My Gran is a Fibber - Band 04/Blue

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 3-5.
When Jai takes his gran to school to help out, she can't help herself and tells a bunch of fibs about her life. She has to prove just one of those fibs is true so Jai won't lose face in front of all his classmates! This hilarious story is written by Swapna Haddow.
Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.
The focus sounds in this book are: /ch/ /sh/ /th/ /ng/ /ai/ /ee/ /igh/ /oa/ /oo/ /oo/ /ar/ /or/ /ow/ /air/ /ure/ /er/, and adjacent consonants
Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.
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.

About the author

SWAPNA HADDOW is the bestselling and award-winning author of over 30 books for young readers, including the Dave Pigeon and Bad Panda series. She was the winner of the Fantastic Book Award, Surrey Libraries Children's Book Award and North Somerset Teachers' Book Award and been shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards, Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards and The Alligator's Mouth Awards. She was an official World Book Day author in 2023. With a degree in Medical Sciences and International Health, Swapna is a proud, self-proclaimed science geek. Originally from the UK, Swapna now lives in New Zealand with her husband, son and dog, Archie.

Summary

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 3–5.

Product details

• Authors: Collins Big Cat, Swapna Haddow, Haddow Swapna
• Assisted by: Parwinder Singh (Illustration)
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780008446338
• ISBN: 978-0-00-844633-8
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Series: Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds; Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds - Age 7+; Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds – Age 7+
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Language learning: reading skills, Phonetics, phonology, School stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For primary education, Educational: English language: readers & reading schemes, For reluctant or struggling readers (children / teenagers), Elt: Reading Skills, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, Children’s / Teenage: Humorous stories