Collins Big Cat - Tara Binns: Deep-sea Explorer: Band 15/Emerald

When Tara Binns opens her dressing up box something exciting happens …

Tara Binns is a deep-sea explorer! Earthquakes, freezing darkness and a giant squid put Tara under pressure on her trip to the very bottom of the ocean. But even when she's out of her depth, Tara dives right into every challenge …

This exciting title in the Tara Binns mini-series is written by Lisa Rajan.

Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

Text type: An adventure story

Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

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.