The Steam Train: Band 4/Blue (Collins Big Cat)

The Steam Train: Band 4/Blue (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Ian Whybrow
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0007495110

The steam train is pulling out of the station, it heads to the hills, into a rainstorm, through a tunnel and out the other side into the sunshine and to the seaside. Follow the rhythm and the rhyme of this simple poem and travel with the train on its wonderful adventure, beautifully illustrated by Rosalind Hudson.

The Railway Children: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)

The Railway Children: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Collins Uk
Publisher: Collins
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9780008147273

A new chance to follow the lives of Roberta, Phyllis, and Peter as they relocate to the country and make friends with station guard Perks, in a lovely retelling of the old favorite written for children by E. Nesbit in the early 20th Century. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

The Railway Revolution: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)

The Railway Revolution: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Jo Nelson
Publisher: Collins
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-09
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780008163952

A new chance to follow the lives of Roberta, Phyllis, and Peter as they relocate to the country and make friends with station guard Perks, in a lovely retelling of the old favorite written for children by E. Nesbit in the early 20th Century. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

The Jungle Book: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)

The Jungle Book: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Narinder Dhami
Publisher: Collins
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780008147280

Rudyard Kipling's much-loved classic story for children, retold here by Narinder Dhami. Follow Mowgli's adventures with Bagheera, Baloo, and the wolf packs which he calls family, as he tries to escape the claws of vicious tiger Shere Khan. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

The Merchant of Venice: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)

The Merchant of Venice: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Jon Mayhew
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2020-11-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0008425582

Get acquainted with Shakespeare’s classic tale of greed and revenge, in this light-hearted and amusing retelling. Bassanio is overjoyed when he finally gets to marry Portia. But, his happiness is short-lived when he is forced to defend his dear friend Antonio, who’s in trouble with an old merchant – intent on getting his pound of flesh.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland
Author: Emma Chichester Clark
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0007351593

Retelling of the classic in which a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

The Golden Turtle and Other Tales: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)

The Golden Turtle and Other Tales: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Gervase Phinn
Publisher: Collins Big Cat
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Children's stories, English
ISBN: 9780007231089

Three folk tales from around the world retold by the wonderful storyteller Gervase Phinn. In the first, a golden turtle offers a kindly fisherman riches beyond his wildest dreams. In the secod, Amparo's daughter looks sweet, but when she's determined to do something nothing gets in her way. In the third, a naughty leprechaun gets a big shock! - Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. - A 'wanted' poster on pages 54 and 55 for the leprechaun in the last story helps children to recap all the naughty things he did. - Text type: Three stories from other cultures. - This book is paired with The Ultimate World Quiz, a non-fiction information book full of facts about our planet. - Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world; Citizenship: Choices, Living in a diverse world. - This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader

Collins Big Cat Sets - Blue Starter Set

Collins Big Cat Sets - Blue Starter Set
Author: HarperCollins UK
Publisher: Collins Educational
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780007929092

The ideal way to try Collins Big Cat, to plug gaps and to refresh your reading resources at unbeatable prices. Starter sets contain a complete list of titles from each band with a big discount on the normal price. This Blue Starter Set contains: Super Sam 978-0-00-744535-6 Let's Build a Rocket 978-0-00-744536-3 Going to the Zoo 978-0-00-744537-0 Wait and See! 978-0-00-744538-7 Fishy Friend 978-0-00-749424-8 Knock! Knock! 978-0-00-749423-1 The Steam Train 978-0-00-732924-3 Blast off to the Moon! 978-0-00-732925-0 Bert's Band 978-0-00-718581-8 Mojo and Weeza and the Funny Thing 978-0-00-718579-5 Percy and the Badger 978-0-00-718585-6 Funny Fish 978-0-00-718580-1 Talk, Talk, Talk 978-0-00-718578-8 Sounds 978-0-00-718584-9 Top Dinosaurs 978-0-00-718571-9 The Fantastic Flying Squirrel 978-0-00-718583-2 Robots 978-0-00-718582-5 What's Underground? 978-0-00-718586-3 The Mermaid and the Octopus 978-0-00-718684-6 Harry's Garden 978-0-00-718676-1 Mojo and Weeza and the New Hat 978-0-00-718662-4 Colours 978-0-00-718663-1 The Lonely Penguin 978-0-00-741296-9 Tod and the Trumpet 978-0-00-741297-6 Growing and Changing 978-0-00-741298-3 New from Old: Recycling Plastic 978-0-00-741299-0

Frederick Douglass: Civil Rights Leader: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)

Frederick Douglass: Civil Rights Leader: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Amanda Mitchison
Publisher: Collins Educational
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-01-14
Genre: African American abolitionists
ISBN: 9780007465491

Antislavery campaigner, author, diplomat and political statesmen, Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest men of his age. A former slave himself, Frederick fought publicly against slavery and was an inspiration in the fight for social and political change. Written by Amanda Mitchison, find out about this life-long battle to fight for equality. * Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. * Text type: A biography * Curriculum links: History, Citizenship

Big Train

Big Train
Author: Adria Fay Klein
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1434241912

Engine is all alone and must find his friends.