Collins Big Cat - I Want a Pet!: Band 05/Green

Paperback

‘I want a pet! I want a pet! I hope I like the pet I get!’
When a boy goes to the Strange Pet Shop to find a pet, there’s no knowing what he’ll find there. He is very particular, and nothing at the Strange Pet Shop suits him until, at last the perfect pet comes bounding through the door!

  • Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.
  • Text type - A poem with predictable structure and patterned language.
  • At the end of the story is a poster advertising the Strange Pet Shop, which is ideal for further discussion and supporting further work outside the reading session.
  • Curriculum links - Citizenship: Animals and us.
  • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

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.

Collins Big Cat is a whole-school reading programme that provides complete support for primary reading. Children will become fluent readers through hundreds of high-quality fiction and non-fiction banded books by award-winning authors and illustrators. In-depth teaching resources support you in developing and assessing key reading skills at all stages from early reading through to phonics, to guided, whole-class and independent reading for more confident readers.

RRP: £5.75

ISBN

978-0-00-718591-7

Publication Date

05-01-2005

Format

Paperback

Pages

24 pages

Dimensions

210x148mm

Product Description

‘I want a pet! I want a pet! I hope I like the pet I get!’
When a boy goes to the Strange Pet Shop to find a pet, there’s no knowing what he’ll find there. He is very particular, and nothing at the Strange Pet Shop suits him until, at last the perfect pet comes bounding through the door!

  • Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.
  • Text type - A poem with predictable structure and patterned language.
  • At the end of the story is a poster advertising the Strange Pet Shop, which is ideal for further discussion and supporting further work outside the reading session.
  • Curriculum links - Citizenship: Animals and us.
  • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

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.

Collins Big Cat is a whole-school reading programme that provides complete support for primary reading. Children will become fluent readers through hundreds of high-quality fiction and non-fiction banded books by award-winning authors and illustrators. In-depth teaching resources support you in developing and assessing key reading skills at all stages from early reading through to phonics, to guided, whole-class and independent reading for more confident readers.

Author

Kaye Umansky, Illustrated by Sarah Horne, Series edited by Cliff Moon, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat