Fiction 5+

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). 'What's in Your Bag?' features Fred, whose bag is very big! What does he have inside it?

'When this all ends, will I still have all my friends?' When school suddenly shuts one day, Billy is worried about what will happen next - will things ever return to the way they were before?

'Where Is My Home?', a Beginner level Reader, helps children to learn and practice their first words in English. It introduces everyday phrases and focuses on vocabulary that young children can use in daily life. Simple text and repetition support understanding, and speaking and listening activit...

Sylvie wakes one night, suddenly, without knowing why. Then she sees the most spectacular sight - a pair of wings, enormous in size, made of the softest snow-white feathers imaginable. An angel in her bedroom - a SNOW angel! He tells her that he is here to look after her, for Sylvie is not as wel...

'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. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive t...

In this Japanese traditional tale, a little white hare longs to see the world, and he wants to trick a crocodile into helping him.

Whitney is always whinging, so how will Murph ever plan a birthday bash for her that she likes? Will Whitney get the birthday she asks for, or is she in for a surprise?

Who makes a forest? A wizard, a giant, an emperor? Come on a walk with Grandpa to discover how a forest is made, and see how a thousand tiny things can come together to change the face of the Earth.

Who makes a forest? A wizard, a giant, an emperor? Come on a walk with Grandpa to discover how a forest is made, and see how a thousand tiny things can come together to change the face of the Earth.

Princess Minna lives in Castle Tall-Towers with the King and Queen, Raymond the Wizard and her best dragon friend, Lorenzo. There are often mix-ups and mishaps in the kingdom and Princess Minna loves to sort them out! In 'The Wicked Wood', the King and Queen have DISAPPEARED! The townsfolk saw th...