Collins Big Cat Read at Home is a series of stories by top children's authors and illustrators that children will love to read. Built-in progression within and between each level help you choose the right story to develop your child's confidence as they become independent readers. Extra activities will motivate and entertain your child. In the story The Magic Pen, Mr Big is big; in fact normal-sized things are just that little bit too small for him. When Mr Big buys a big new pen and mixes his own special ink, it appears he has found a magical solution to his problems! * Read the story The Magic Pen * Re-tell the story using mini picture prompts * Complete a variety of interesting activities * Make a fun theme-based project * Get helpful tips on reading together The Explore reading level is for improving readers. These books have a longer story with vivid characters and sequential events. There are four fun books at this level.

Celia receives a special pen from her grandfather before he leaves on a journey. With the pen, she sets out to make a difference in her village and honor her grandfather's memory. What do you think the pen could do? Reasons for choosing this story for your little ones? The story encourages the kids to tap into their imagination and creativity. It touches on the importance of sharing and doing good for the community. The magical element of the pen brings an extra layer of excitement to the story.

Have you ever wished you could trace a friend from your favorite story and they would magically appear? Sasha and the Magic Pen is a short story about a ten year old girl named Sasha who accidently discovers the true magic of a pen she found buried in the school playground. After Sasha realizes that Ursa, the friend she drew from the story, will not only vanish from every book, but the story from the book will come true if she does not get her friend back into the story. Young readers will be entertained and surprised as the story unfolds in a way that no one could have imagined.

My name is Cermalean Kay Kimber. I am a mother of four children, two girls and two boys. They are grown up now and married and have given me six grandchildren; three girls and three boys. I used to make up stories for my children when they were little and now I have my grandchildren to tell them to. I have always liked stories about magic and flying. I also love to draw all of the illustrations of my characters in my stories. So in this story called Starlight the Little Fairy & Her Friend I have used all of these in my story. It is a story about good overcoming the bad and how some time you may need a little help from your family and your friends. I hope that you enjoy this story as much as my children and my grandchildren have over the years

Heaven wants many things, Mom tells her to write them down.Heaven soon learns the magic of writing down all that she wants and desires; when she's gifted a magical pen from a magical Genie. It turns out mom was right all along.