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Collins Big Cat Independent, guided and whole-class reading
Offer more than 1,500 high-quality banded readers covering a wealth of genres and topics. Fiction titles include classics, Shakespeare retellings, graphic novels, modern and traditional tales, and poetry. Non-fiction titles include information texts, biographies and reports covering science, geography and history.
Ada and Zaz
When Ada Higgins learns that a new boy is moving in across the hall, she pre-decides that he will become her new best friend, and plans a loud festive welcome. But Zaz Jones hates 'loud' and does not do well with 'festive'...
Band 16 Sapphire books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Collins Big Cat Independent, guided and whole-class reading
Offer more than 1,500 high-quality banded readers covering a wealth of genres and topics. Fiction titles include classics, Shakespeare retellings, graphic novels, modern and traditional tales, and poetry. Non-fiction titles include information texts, biographies and reports covering science, geography and history.
Ada and Zaz
When Ada Higgins learns that a new boy is moving in across the hall, she pre-decides that he will become her new best friend, and plans a loud festive welcome. But Zaz Jones hates 'loud' and does not do well with 'festive'. He is worried about the change. This bumpy beginning resolves after Zaz's pet parrot escapes in the building, and it's Ada and her dog Marvel to the rescue in an unexpected way.
Band 16 Sapphire books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
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