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Biographical note
Poppy O'Neill is a best-selling author specialising in mental health. She's written stories and poems since she was six years old, and now she writes fiction and non-fiction for children, teens and parents. She studied creative writing at the University of Chichester and won the Kate Betts Memorial Prize in 2019. Diobelle Cerna is a children’s book illustrator based in the Philippines. She graduated with a BFA in Advertising Arts. Her artworks are mostly based on characters and scenes of everyday life with combinations of textures and soft colours. She loves to incorporate strong lighting in her artwork and has a passion for visual storytelling.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.
When you go on a walk, do you really pay attention to what’s around you? Do you hear the trees rustling in the wind or smell the flowers lining the pavement? Learn about the wonder of walking and become mindful to the little moments in this information book by Poppy O’Neill.
Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.
Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.
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 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.