Collins Big Cat - Oh Dear Me, I’m Late For Tea!: Band 00/Lilac

• Lilac/Band 0 – wordless books that tell stories or give information through pictures and are designed to develop understanding about how stories and information books work.
• Text type – Fiction
• The Reader Response page shows Granny's pictorial recount of the different transport she used, providing opportunities for speaking and listening.
• This story is paired with a non-fiction book on the same theme: My Party by Maoliosa Kelly.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery

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.