Collins Big Cat Yellow Band 3: Sam and the Big Bad Cat

Publisher:   Collins
Series:         Big Cat
Author:        Sheila Bird, Illustrated by Trish Phillips
ISBN:           9780007185726
Format:        Paperback     Pages: 16
Age:              Primary

• Yellow level/ Band 3 books offer early readers varied sentence structure and natural language.

• A storyboard on pages 14 and 15 reveals all of Sam’s hiding places in a pictorial summary of the day, providing the opportunity to recap the story.

• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Sam the big, bad cat isn’t feeling well. Tom wants to take him to the vet. Sam doesn’t want to go, and finds a variety of hiding places to escape. Tom pursues him, getting more and more bedraggled in the process. Finally Tom goes to bed, leaving Sam – who is feeling much better – to enjoy a snack.