Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1–6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.

Disaster Duck is a super hero, ready at all times to save the animal world from disaster – the only problem is, he is often causing the disasters himself! Follow this clumsy but adorable character on his adventures in this humorous story by Catherine Baker.

Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.

The focus sounds in this book are: /w/ wh /f/ ph /igh/ ie, y /ee/ y, e-e, e /j/ g, ge /ch/ tch /sh/ ch /c/ ch /l/ le

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.

This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Catherine Baker is an editor, consultant and writer specialising in children’s reading development throughout the Primary years. She has worked in educational publishing for over 30 years, and has written over 50 books for children and teachers.