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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.

Good friends, funny hats and a whole lot of fun awaits you in this story.

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/ /m/ /d/

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.