Collins Big Cat - Famous Explorers: Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong: Band 09/Gold

Paperback

  • Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.
  • Text type – A dual biography.
  • History: ‘the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods [for example, … Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong].
  • Place the two lives in context with a visual timeline on pages 22–23.

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: £6.25

ISBN

978-0-00-759119-0

Publication Date

08-04-2015

Format

Paperback

Pages

24 pages

Dimensions

170x210mm

Product Description

  • Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.
  • Text type – A dual biography.
  • History: ‘the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods [for example, … Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong].
  • Place the two lives in context with a visual timeline on pages 22–23.

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 Guillain, Illustrated by Jim Mitchell, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat