Collins Big Cat Read at Home is a series of stories by top children's authors and illustrators that children will love to read. Built-in progression within and between each level help you choose the right story to develop your child's confidence as they become independent readers. Extra activities will motivate and entertain your child. In the story Good Fun Farm, the animals are fed up. The sign says Good Fun Farm, but they never have any fun. One day the smallest duckling makes an interesting discovery. Soon everyone on the farm is having fun ... find out how! * Read the story Good Fun Farm * Re-tell the story using mini picture prompts * Complete a variety of interesting activities * Make a fun theme-based project * Get helpful tips on reading together The Love reading level is for confident readers. These books are longer and more entertaining stories that unfold gradually, often through dialogue. There are four fun books at this level.

At Good Fun Farm, the animals are fed up. The sign says Good Fun Farm, but they never have any fun. Then the smallest duckling makes an interesting discovery. Soon everyone on the farm is having fun ... find out how.

An engaging workbook for children who are using the Big Cat series. These workbooks accompany the popular Collins Big Cat series. They enable children to practise and reinforce the target vocabulary and language structures presented in each corresponding Collins Big Cat reader through enjoyable puzzles, games and activities, as well as through more traditional comprehension exercises.Tracing, copying and eventually free-writing tasks build and develop children's writing skills as they progress through the Bands, Pink A to Lime. A fun quiz to test understanding, and a reward certificate at the back of each Workbook, enable children to feel a sense of progress as they learn to read more confidently in English.

The renowned children's writer Michael Morpurgo has written this vivid account of a child's stay at a farm, told in the form of letters home and illustrated with photographs of animals and children on location at the farm. Humorous and engaging, it conveys the fun and excitement of working closely with animals. * Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms. * Text type - A recount of a visit. * There is a timetable of the week's events on page 22 and an index on page 23 to help children recount the story. * Curriculum links -Geography: Plants and animals in the local environment; Citizenship: Animals and us.

The renowned children’s writer Michael Morpurgo has written this vivid account of a child’s stay at a farm, told in the form of letters home and illustrated with photographs of animals and children on location at the farm. Humorous and engaging, it conveys the fun and excitement of working closely with animals.

"All Hughie did was chew, chew, chew. Whatever could his owners do? Hughie chewed up everything until the day he found something special under the bed."--Back cover.

Tip it, pat it.

BIG CAT is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 12, featuring fantastic, high quality fiction, non-fiction and paired books created by some of the most popular children's authors and illustrators.