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.

When Jai takes his gran to school to help out, she can’t help herself and tells a bunch of fibs about her life. She has to prove just one of those fibs is true so Jai won’t lose face in front of all his classmates! This hilarious story is written by Swapna Haddow.

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

The focus sounds in this book are: /ch/ /sh/ /th/ /ng/ /ai/ /ee/ /igh/ /oa/ /oo/ /oo/ /ar/ /or/ /ow/ /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.