Collins Big Cat - Moon Base Beta: Band 14/Ruby

Paperback

Brian Claxon is blasting off to Moon Base Beta. Armed only with an intergalactic space mop, it’s his job to keep the space station tidy while the real astronauts do the important work. However, when there’s an emergency with the oxygen supply and all the astronauts are left unconscious, it’s time for Brian to prove his worth.

Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

A reader response page provides lots of opportunities for speaking and listening and scaffolding writing.

Text type: A science fiction story

Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities

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: £7.25

ISBN

978-0-00-844066-4

Publication Date

10-01-2022

Format

Paperback

Pages

48 pages

Dimensions

148x210mm

Product Description

Brian Claxon is blasting off to Moon Base Beta. Armed only with an intergalactic space mop, it’s his job to keep the space station tidy while the real astronauts do the important work. However, when there’s an emergency with the oxygen supply and all the astronauts are left unconscious, it’s time for Brian to prove his worth.

Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

A reader response page provides lots of opportunities for speaking and listening and scaffolding writing.

Text type: A science fiction story

Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities

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

Ciaran Murtagh, Illustrated by Kevin Hopgood, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat