Kimberly Redway – författare

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. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.Kirsten wishes she could be like new girl Jennings, especially now she’s lost her best friend Ruby to her. But when Kirsten finds herself in Jennings’ body after making a wish, will her new life be all she expected?Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.Text type: A contemporary storyIdeas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.Count Your Blessings was written to explore the idea of accepting yourself and focusing on your identity. It can be easy to begin to think other people’s strengths are what you should possess or attempt to acquire. You can now see people’s lives with a click of a mouse, and you might think you need to change. The central character, Kirsten, had the chance to experience that difference for herself. If there is a message at all, it is to be yourself. Especially as a child, you are changing all the time, but Kimberly believes it’s important to keep your eye on the person you are, even as you develop.

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. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.Aaron thinks he wants to be invisible and is down all the time. Will Dad’s wellness adventure help him to open up about his feelings?Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.Pages 78 and 79 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.Kimberly Redway is an author based in Birmingham who currently works for West Midlands Police. She has been published twice with Count Your Blessings, which Harpercollins published. She also had Misfit published by Bloomsbury. She has worked with young people on a project called Objection to Perfection which created an anthology.Kimberly was interested in exploring mental health for children and concentrating on building habits to enhance their life. She is encouraged by the way society is better able to discuss mental illness and tried to portray it in If I Were Invisible.

Big Cat Read On supports fluent readers to improve their reading skills and nurture a love of reading. Consisting of a wide range of engaging chapter books, the Big Cat Read On series improves reading stamina and comprehension, develops vocabulary, and introduces children to more sophisticated narrative structures and themes.All Emmie wants is to be part of a group of girls at school called The Besties. But one of the girls in the group says Emmie’s “too big” to join, and Emmie starts to think about what she looks like. Her older sister, Amber, also struggles to accept how she looks. Can Nanna Pearl teach Emmie, Amber and all the other girls that being different is a good thing?Ask the author and Book talk questions invite the reader to think more deeply about the themes in the book and reflect on their reading experience. Online lesson plans provide guidance in using this book in a range of settings, including independent, social and whole-class reading – all designed to support the reader to connect with the book and encourage a positive attitude to reading.