Books for Struggling Readers
Support struggling readers with tailor-made books designed with themes and illustrations suitable for learning at Key Stage 2 with reading ability levelled at Key Stage 1. With a focus on the interests of boys in particular, you can find books to tempt even the most reluctant reader.
- Ensures every child achieves confidence, comprehension and fluency with systematic progression.
- Each title has its own flavour and format from manga and graphic novels to gripping non-fiction
- 70% of struggling readers are boys, so Collins Big Cat Progress helps to reach every boy with male protagonists and topic and themes that appeal to boys.
| Title | AuthorFirst | AuthorLast | IL | BL | Pts | F/NF | Publisher | ISBNs | Series | |
| Angel House | Anne | Curtis | MY | 1.7 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742892-2, 0-00-742892-8, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Bader's Battle | Mick | Manning | MY | 3.3 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749864-2, 0-00-749864-0, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Beowulf | Anita | Ganeri | MY | 3.6 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749860-4, 0-00-749860-8, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Dinner with a Pirate: A Folk Tale from Spain | Saviour | Pirotta | MY | 2.3 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742881-6, 0-00-742881-2, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Fire in the Sky! | Mick | Manning | MY | 2 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742886-1, 0-00-742886-3, | Big Cat Progress | |
| If It Wasn't For Tom | Catherine | MacPhail | MY | 2.5 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749862-8, 0-00-749862-4, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Joe's Dog | David | Almond | MY | 2.2 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749858-1, 0-00-749858-6, | Big Cat Progress | |
| The Deadly Monster | Linda | Chapman | MY | 1.7 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742887-8, 0-00-742887-1, | Big Cat Progress | |
| The Dolphin King: A Folk Tale from France | Saviour | Pirotta | MY | 2.2 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742879-3, 0-00-742879-0, | Big Cat Progress | |
| The Monster of Pit Street | Simon | Keino | MY | 3.2 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749850-5, 0-00-749850-0, | Big Cat Progress | |
| The Penalty | Tom | Palmer | MY | 2.4 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749852-9, 0-00-749852-7, | Big Cat Progress | |
| The Pier | Anne | Curtis | MY | 3.7 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749856-7, 0-00-749856-X, | Big Cat Progress | |
| The Terror Birds | Linda | Chapman | MY | 2.1 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749854-3, 0-00-749854-3, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Thin Ice | Anne | Curtis | MY | 1.7 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742877-9, 0-00-742877-4, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Top Secret | Mick | Manning | MY | 2 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742875-5, 0-00-742875-8, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Watching Whales | Karen | Young | MY | 3.5 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-749863-5, 0-00-749863-2, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Winkie's War | Mick | Manning | MY | 1.7 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742894-6, 0-00-742894-4, | Big Cat Progress | |
| Zara and the Fairy Godbrother | Margaret | Ryan | MY | 1.4 | 0.5 | F | Collins | 978-0-00-742889-2, 0-00-742889-8, | Big Cat Progress |
