The Forgotten Garden

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.


When Rowan is asked to feed his neighbour’s cat when she is away, he sees her overgrown garden needs some love. He calls on his school gardening club for help and they transform her garden into a beautiful space, much to his neighbour, Mrs Lee's delight.


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, oe, ow, oul, o-e.


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.