Collins Big Cat - Snap!: Band 02A/Red A

Paperback

  • A colourful retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s The Elephant’s Child, this fable explains how the elephant got its long trunk. As the elephant journeys through the jungle it admires the features of the other animals, until he gets a bit too close to one of them … This sweet and funny story has been written and illustrated by Charlotte Middleton.
  • Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development
    .
  • A story map on pages 14–15 allows children to recap the story and discuss each stage.
  • Text type: A traditional tale
  • Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us

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: £4.75

ISBN

978-0-00-751270-6

Publication Date

02-09-2013

Format

Paperback

Pages

16 pages

Dimensions

210x199mm

Product Description

  • A colourful retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s The Elephant’s Child, this fable explains how the elephant got its long trunk. As the elephant journeys through the jungle it admires the features of the other animals, until he gets a bit too close to one of them … This sweet and funny story has been written and illustrated by Charlotte Middleton.
  • Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development
    .
  • A story map on pages 14–15 allows children to recap the story and discuss each stage.
  • Text type: A traditional tale
  • Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us

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

Charlotte Middleton, Series edited by Cliff Moon, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat