Author(s): Sheila Bird

Collins Big Cat

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Sam the big, bad cat isn't feeling well. Tom wants to take him to the vet. Sam doesn't want to go, and finds a variety of hiding places to escape. Tom pursues him, getting more and more bedraggled in the process. Finally Tom goes to bed, leaving Sam - who is feeling much better - to enjoy a snack. The humorous illustrations in this funny story show clearly show the mayhem caused by the big, bad Sam and provide lots of points for discussion. A storyboard at the end recaps the story. Yellow level (Band 3) books offer early readers varied sentence structure and natural language.