Shagufta K Iqbal – 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. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.Bibi is struggling to settle in to her new home away from her dad and all her friends, but an unexpected encounter will change everything for her. This thought-provoking story in verse about the power of friendship was written by experienced performance poet Shagufta K Iqbal.White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support for exploring poetry, and stimulating activities.Text type: A story in verse

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.Ever since their school started practising for a new spelling competition, Hana’s brother Adil has been distant and grumpy. With the support of a teacher, Adil learns to embrace his unique learning style and gains the confidence to be himself.Lime Plus/Band 11+ 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.

Jam is for Girls is the debut collection from activist, poet and film maker Shagufta K Iqbal and is as rich and full of bite as we were expecting.

Blue, Babe examines the dynamics of family life and how humans hold on to love and survival in illuminating poems full of reflection and hope. This second collection by Shagufta K. Iqbal delves into the experiences of women amidst conflict, colonial legacies, climate injustice, and the domestic everyday.As the poems explore how we make families, Iqbal centres women’s stories and spaces, gathering narratives from telephone calls and conversations, in the handing over of family recipes and passing down of histories that encounter war, partition and displacement. Between relationships and family, Blue, Babe also delves into marriage and motherhood, divorce and friendship. Above all, this dazzling, lyrical collection is dedicated to how we learn to love, and trust in love again.