Collins Big Cat - The Footballing Frog: Band 14/Ruby

A twist on traditional tales of frogs and three wishes, this story features a modern day prince, who loves football. Unfortunately he looses his football to frog, who demands a kiss as redemption. Of course the frog metamorphoses into a princess, who shares his love of football.

• Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.
• Text type – Humorous fantasy.
• Pages 46 and 47 give an exclusive interview with the newly-wed couple for ‘Hot’ magazine, providing lots of opportunities for speaking, listening and writing.
• Curriculum Links – Citizenship: choices.
• 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.