Secrets of Easter Island

<p>Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.</p> <p>On a tiny island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, stand hundreds of giant stone statues. Made long ago, they hold the secrets of a lost people. Why and how were these massive statues made? What did they mean? This is the mystery of Easter Island, and a story of the past that we are still trying to unravel.</p> <p>Lime Plus/Band 11+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and reading stamina.</p> <p>Pages 46 and 47 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.</p> <p>Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.</p> <p>Rob has always wondered at the mystery and power of the giant stone statues on far-away Easter Island. They look like they know things that we don't - though we are slowly discovering more about their secrets, and about the people who made them. It's a fascinating story, and it's still unfolding. There are still secrets to discover, and much that is yet to be told.</p>