Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available. Kirsten wishes she could be like new girl Jennings, especially now shes lost her best friend Ruby to her. But when Kirsten finds herself in Jennings body after making a wish, will her new life be all she expected? Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. Text type: A contemporary story Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities. Count Your Blessings was written to explore the idea of accepting yourself and focusing on your identity. It can be easy to begin to think other peoples strengths are what you should possess or attempt to acquire. You can now see peoples lives with a click of a mouse, and you might think you need to change. The central character, Kirsten, had the chance to experience that difference for herself. If there is a message at all, it is to be yourself. Especially as a child, you are changing all the time, but Kimberly believes its important to keep your eye on the person you are, even as you develop.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Collins, Collins Big Cat .

This book has been graded for interest at 10-11 years.

There are 56 pages in this book. This book was published in 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Collins UK has been publishing educational and informative books for almost 200 years. Kimberly Redway was born in Birmingham, England and currently works as a Recruitment Administrator in Smethwick. She is an avid reader and achieved a BA Honours Creative Writing with English Literature in 2010. She has published an anthology called Objection to Perfection and a magazine called Coquettish Professional. In her spare time, Kimberly enjoys listening to k-pop and going to the cinema. When she was eleven she sent out manuscripts to editors and received responses that encouraged her to continue and improve her writing. She writes young adult fiction and her childhood literature heroes include Jacqueline Wilson, Bali Rai and Melvin Burgess.