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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.Written by Fiona Barker and illustrated by Jade Van der Zalm, join Hope as she finds her spark. While all of her friends know what they want to do with their lives, Hope feels isolated and confused. However, when she finds an injured hare, Hope does what she can to save it and give a voice to the voiceless.White Plus/Band 10+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and reading stamina.Pages 46 and 47 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.

A brilliantly funny picture book about two best friendswho just can't agree!Hank and Hoog are best friends - they do EVERYTHING together.Until one morning, when a single, crisp, brown leaf falls to theground...Hank is so annoyed! Falling leaves mean winter is coming,and Hank definitely does not like winter. BRRRRRRR!But Hoog is overjoyed! Hoog loves winter - the snow,the snuggles, all of it! AHHHHHHH!Will these two friends learn to put their differences aside?You bet they will!They may not agree on winter, but there's something they both definitelylike: each other.And there's nothing more important than being best friends. With a laugh-out-loud story bursting with personality and beautifulillustrations full of heart, I Definitely Don't Like Winteris an instant picture book classicThe perfect read for winter, and all year round!With themes of friendship, disagreement, compromise and honesty

Tuck into this wonderful picture book introduction to the changingof seasons. There's nothing Fox loves more in the world thanautumn. And he's going to make it last as long as he can! As soon as Fox opened his door, he could tell."Autumnat last! There's so much to do!"Autumn is Fox's favourite time of the year. He loves tasting blackberries,scrunching and collecting leaves!But as the days pass, Autumn starts to reach its end. Winter iscoming ... and Fox DEFINITELY cannot let that happen!Join Fox as he tries to do everything to stop Autumn from slippingby and eventually learns that each season has its magic. A funny and quirky story about the changing seasonsFabulous text by Fiona Barker, full of humour and heart

A gloriously heart-warming tale of friendship and fun from thecreators of I Definitely Don't Like Winter.   Autumn is Fox's favourite time of year - there's so much to do,like scrunching leaves, tasting blackberries and picking apples.But Autumn is slipping away ... can Fox make it stay, or will helearn that a season shared is never forgotten?Join Fox on his hilarious quest to stop autumn from leaving andwatch him discover that perhaps change isn't such a bad thing afterall... A brilliantly funny tale about the changing seasons and learningto be in the momentFabulous text by Fiona Barker and stunning illustrations by ChristinePym Full of humour and heart, perfect for fans of The Leaf Thiefand The Squirrels Who Squabbled.

A heartwarming picture book about two best friends wholearn how accept each other's differences.Hank and Hoog are best friends - they do EVERYTHING together.Until one evening when Hank confesses that he's scared of thedark...Hoog can't understand - there's nothing to be scared of!But Hank can't stop thinking about the shadows, and what's makingthose nighttime noises?They may not agree on the dark, but there's something they both definitelylike: each other. And with a good friend, there will always be light in the darkness... With a laugh-out-loud story bursting with personality and beautifulillustrations full of heart, I Definitely Don't Like theDark is an instant picture book classicChristine Pym's hand-drawn illustrations bring a uniquely specialcharacter to this storyEnjoy more of Hank and Hoog's adventures with the first bookin the series I Definitely Don't Like WinterWith themes of friendship, disagreement, compromise and honesty

The perfect picture-book treat for every small child(and adult) who has tried to resist temptation... and failed! When Small Rabbit discovers a gorgeously-wrapped chocolate eggin the cupboard he can't WAIT to eat it.But the label says Do NOT eat the egg!Can Small Rabbit do the right thing... or will it turn into agloriously gooey chocolate disaster? A fun chocolate-free Easter giftChocolatey perfection for fans of Chris Haughton and Jon KlassenWith brilliantly bold illustrations from Siân Roberts,illustrator of Don't Disturb the DragonWatch out for Fiona's other titles, I Definitely Don't LikeWinter and Fox's Favourite Autumn

A heartwarming picture book about two best friends wholearn how accept each other's differences.Hank and Hoog are best friends - they do EVERYTHING together.Until one evening when Hank confesses that he's scared of thedark...Hoog can't understand - there's nothing to be scared of!But Hank can't stop thinking about the shadows, and what's makingthose nighttime noises?They may not agree on the dark, but there's something they both definitelylike: each other. And with a good friend, there will always be light in the darkness... With a laugh-out-loud story bursting with personality and beautifulillustrations full of heart, I Definitely Don't Like theDark is an instant picture book classicChristine Pym's hand-drawn illustrations bring a uniquely specialcharacter to this storyEnjoy more of Hank and Hoog's adventures with the first bookin the series I Definitely Don't Like WinterWith themes of friendship, disagreement, compromise and honesty

The Big Christmas Bake is a funny, lively romp through the twelve days of Christmas, taking the elements of the popular carol, and weaving them cleverly into the ingredients for a Twelfth Night Cake.Starting with the partridge and its gift of dried fruit, this rhyming story includes all of the familiar characters from the song as they all contribute to the baking of the magnificent Twelfth Night cake. A trio of french hens bring baking powderSix geese bring eggs, and lots of feathers tooTen lords help carry the cake into the oven ready to bakeAt the end of the story, there is a recipe included to bake your own cake at home, giving this book the potential to be a favourite Christmas story as well as a resource to be used every year in introducing a twelfth night cake tradition to a family.Characterfully illustrated by Pippa Curnick The Big Christmas Bake is a beautiful, lyrical, and gently humourous Christmas story for the whole family to enjoy.

The Big Christmas Bake is a funny, lively romp through the twelve days of Christmas, taking the elements of the popular carol, and weaving them cleverly into the ingredients for a Twelfth Night Cake.Starting with the partridge and its gift of dried fruit, this rhyming story includes all of the familiar characters from the song as they all contribute to the baking of the magnificent Twelfth Night cake. A trio of french hens bring baking powderSix geese bring eggs, and lots of feathers tooTen lords help carry the cake into the oven ready to bakeAt the end of the story, there is a recipe included to bake your own cake at home, giving this book the potential to be a favourite Christmas story as well as a resource to be used every year in introducing a twelfth night cake tradition to a family.Characterfully illustrated by Pippa Curnick The Big Christmas Bake is a beautiful, lyrical, and gently humourous Christmas story for the whole family to enjoy.

Come on down to MonsterStreet this howlingHallowe’en.The houses look spooktacular, a truly splendid scene.We’ve been busy cooking and we’ve made a monster bake.I wonder, would our neighbours like a slice of tasty cake?The Big Monster Bake is a picture book with a sweet and inclusive approach to Halloween. It stars a pair of little monsters hoping to share a homemade cake with their neighbours on Monster Street.

Meet our planet’s hungry hordes, mahoosive mobs, phenomenal flocks, sensational swarms and astounding animal assemblies in this breathtakingly illustrated book.Animals get together for all sorts of reasons, from bringing up babies to seeking safety in numbers.Most are perfectly happy living in small groups, perhaps with ten or a hundred others. But, in very special cases, some species will group up in thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, billions or even trillions! And when they do, the results are always spectacular ...Animals Assemble introduces children to the most immense and awe-inspiring animal gatherings across all seven continents of the globe. Meet the colossal colonies of chinstrap penguins from Antarctica, the massive migrations of wildebeest in Africa, flurries of flashing fireflies from Asia, bustling bat caves in America, armies of ants under Europe and remarkable reef-dwellers off the coast of Australia. With fascinating facts and jaw-dropping stats, this groundbreaking book is the ultimate proof that, when it comes to animal assemblies, BIGGER really is BETTER!

This volume provides an introduction to the English Profile Programme and discusses its latest findings. English Profile in Practice is an essential resource for teachers, syllabus designers, educational planners, language testers, and other ELT professionals working with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). It includes: information about the English Vocabulary Profile, which describes the words and phrases learners of English know and use at each level of the CEFR; fascinating insights into the English Grammar Profile, exploring what it means to develop grammatical proficiency; discussion about what language learners' output 'looks like' at each of the CEFR levels; and information about how English Profile research is being used in the field of ELT.

This volume explores the impact of multilingualism on learning, teaching and assessment, viewed from the perspective of policies, procedures and challenges. Language Assessment for Multilingualism brings together a selection of edited papers based on presentations given at the Fifth International Conference of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) held in Paris, France, in April 2014. The selected papers focus on the conference's core themes: the effect of multilingualism on international mobility; how multilingualism can address the challenge of increasing linguistic diversity; the impact of intercultural communication on linguistic competence; and how to ensure fairness and quality in language assessment.

Meet our planet’s hungry hordes, mahoosive mobs, phenomenal flocks, sensational swarms and astounding animal assemblies in this breathtakingly illustrated book.Animals get together for all sorts of reasons, from bringing up babies to seeking safety in numbers.Most are perfectly happy living in small groups, perhaps with ten or a hundred others. But, in very special cases, some species will group up in thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, billions or even trillions! And when they do, the results are always spectacular ...Animals Assemble introduces children to the most immense and awe-inspiring animal gatherings across all seven continents of the globe. Meet the colossal colonies of chinstrap penguins from Antarctica, the massive migrations of wildebeest in Africa, flurries of flashing fireflies from Asia, bustling bat caves in America, armies of ants under Europe and remarkable reef-dwellers off the coast of Australia. With fascinating facts and jaw-dropping stats, this groundbreaking book is the ultimate proof that, when it comes to animal assemblies, BIGGER really is BETTER!