Fantails are a collection of book-banded books. They have carefully controlled levels according to a students reading age. Each collection of books is set at foundation, emergent, early or fluency levels and can be used alongside other popular reading schemes. At Purple band level, children are reading more quickly and keeping track of sentences with punctuation. Books in this band have longer, complex sentences and more complex vocabulary. Characters are becoming more developed. Includes 8 books at each band, 16 pages. Both fiction and non-fiction strands are available.