Zeynep Özatalay – illustratör

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.If you’re wondering who that is, sitting at the back of the classroom, ignoring everyone else, it’s me, Gwion. Sometimes it’s easier to pretend I’m somewhere else, doing something else; what’s going on inside my head is so much more interesting than the real world anyway. Or so I thought.Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.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.

The perfect picture book to capture children's imagination as they wait for Father Christmas to arrive...'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.It's Christmas Eve and, as Father Christmas takes to the skies, all the children of the city are tucked up fast asleep. Or are they...? The sound of sleigh bells and reindeer hooves wake one little boy, who creeps down the stairs to find a very special visitor in his lounge.Discover the magic of Christmas Eve in this modern version of Clement C. Moore's classic Christmas poem.