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. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.

Milo and his dad are moving in with Lily and her mum. Milo and Lily aren’t at all happy about it, and neither are their pets…

Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.

Text type: A contemporary story

Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities

Narinder Dhami was born in Wolverhampton. Having read English at Birmingham University, she spent the next nine years teaching in schools in the East End of London before leaving teaching to write full-time. Her first children's book A Medal for Malina was published in 1990, and since then Narinder has written hundreds of stories for different age groups. Narinder lives in Shropshire with her husband Robert and their five cats.