Bounce, Kick, Catch, Throw: Band 06/Orange (Collins Big Cat)

Janice Marriott

HarperCollins Publishers, Nov 15, 2017 - Education - 24 pages

What makes a ball bounce? How is a football made? Children will find the answers to these, and more, questions about different types of balls in this fun instruction book. With a colourful combination of photos and artwork, it gives information on all kinds of balls and activities, such as how to juggle.

• Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.
• Text type – An instruction text.
• The book includes a quiz on pages 22 and 23 to recap what children have learned.
• Curriculum links – PE: Games and activities; Science: Forces and movement.

About the author

Janice Marriott is a leading writer of books for children and young adults. Among her best-known novels are Letters to Lesley and Crossroads, which won the 1996 NZ Post Supreme and Senior Fiction Awards as well as the Esther Glen Medal.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bounce, Kick, Catch, Throw: Band 06/Orange (Collins Big Cat); Collins Big Cat
• Author: Janice Marriott
• Contributor: Cliff Moon
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2017
• ISBN: 0007496168, 9780007496167
• Length: 24 pages
• Subjects: Education / Schools / Levels / Elementary; Juvenile Nonfiction / Language Arts / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Readers / Intermediate