Collins Big Cat -- I Want a Pet!: Band 05/Green

Kaye Umansky

Collins, 2005 - Education - 24 pages

'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading series for ages 4-7. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children should love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical teaching notes are included at the back of each book.

About the author

Kay Umansky was born in Plymouth, England on December 6, 1946. She trained as a teacher and taught in primary schools for numerous years. She also acted and played music including performing in a soul band with her husband. Her first book, a collection of songs called Phantasmagoria, was published in 1985. She received the 1993 Nottinghamshire Book Award for Pongwiffy and the Spell of the Year, the 1999 Times Educational Supplement Junior Music Book Award for Three Rapping Rats, and the 2008 Stockton Book of the Year for Clover Twig and the Incredible Flying Cottage. In 2004, the Pongwiffy series was adapted for television by the animation company Telemagination.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Collins Big Cat -- I Want a Pet!: Band 05/Green; Collins Big Cat Series,
• Author: Kaye Umansky
• Illustrated by: Sarah Horne
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Collins, 2005
• ISBN: 000718591X, 9780007185917
• Length: 24 pages
• Subjects: Education / Schools / Levels / Elementary; Education / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pets; Juvenile Fiction / General; Juvenile Fiction / School & Education; Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Pets; Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Readers / Intermediate