Collins Big Cat - Ada and Zaz: Band 16/Sapphire

Paperback

When Ada Higgins learns that a new boy is moving in across the hall, she pre-decides that he will become her new best friend, and plans a loud festive welcome. But Zaz Jones hates 'loud' and does not do well with 'festive'. He is worried about the change. This bumpy beginning resolves after Zaz's pet parrot escapes in the building, and it's Ada and her dog Marvel to the rescue in an unexpected way.

Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

Pages 54 and 55 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.

RRP: £8.00

Imprint

Collins

ISBN

978-0-00-860598-8

Publication Date

04-09-2023

Format

Paperback

Pages

56 pages

Dimensions

148x210mm

Product Description

When Ada Higgins learns that a new boy is moving in across the hall, she pre-decides that he will become her new best friend, and plans a loud festive welcome. But Zaz Jones hates 'loud' and does not do well with 'festive'. He is worried about the change. This bumpy beginning resolves after Zaz's pet parrot escapes in the building, and it's Ada and her dog Marvel to the rescue in an unexpected way.

Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

Pages 54 and 55 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.

Author

Sally J Pla, Illustrated by Rebecca Burgess, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat

Neurodivergent author Sally J. Pla wishes she could play joyful trumpet solos while tap-dancing, like Ada. But she’s actually more of a quiet sort, like Zaz, which is why she enjoys curling up in a cosy chair with her laptop and creating story-worlds. It’s her ongoing mission to populate children’s literature with as many different neurodivergent characters as possible, all just naturally being their unique, wonderful selves.

Imprint

Collins

ISBN

978-0-00-860598-8

Publication Date

04-09-2023

Format

Paperback

Pages

56 pages

Dimensions

148x210mm

Product Description

When Ada Higgins learns that a new boy is moving in across the hall, she pre-decides that he will become her new best friend, and plans a loud festive welcome. But Zaz Jones hates 'loud' and does not do well with 'festive'. He is worried about the change. This bumpy beginning resolves after Zaz's pet parrot escapes in the building, and it's Ada and her dog Marvel to the rescue in an unexpected way.

Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

Pages 54 and 55 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.

Author

Sally J Pla, Illustrated by Rebecca Burgess, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat

Neurodivergent author Sally J. Pla wishes she could play joyful trumpet solos while tap-dancing, like Ada. But she’s actually more of a quiet sort, like Zaz, which is why she enjoys curling up in a cosy chair with her laptop and creating story-worlds. It’s her ongoing mission to populate children’s literature with as many different neurodivergent characters as possible, all just naturally being their unique, wonderful selves.