Collins Big Cat - Where on Earth?: Band 11/Lime

• Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.
• Text type – An information book.
• A colourful world map on pages 30 and 31 shows the routes the explorers took, providing lots of opportunities for speaking and listening, and work outside the reading session.
• Curriculum links – Geography: Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? Passport to the World.
• Fabulous Creatures – Are they Real? is another non-fiction title by Scoular Anderson at this level.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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.