Martin Waddell

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 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 ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book. It's just a normal lesson on a normal day at school, except Mrs. Bennet has turned into a very big rabbit. The problems...

When bedtime comes Little Bear is afraid of the dark, until Big Bear brings him lights and love.

An overheated pig who doesn't swim, throws himself into a pond, throwing the farmyard into an uproar.

When Jack's efforts to find a use for the moose he has brought home end in disaster, Jack's mother says the moose has to go--until she realizes that being loved is the best use of all.

Little Bear helps Big Bear gather wood, fetch water, and tidy the cave so that they can play together.

Little Bear does a good job of climbing rocks, bouncing on a tree branch, and crossing a stream, but Big Bear is always there to lend a helping hand when needed.

When Little Bear is frightened by the noises he hears while walking in the snowy woods, his friend Big Bear reassures him.

A tortoise tries to find someone who will play with him at his own speed.

A duckling and all his family happily await the hatching of his parents' new egg.

Webster J. Duck turns to several animals when he tries to find his mother.