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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.Step into the wild and capture nature’s most breathtaking moments. Wildlife photographer Justin Anderson sends you on a series of missions – from photographing baby tigers to viewing sharks up close. Learn all about the different challenges of each mission, how to stay safe and what equipment to take in this interactive non-fiction book.Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.Pages 30 and 31 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 science-backed framework for achieving your potential in high-stakes momentsFor more than twenty years, Dr. Justin Anderson has led Premier Sport Psychology, a high-performance psychology consulting group that has become one of the most trusted names in mental training for sport and leadership. Working alongside elite athletes, coaches, and executives, Anderson and his team have transform careers by helping clients target what truly separates sustained excellence from those that stumble when the heat rises. It's not a mysterious clutch gene, motivation, bravado, or positive thinking — it's a trainable skill."Intentional Attention" is the ability to deliberately direct and sustain focus on what drives performance, especially when distraction, emotion, and uncertainty surge. In a world engineered to capture our attention, this skill has become to be one of the rarest and most decisive competitive advantages.In his trailblazing book, Anderson introduces a practical, science-backed framework for strengthening the attentional systems that drive performance. Through gripping stories from locker rooms and boardrooms and drawing on high-performance psychology principles, Intentional Attention readers will help readers: Understand why the brain defaults to protection instead of executionIdentify the attentional patterns that subtly undermine consistencyBuild daily routines for awareness, intention, execution, reflection, and renewalPerform with steadiness and confidence when the stakes are highestPressure is inevitable, but where your attention goes when it arrives makes all the difference. This book shows you how to train that skill—and how to carry it into every arena of your life.

A spellbinding new Nature Storybook about one of the most beautiful creatures in the world, with words by Planet Earth producer Justin Anderson and pictures by award-winning Patrick Benson."Something moves in the rocks ahead. My hands start to tremble. My heart is beating fast. There, just a few footsteps away, is a snow leopard…"Join us on a journey high into the snowy peaks of the Himalaya, and discover the secret world of a rare and utterly majestic creature – how it has adapted to the harsh environment it lives in and how it looks after its young. Complete with an index and a conservation note, this is a wonderful addition to the series and the debut of an exciting new voice in non-fiction writing for children.

Follow the swifts on their incredible journey north, from the jungles of Africa to their nesting site in Europe.A little bird, small enough to sit in the palm of your hand. Swifts may be small and brown, but they are the champions of the bird world – flying faster, higher and for longer than any other bird! This new title in the celebrated Nature Storybook series is packed with interesting facts to inspire a love of the natural world.

Discover the majestic unicorn of the sea with this suspenseful narrative from a BBC filmmaker and gorgeous art from an award-winning illustrator. With a crack and a creak, the frozen sea begins to melt—the ice splits apart and a new pathway forms.As winter comes to an end, a pod of narwhals begins a treacherous journey north. Along the way, they must find fish to eat, avoid a hungry polar bear, and navigate the maze of sea ice. Will their sensitive long spiral tusks and clicking calls be enough to keep them safe and help them find their way to their summer resting grounds? Join zoologist Justin Anderson and artist Jo Weaver as they reveal the mysteries of these amazing toothed whales and their Arctic home. Small text offers narwhal facts throughout, and young explorers can read more on the future of this fascinating creature in the back matter.

Enter the secret world of sloths in this fascinating non-fiction picture book.It’s often said that sloths are lazy and slow. Well, they might be slow, but they certainly aren’t lazy! Today this sloth is taking her baby on a dangerous journey to the forest floor – for a very surprising reason! This vibrantly illustrated picture book is packed with facts about the lives of these charming creatures.

Follow the swifts on their incredible journey north, from the jungles of Africa to their nesting site in Europe.A little bird, small enough to sit in the palm of your hand. Swifts may be small and brown, but they are the champions of the bird world – flying faster, higher and for longer than any other bird! This new title in the celebrated Nature Storybook series is packed with interesting facts to inspire a love of the natural world.

Wilderness Songs tells the story of a whole host of fascinating and unexpected sounds from the natural world – all of which are brought to life with QR codes so readers can experience the incredible field of bioacoustics for themselves.From blue whales that can converse between global hemispheres, the elusive whistling of the Northern Lights, and a volcanic explosion so loud it was heard over a twelfth of the Earth’s surface, to elephants that use individual names for different members of their herds, wildlife documentary filmmaker Justin Anderson uncovers some of the most unusual and impressive natural sounds on the planet.Along the way, he explores the latest research into how animals communicate with one another, how recordings can be used as a fundamental tool for conservation, and the ways predators and prey use sound to hunt and escape. Also included are habitat-based chapters that examine the distinct soundscapes found within our forests, mountains, and oceans.Drawing on his real-life experiences as a wildlife cameraman and filmmaker behind some of the most successful natural history documentaries to date, Justin weaves in vivid and exciting accounts from his life on location. He also explains how recent advances in microphones and artificial intelligence are only now allowing us to listen in and begin to understand the true complexity of these soundscapes and how, in a world where human noise is growing ever louder, animals have been forced to adapt their communication in order to be heard.