cat Books

Within each level, a diverse array of styles and genres are included, ensuring a rich and engaging learning experience. These encompass traditional tales, predictable structures, patterned language, familiar settings, fantasy stories, humorous tales, narratives from diverse cultures, poems, instructional texts, retellings, plays, informational books, non-chronological reports, biographies, and persuasive writings.

Collins Big Cat books is easily the most popular reading scheme in schools today. Their titles range across bands from Lilac to Lime and feature remarkable photography and delightful illustrations. Written by popular children’s authors, the alluring titles in the program support children in their reading journey whilst also introducing them to a variety of different text types and subjects. The program facilitates the development and evaluation of essential reading skills such as inference and deduction, backed by comprehensive teaching aids and assessment support.

From early phonics development to language fluency, Collins Big Cat books are a whole-school approach that provide complete support for primary reading. Collin Big Cat delivers effective phonics with fully decodable books, expertly aligned Letters and Sounds that can foster a love of reading in any level of reader. The books are designed for guided, independent and whole-class reading. 

Collins Big Cat Books also offer extensive support to cross-curricular teaching by providing top-notch fiction and non-fiction materials that cover a wide range of sub genres. Within each reading level, a diverse array of styles and genres are included, ensuring a rich and engaging learning experience. These encompass traditional tales, predictable structures, patterned language, familiar settings, fantasy stories, humorous tales, narratives from diverse cultures, poems, instructional texts, retellings, plays, informational books, non-chronological reports, biographies, and persuasive writings.

Read on as we list all the Big Cat schemes we offer in every variety…

Big Cat books for Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2

These stages offer pupils a variety in their overall reading experience. Starting out with predictable and patterned texts, titles broaden to poetry, traditional tales, varied genre fiction, information books, play scripts and biographies from a host of popular children’s authors. Each book looks unique and enticing, guaranteeing your child never gets bored of reading their Big Cat scheme books. 

Track a T-Rex : Band 03/Yellow

An opportunity to explore the world of one of the deadliest predators there ever was: the Tyrannosaurus Rex—the book Track a T-Rex is Collin Big Cat Books’ another creative offering that is 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. 

Allow your kid to learn about their behaviour and physical attributes in this non-fiction book. 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 revisit 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. 

The Elf and the Bootmaker : Band 05/Green

When a poor bootmaker is visited by a kind elf his fortunes suddenly change. This interactive retelling of the classic The Elves and the Shoemaker, written by Alison Milford, puts the little reader at the heart of the action. Can you help the elf make new shoes for the bootmaker to sell? Green (Band 5) books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.

The focus sounds in this book are: /ai/ ay, ey, a-e, /igh/ i, i-e, /oa/ o, o-e, /oo/ ue, ew, ui, u-e, /ee/ea, /oi/oy, /ow/ ou, /e/ ea, /i/ y, /u/ o-e, /ar/ a, /or/ aw, al, /air/ere, are, /ur/ ir, or, ear 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 including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover. Making this just one of the many Collins Big Cat books you want on your child’s reading list.