This informative and engaging book assesses the threats faced by two well-loved, but very endangered, animal species. Focusing on the panda and the turtle, Deborah Kespert looks at the problems these animals encounter to their habitats and food and asks how we can help them to survive.

• Collins Big Cat Phonics Progress books are specifically designed for struggling readers, giving them age-appropriate texts that they can read, building their confidence and fostering positive attitudes towards reading. This title has a text level of Band 4 / Blue, which provides longer, repeated patterns with sequential events, and an interest level of Band 10 / White.

• Text type: An information book

• Pages 14 to 15 help children to summarise the risks faced by pandas and turtles.

• Curriculum links: Geography