Collins Big Cat - The Thirteenth Chime of Alcott Hall: Big Cat Read On
Paperback
Lola Avery is spending the summer with her gran at Alcott Hall. The house has been deserted for years and Lola soon discovers there are mysteries to be solved: why does the clock strike thirteen every night, who are the ghostly figures that haunt the corridors and what really happened to the Alcott family, who disappeared over 100 years before?
About the Author and Book Talk questions invite the reader to think more deeply about the themes in the book and reflect on their reading experience. Online lesson plans provide guidance in using this book in a range of settings, including independent, social and whole-class reading – all designed to support the reader to connect with the book and encourage a positive attitude to reading.
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.
RRP: £7.99
Imprint
Collins
ISBN
978-0-00-874481-6
Publication Date
28-04-2025
Format
Paperback
Pages
96 pages
Dimensions
129x198mm
Product Description
Lola Avery is spending the summer with her gran at Alcott Hall. The house has been deserted for years and Lola soon discovers there are mysteries to be solved: why does the clock strike thirteen every night, who are the ghostly figures that haunt the corridors and what really happened to the Alcott family, who disappeared over 100 years before?
About the Author and Book Talk questions invite the reader to think more deeply about the themes in the book and reflect on their reading experience. Online lesson plans provide guidance in using this book in a range of settings, including independent, social and whole-class reading – all designed to support the reader to connect with the book and encourage a positive attitude to reading.
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.
Author
J.P. Rose, Illustrated by Monique Steele, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat
When I was a child I began to write stories for myself as I couldn’t find the stories I enjoyed so I started writing the stories I wanted to read! I love the Victorian ages and the idea of a family going missing one night seemed an exciting basis of a story within an old gothic mansion on a windswept cliff, and the idea that a clock strikes 13 times, but no one knows why sent chills down my spine. But the name Alcott Hall was inspired by the author who wrote, Little Women. Her name was Louisa May Alcott.
Imprint
Collins
ISBN
978-0-00-874481-6
Publication Date
28-04-2025
Format
Paperback
Pages
96 pages
Dimensions
129x198mm
Product Description
Lola Avery is spending the summer with her gran at Alcott Hall. The house has been deserted for years and Lola soon discovers there are mysteries to be solved: why does the clock strike thirteen every night, who are the ghostly figures that haunt the corridors and what really happened to the Alcott family, who disappeared over 100 years before?
About the Author and Book Talk questions invite the reader to think more deeply about the themes in the book and reflect on their reading experience. Online lesson plans provide guidance in using this book in a range of settings, including independent, social and whole-class reading – all designed to support the reader to connect with the book and encourage a positive attitude to reading.
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.
Author
J.P. Rose, Illustrated by Monique Steele, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat
When I was a child I began to write stories for myself as I couldn’t find the stories I enjoyed so I started writing the stories I wanted to read! I love the Victorian ages and the idea of a family going missing one night seemed an exciting basis of a story within an old gothic mansion on a windswept cliff, and the idea that a clock strikes 13 times, but no one knows why sent chills down my spine. But the name Alcott Hall was inspired by the author who wrote, Little Women. Her name was Louisa May Alcott.