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    New non-fiction books

    Empower children to understand the world around them on a deeper level with 22 new books from expert authors.

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    New non-fiction books

    Empower children to understand the world around them on a deeper level with 22 new books from expert authors.

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    Celebrating 20 years of Big Cat!

    Since 2005, Collins Big Cat has been supporting children to love reading with high-quality, engaging and beautifully illustrated books.
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    Big Cat Read On

    Support upper KS2 children to read more and read widely with 20 new fiction free readers created to build reading stamina, build comprehension and fluency skills and nurture a love of reading.

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    Big Cat Read On

    Support upper KS2 children to read more and read widely with 20 new fiction free readers created to build reading stamina, build comprehension and fluency skills and nurture a love of reading.

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        Cross-curriculum collections

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          Primary reading blog

          Articles and information by teachers for teachers
          How I weaved my culture into my writing in ‘My Name is Miya’

          How I weaved my culture into my writing in ‘My Name is Miya’

          By Mio Debnam  I love stories, and I’ve been reading and writing them nearly all of my life, but although I’m...

          4 min

          The Goldilocks test: getting our poetry teaching ‘just right’

          The Goldilocks test: getting our poetry teaching ‘just right’

          It was a lively and energetic time in the Year 4 classroom. Towards the end of a unit on poetry, we had explored a huge variety of poetic devices and strategies. The working wall was plastered with the words SIMILE,...

          6 min

          Supporting reluctant readers

          Supporting reluctant readers

          Reluctant readers are a small but significant group of children who do not yet read for pleasure. They are children who can read, but instead avoid or choose not to read. While not exclusively boys, many are, and finding...

          5 min