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.

Dinosaurs have been fascinating people for many years. Why and how did such powerful reptiles become extinct so suddenly? It is a puzzle that has mystified scientists for a long time. Help us to study the evidence and solve the puzzle!

Lime Plus/Band 11+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and reading stamina.

Pages 46 and 47 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.

Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Claire has always been interested in prehistoric animals. It's fascinating to learn how the world's scientists study and discuss every single piece of evidence of the Earth's climate, rocks, animals and plants. It can't be easy studying things that happened so long ago.

About the Author

Claire Llewellyn has spent many happy years working on children's books. After starting off as an editor, she soon began trying to write books herself and found she loved it! She has now written over 100 books on all sorts of topics including sharks, mummies, chocolate, volcanoes, dinosaurs and the Moon. Claire has won the Times Education Supplement Award, the English 4-11 Book Award and has been shortlisted for a long string of prizes.

Book Information
ISBN 9780008485665
Author Claire Llewellyn
Format Paperback
Page Count 48
Imprint Collins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 110g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 5mm