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 becomesindependent readers. Extra activities will motivate and entertain your child.

In the story Tec and the Cake, Tec the detective follows vital clues to find the culprit who ate the cake!

* Read the story Tec and the Cake
* 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 First steps level offers beginner readers very simple stories with repeated phrases that are clearly supported by illustrations. There are four fun books at this level.

This book features in the following series: Collins Big Cat Read At Home, First Step .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Tony Mitton is an award-winning poet, and author of Wayland and The Storyteller's Secrets. Potter's Boy is his first prose novel. Martin Chatterton was born and raised in Liverpool but now lives in Australia with his family. He has been illustrating for over twenty years.