"Collins Big Cat" is a guided reading series for ages 4-7, edited by Cliff Moon.

Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child.

Practical teaching notes are included at the back of each book.

Another captivating title, written and photographed by BBC "Big Cat Diaries" presenters, Jonathan and Angela Scott; authors of the "Collins Big Cat titles Antarctica: Land of the Penguins" and "Big Cat Babies".

This time they look at the lives of Africa's three biggest land animals - the elephant, the rhino and the hippo. "Turquoise/Band 7" books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.