Bigger, Better, Stronger! Band 04/Blue

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 3–5.

This is a contest. It's you against the animals. Can you win against a shark, an ant, a praying mantis – and the rest? Are you faster? Can you lift better, or jump further? Learn about amazing animal abilities and see how animals and humans compare in this unusual non-fiction book. It's competitive, it's photographic and it's fun!

Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.

The focus sounds in this book are: /sh/ /th/ /ng/ /ai/ /ee/ /igh/ /oa/ /oo/ /ar/ /ur/ /ow/ /ear/ /air/ /ure/ /er/, and adjacent consonants.

Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.

Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.