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

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.

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.