Collins Big Cat - The Storm and the Samurai: Band 17/Diamond

“Roll double six or double three, let’s learn about your history.”

Join Aniyah, EJ and Olivia, the time-travelling trio, as they play their Ludi board game and are transported to another action-packed adventure back in time, helping real people from history and solving exciting mysteries along the way.

Olivia, EJ and Aniyah have been transported back in time! They must make their way through a tangled forest as a
fierce storm rages around them and try not to get eaten by the wildlife. With danger at every turn, what will happen when they meet a mysterious warrior?

This exciting book is one of several action-packed adventure stories from Black history, written and illustrated by Nadine Cowan.

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.