Gold/Band 9 books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.
Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.
Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.
Collins Big Cat is a whole-school reading programme that provides complete support for primary reading. Children will become fluent readers through hundreds of high-quality fiction and non-fiction banded books by award-winning authors and illustrators. In-depth teaching resources support you in developing and assessing key reading skills at all stages from early reading through to phonics, to guided, whole-class and independent reading for more confident readers.
Author
Jen Campbell, Illustrated by Davide Ortu, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat
Jen Campbell is a bestselling author and award-winning poet. She has written fourteen books across fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children’s books, including another Big Cat Book called Marceline, Defender of the Sea. She is also an editor, book reviewer and disability advocate. Like Audrey, Jen has alopecia, and has her own set of fabulous wigs (although, sadly, she is not a spy). Find out more at: www.jen-campbell.co.ukA note from Davide Ortu: I feel very lucky to have been able to bring to life such a charismatic character as Audrey Fry with my illustrations. I quickly connected with her because I have suffered from alopecia since a very young age, which has often been challenging for me. Audrey is everything I wish I could be: confident, daring, funny, and living in her world of wigs and disguises with pride and joy. For me, it has been healing to see how she turns her alopecia into a magnificent opportunity to be the best spy!
