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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.
The Winter's Tale
Alan Gibbons movingly retells the ultimate story of jealousy. When King Leontes banishes his whole family, after suspecting his wife’s infidelity, he destroys everything that matters to him. But, even utter devastation can be healed...
Band 17 Diamond books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
A Classic story
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.
The Winter's Tale
Alan Gibbons movingly retells the ultimate story of jealousy. When King Leontes banishes his whole family, after suspecting his wife’s infidelity, he destroys everything that matters to him. But, even utter devastation can be healed with the gift of time and a little love.
Band 17 Diamond books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
A Classic story
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