Man-yee and the New School

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 3–5.


Man-yee, a Londoner until a recent move, finds her first day at a new village school challenging when her new classmate teases her about her name. But when she she discovers why she was named Man-yee – what it means and how it fits with her love of the Chinese martial art, wushu – she becomes proud of her identity, and decides to share her knowledge and her wushu skills with her new classmates.


Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.


The focus sounds in this book are: /ai/ ay, a-e, ey /ee/ ea /igh/ i-e, i /oa/ o, o-e /oo/ ew, ou, u, oul /ar/ a /ow/ ou /or/ al, our, augh, aw, au.


Pages 30 and 31 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.


Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.