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.

From the very first 1829 'Rocket' train to the super-fast Shanghai Maglev, this fun book is packed with cool train facts. Discover all kinds of trains, big and small, and learn about their amazing journeys.

Gold/Band 9 books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.

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

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

Ben Lerwill has long been hooked on railways. As a boy, catching the train from Paddington down to his grandparents in Devon was always unspeakably exciting. In his 20s he travelled overland from Brighton to Bangkok by rail, and has since explored by train on all six inhabited continents, experiencing everything from third-class Baltic rattlers and South East Asian boxcars to luxury Australian sleeper trains and Trans-American express services. He wanted to write a book that captured something of rail's global appeal.