Collins Big Cat Blue Band 4: The Fantasy Flying Squirrel

Publisher:   Collins
Series:         Big Cat
Author:        Julia Donaldson/ Illustrated by Anni Axworthy
ISBN:           9780007185832
Format:        Paperback     Pages: 16
Age:              Primary
Book Band: Blue (Band 4)

Text type:    Non Fiction (information)

Curriculum links: Science: light and dark, sound and hearing.

• Blue/ Band 4 non-fiction books use children’s language patterns to give information which is supported by the illustrations and design.

• A pictorial summary of the book with simple labels on pages 14 and 15 allows children to recap and discuss the text.

This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

It’s night time and many animals are sleeping, but deep in the forest a flying squirrel is waking. She is hungry and looking for food; what will she find to eat? Beautiful photographs show clearly how the flying squirrel moves, what she eats and where she lives.