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Collins Big Cat, Band 03, Yellow: Hands (PDF)
by Thelma PageAn information text showing numerous ways in which we use our hands, including painting, printing, building, pouring, climbing and playing. Each action is illustrated with an interesting, labelled photograph. Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.
Collins Big Cat, Band 4, Blue: What's Underground (PDF)
by Gill MuntonPhotos and illustrations combine to give a detailed picture of the fascinating life that goes on underground. We meet animals who live underground, see trains that travel underground and follow pipes, wires and cables from houses deep into the ground. * Blue/ Band 4 non-fiction books use children's language patterns to give information which is supported by the illustrations and design. * Text types - A non-chronological report. * The cross-sectioned diagram on pages 14 and 15 allows children to recap and discuss the text. * Curriculum links - Geography: the local area; Science: light and dark. * This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
Collins Big Cat, Band 03, Yellow: How to Have a Party (PDF)
by Susan GatesUsing simple text and photographs, this book shows the full range of tasks to be carried out: make the invitations, set out the food, decorate the room, plan the games, select the music and make party bags.
Collins Big Cat, Band 2, Red: Pirates (PDF)
by Paul ShiptonThis comical story is a patterned, counting text about a band of pirates searching for treasure. One-by-one, they get into trouble and make a hasty retreat back to the pirate ship. Helpful vignettes of the pirates at the top of each page help children count how many pirates are left.
Collins Big Cat, Band 01A/Pink A: Cars (PDF)
by Monica HughesThis book helps children identify different types of car by colour using simple, repetitive text which reinforces common colour words. Cars are shown both in close-up and in action in its surroundings, driving in the city, off the road or tearing around a Grand Prix circuit. Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. Text type - A non-fiction report Pages 14 and 15 give children the opportunting to recap the information and discuss the text. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
Collins Big Cat, Band 2, Red: Tec and the Hole (PDF)
by Tony MittonTec the detective has found a hole in the ground - but who dug it? Children follow Tec as he trails his suspects, until he finds the vital clue that leads him to the guilty party!
Wheels: Band 01b/Pink B (PDF)
by Frances Ridley Cliff Moon Collins Big CatSome wheels are big and some wheels are small. This exciting book is full of photos of all kinds of wheels: big and small, fat and thin, fast and slow, from skateboards to tractors, that children are sure to be curious about.
Collins Big Cat, Band 02A/Red A: What's Inside (PDF)
by Monica HughesWhat's inside a nut? What's inside a pod? What's inside you and me? The clear photos in this book will show children what's inside all sorts of things, from a pea inside a peapod to the skeletons inside us. Red A/ Band 2A books offer predictable texts with famliar objects and actions, combined with simple story development or information development. Text type - A simple information book. Pages 14 and 15 provide an opportunity for children to recap and discuss the text. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
Collins Big Cat, Band 01A/Pink A: Pushing and Pulling (PDF)
by Monica HughesThe colourful photographs in this non-fiction recount demonstrates different ways of pushing and pulling through photographs taken in a children's playground, using swings, roundabouts and climbing frames and simple captions. Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. Text type - A simple non-fiction recount. The photographs are repeated on pages 14 and 15 under the headings pushing and pulling providing an oppportunity to recap and discuss the information in the book. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
Collins Big Cat, Band 01A/Pink A: Dinosaur Rock (PDF)
by Matt Ward Damian HarveyHow many dinosaurs are there in the dinosaur band? Count the dinosaurs as each music section gets up on stage to play their fabulous instruments, from guitars to flutes to piano! The dinosaurs build up slowly into a huge band and begin to rock! Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. Text type - A story with predictable structure and patterned language A final story map spread shows all the dinosaur rockers, encouraging children to recap the story. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
Collins Big Cat, Band 01A/Pink A: Minibeasts (PDF)
by Hardy SiobhanThe brightly coloured photographs in this picture book show common minibeasts that most children will be familiar with. Photographs alongside the minibeasts show children grouped and made up to resemble the insect featured. Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. Text type - A simple information book. Smaller versions of all the photographs are repeated on pages 14 and 15 so children can retell the information in their own words. This non-fiction book is paired with a story on the same theme: The Picnic by Monica Hughes. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
Collins Big Cat, Band 00/Lilac: Stripes (PDF)
by Monica HughesWhere do you see stripes around you? This non-fiction picture book looks at all sorts of stripes. Do you see them on a zebra's fur, or as shadows on the pavement, or on a bright, woolly jumper? Alongside each photograph is a close-up snapshot that magnifies the various textiles and materials in detail. Lilac/Band 0 - wordless book that gives information through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how information books work. Text type - Non-Fiction A simple pictoral summary at the end of the book provides an oppportunity to recap and discuss the information in the book. This book is ideal for supporting early work on patterns and art. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
Skyracer, Purple: Bungy 70528 (PDF)
by Angie BelcherAdventure photographer Andy Belcher needs some volunteers for a bungy photo shoot and Samantha, Ben, Gemma and Ricky agree. Find out how it feels to bungy jump in this exciting account.Collins Skyracer is a guided reading series of 96 chapter books for age 7-11. With 24 chapter books at each year level (12 fiction and 12 nonfiction) it provides a wide range of action-packed books to enthuse and motivate.
Skyracer, Purple: Bungy 70528
by Angie BelcherAdventure photographer Andy Belcher needs some volunteers for a bungy photo shoot and Samantha, Ben, Gemma and Ricky agree. Find out how it feels to bungy jump in this exciting account.Collins Skyracer is a guided reading series of 96 chapter books for age 7-11. With 24 chapter books at each year level (12 fiction and 12 nonfiction) it provides a wide range of action-packed books to enthuse and motivate.
Tales From Percy's Park: The Secret Path (PDF)
by Nick ButterworthPercy the Park Keeper is in for a surprise in this funny story from highly-regarded, bestselling author-illustrator Nick Butterworth. It's a beautiful spring morning and a perfect opportunity for Percy to trim the overgrown maze. The animals decide to have some fun hiding on the stone lion in the middle of the maze, to surprise Percy. But the suprise is on them when they fall asleep and Percy, finding them, hides behind the statue and pretends his voice is the lion's telling them to wake up. Percy has unravelled some string through the maze to help him find the way out but the squirrel, thinking he is helping, has wound the string into a ball.nbsp;
Tales From Percy's Park: The Rescue Party (PDF)
by Nick ButterworthPercy the Park Keeper goes on a rescue mission wtih his animal friends in this engaging story from highly-regarded, best-selling author-illustrator Nick Butterworth. Percy the park keeper is having a day off. It is a perfect day for doing nothing. But Percy's peaceful picnic is disturbed when a little rabbit meets with a nasty tumble into an old well. All the animals gather together with a huge rope to help pull the rabbit out. But all they tug from the well is the branch of a tree. But the rabbit has already found her own way out.through an passage under the ground and she's at the end of the line with the other animals lending a hand!
Tales from Percy's Park: One Snowy Night (PDF)
by Nick ButterworthPercy the Park Keeper helps his animal friends in this popular story from highly-regarded, best-selling author-illustrator Nick Butterworth. Percy the Park Keeper always feeds the animals in the park where he lives. But one cold winter's night Percy discovers that his little friends need more than food and he must find a way to help them find a warm place to sleep for the night. Percy's hut is nice and warm but Percy discovers that if you invite one animal in you'll have to invite them all in and his hut is only small - it's certainly going to be a squash!
Image, Music, Text
by Roland BarthesThese essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image. The classic pieces "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included.
Image, Music, Text (PDF)
by Roland BarthesThese essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image. The classic pieces "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included.
The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals
by Charles Darwin Paul EkmanThe definitive edition of Darwin's classic -- a brilliantly entertaining and accessible exploration of human and animal behaviour, reissued to mark the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.
Pathways to Literacy, Year 4, Stage 5, Set B: Baboushka (PDF)
by Moira AndrewChristmas is such a busy time! Cleaning, cooking, making, mending... Those were the things that kept Baboushka busy. So she missed her chance to travel with the wise men. Then she found a way to bring Christmas love to everyone. A traditional tale of warmth and wisdom.