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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.

This colourful and informative book is presented as a ‘scrapbook’ of mementoes from Amy’s visit to the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Packed with photos, it gives information on how the islands of the Pacific wre formed, how villagers live, and about the kinds of animals and plants that grow there.This colourful and informative book is presented as a ‘scrapbook’ of mementoes from Amy’s visit to the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Packed with photos, it gives information on how the islands of the Pacific wre formed, how villagers live, and about the kinds of animals and plants that grow there.With its account of towns, villages, food and activities, this book will inform and fascinate developing readers. A final double page spread provides a glossary of unusual terms and a map to show where Vanuatu is located.Purple level (Band 8) books offer developing readers structured language with some challenging vocabulary.Ideas for Guided Reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Join a young girl on the adventure of a lifetime as she swims with dolphins. Written in the first person, in a captivatingly immediate style, readers will feel that they are there with the young swimmer as she fulfils her dream. Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.Text type – A non-fiction recount.A labelled diagram on pages 22 and 23 show the different parts of a dolphin, offering reinforcement.Curriculum links – Geography: Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?, Passport to the world.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right levelAn 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.

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.

Discover the fascinating world of humpback whales, including their childhood, their search for food and the three-month migration to reach Antarctica in this highly photographic information book. Turquoise/Band 7 books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.Text type: An information book.Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. The reef is teeming with life. Find out more about the animals and plants that live in this underwater world. This Orange Band non-fiction title includes more complex sentence structures but children should still recognise many of the high-frequency words used to help with understanding. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. Motorcycles have changed a lot over the last 150 years. Find out how and why inside this book. Non-fiction texts in Turquoise Band use maps, charts and diagrams to present information. Learners are encouraged to navigate information displayed in glossaries and indexes. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.

Discover shipwrecks, find pearls and explore coral reefs with this book about diving. Books in the Wayfarers strand are for learners who can read a range of texts accurately and fluently. Non-fiction titles in this strand include information provided in range of formats including diagrams, captions and glossaries and learners are introduced to a range of more complex topic-specific vocabulary. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step.Level 12 books feature greater use of literary language and more unusual and challenging vocabulary. Play scripts also feature from Level 12. Non-fiction titles contain longer, more formal sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms. Sentences become longer with greater use of conjunctions and relative clauses. Grammatical vowel endings are more evident to encourage fluent reading and to provide familiarity with some higher-level features of written Arabic.Discover the fascinating world of humpback whales, including their childhood, their search for food and the three-month migration to reach Antarctica in this highly photographic information book.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Band Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction and non-fiction at Orange Band including Sang Kancil and Crocodile, Life on the Reef, Super Malls and Finn Saves the Day. Orange Band stories are longer than previous bands, featuring more events and greater complexity. Illustrations support only one aspect of the story. Sentence structures become more complex.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Band Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction and non-fiction at Turquoise Band including Motorcycles, Little Fennec Fox and Jerboa, How Chocolate is Made and Sinbad Goes to Sea. Turquoise Band books include extended descriptions of places and people with literary phrases and expressions that provide new challenges. Vocabulary is often less common and requires the reader to use knowledge of spelling patterns. Non-fiction texts use maps, charts and diagrams to present information. Learners are encouraged to navigate information in glossaries and indexes.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Strand Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction and non-fiction at Explorers Strand including Skyscrapers, Dolphins in the Wild, A Tale of Two Sinbads and Journey to Callisto. Books in the Explorers Strand are for learners who are reading a wide range of fiction and non-fiction with a good degree of accuracy and reasonable reading pace. Readers at this Strand will be able to discuss their preferences and read critically, considering the author's effectiveness.

Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Strand Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction and non-fiction at Voyagers Strand including Tamerlane and the Boy, The White Elephant, Meltdown and Movie World. Books in the Voyagers Strand are for learners experienced in reading a range of genres. Learners will be able to discuss how language is used and how vocabulary causes reactions in the reader. Fiction titles include chapters to reflect sustained reading. Shorter books have deeper inferential meaning needing more advanced comprehension skills.