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.

Join two boys as they make mud pies in their mud kitchen! This non-fiction book was written by Catherine Baker.

Pink A/Band 1A offers emergent readers very simple, highly predictable texts and provides direct support through illustrations.

The focus sounds in this book are: /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/

Pages 14 and 15 contain a fun “I Spy” Letters and Sounds activity, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge.

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.

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. Melanie Mitchell is a native of Texas. With her husband Scott, Melanie has lived in Belgium and South Korea, as well as several cities in the U.S. She is widely traveled and able to bring a variety of settings, experiences and an understanding of different cultures into her work. She has been an RN for many years and currently teaches nursing in the Houston area. While she has written extensively, she is just starting her ‘new’ career writing romantic suspense