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.
When Evie’s granny comes to stay,
she doesn’t want to sit and play.
Evie’s granny arrives in style …
This granny is a crocodile!
This funny rhyming poem by Sarah Forbes has been wonderfully illustrated by Elissambura.
Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support for exploring poetry, and stimulating activities.
Text type: A story in verse
This is Book 1123 in the Collins Big Cat Series. See all Collins Big Cat books here.
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Sarah Forbes was born in Aberdeen and currently lives in Edinburgh. She used to work on magazines, interviewing pop stars for a living, but now she works as an editor, helping other writers to create their own stories.
James Brown filled in an important careers questionnaire when he was 13 and it told him he was definitely going to be a teacher and an illus