Big Cat – Twinkle, Twinkle, Firefly: Band 08

A wonderful anthology of poetry by award winning poets John Agard and Grace Nichols, brought to life with beautiful illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura.

• Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.

• Text type: A poetry book.

• An illustration on pages 22 and 23 encourages children to recap the poems they have read in the anthology.

• Curriculum links: Art and Design: Portraying relationships; Music: Play it again – exploring rhythmic patterns; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world