Sailing, racing, travel and cargo – boats have many different uses. But some are just designed for fun! Read about boats that can travel faster than the wind, sail around the world and even some boats that have swimming pools and discos on them!

Collins Big Cat – Love Reading
•Books for every child in the classroom with a wide variety of genres, top authors, relevant topics and a range of engaging formats and illustrative styles
•Inspire your pupils with a wide range of text types including poetry, plays, traditional tales and literary classics
•Read to learn with over 600 books for 3-11 year olds with an equal mix of fiction and non-fiction
•Formative assessment opportunities in every book
•Topical non-fiction designed to interest children in today’s world and supports teaching of the curriculum across different subjects
•The best authors and illustrators who are known for creating brilliant books and engaging stories loved by children
•Matched to Reading Recovery and quizzed for Accelerated Reader

Competition: Biff, Chip and Kipper

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 teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

Collins Big Cat is a whole-school reading programme that provides complete support for primary reading. Children will become fluent readers through hundreds of high-quality fiction and non-fiction banded books by award-winning authors and illustrators. In-depth teaching resources support you in developing and assessing key reading skills at all stages from early reading through to phonics, to guided, whole-class and independent reading for more confident readers.