Explore Collins Big Cat Reading Levels | Primary English Resources

Big Cat bands and sets Big Cat is levelled to match the Institute of Education book bands for guided reading and available in sets for each band. Browse books in each bands and order sets below.
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Lilac band Wordless books for emergent readers.

Pink A band Simple text supported by illustrations.

Pink B band Simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions.

Red A band Predictable text combined with simple story development.

Red B band Predictable text combined with simple story development.

Yellow band More varied sentence structure and natural language.

Blue band Longer, repeated patterns with sequential events.

Green band Offers early readers less familiar, more complex language with varied characters.

Orange band Featuring varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.

Turquoise band Books with literary language and extended descriptions.

Purple band Books that offer developing readers literary language.

Gold band Offers developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.

White band Books using more complex sentences and figurative language.

Lime band Featuring longer sentences and a greater use of literary language.

White & Lime + band Books that will challenge your most able readers in year 2.

Copper band Providing more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.

Topaz band Featuring longer and more demanding readers for children to investigate and evaluate.

Ruby band Providing increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

Emerald band Featuring a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography.

Sapphire band Longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts that are more complex syntactically.

Diamond band Offering books with more complex, underlying themes.

Pearl band Books for fluent readers offering a complex, substantial text with challenging themes.

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