Plunkett Street School: The Mind Reader

Ruby was drawing a picture. She looked up and asked, "Rahib, what am I thinking right now?" Just then, Leon missed a hard, fast handball shot from Miles, and the ball hit Ruby's head. "Owww!" she cried. Rahib became very still. "You are thinking... handball is a stupid game, and they should play something else." "Wow", said Ruby, "You really can read minds!"

These amusing books from Gigglers series, set in a school environment, are easy to read but also contain links to moral education and PSHE. The books also contain hints and tips about how the narrative was constructed with information about parts of speech and storytelling.

Gigglers series has been written for children aged between 9-11 years, whose current reading age is 8-9. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 pages and are written by brilliant author - Lisa Thompson. They incorporate a large font size and text separated into bite-sized chunks, along with carefully considered letter and paragraph spacing that can reduce visual stress. The glossary list of tricky words can aid comprehension before reading the book.