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Independent Reading

Check out our Literacy series below which are perfect for independent reading in the classroom, helping students to build critical thinking skills and foster a lifelong love of reading

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  • PM
  • Engage

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Collins Big Cat

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Collins Big Cat

The Collins Big Cat series provides books from Infants to 6th class. With a wealth of genres and topics to choose from, hundreds of high quality fiction and non-fiction books which are ideal for any reading intervention programme. 

Why Collins Big Cat? 

  • Banded books featuring beautiful illustrations and stunning photography 
  • Fiction and Non-Fiction titles which covers a variety of topics and genres 
  • Includes characters from a range of ethnic and social backgrounds 

Find out more about Collins Big Cat

PM

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PM

PM books provide teachers with a complete literacy program to help them enable students to master the competencies of highly successful literate children. 

Why PM? 

  • Meticulously levelled to ensure there is a gentle learning gradient. 
  • New high-frequency words are introduced slowly and are then reinforced in books at the same and succeeding levels. 
  • The illustrations and photographs in the PMs help children to interpret the story and derive meaning from the text. 

Find out more about PM

Engage

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Engage

Engage Literacy is an award winning programme with more than 370 fiction and non-fiction books.  The books are organised by level and book band and can be implemented as a whole school programme for any reading intervention. 

Why Engage? 

  • Precisely levelled readers  
  • Covers a huge variety of topics 
  • Exciting fun series to engage even the most reluctant of readers 

Find out more about Engage Literacy

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