Reading Raven – Level 1: School Stories with Floh the Dog

Content

Fun at school with Floh the dog! There's always something going on in class 2b – because Floh the school dog is there! He learns with the kids, goes on a quest with them in the forest, and loves having them read to him. And with Floh around, the kids find it much easier to get along with each other. Four school stories with heart, dogs, and humor – perfect for kids who love animals!

About the Series

The Reading Raven series is designed to encourage beginning readers by providing fun and exciting stories at each ability level, from their first efforts at reading alone to more advanced chapter books Each Reading Raven book includes reading riddles, puzzles to solve using information in the story. This is a fun way to check how well children understand what they read. The first level features short texts with lots of pictures that provide clues to the story's meaning. These books are written in extra-large print. When children are ready for longer stories, the second level of Reading Raven offers short chapter books, also in large print with illustrations that help readers follow the text. The third level is for readers who are becoming proficient, with longer chapters and increasingly complex stories, but still with accompanying pictures and highly readable print.

The Author

Judith Allert was born in 1982 and studied modern German literature in Bayreuth, where she also published her first children’s books. In 2009 she completed her master’s thesis on the topic of fantasy writing for children and teens, and she has been a freelance author ever since. Today the author lives on an old farm with her husband, dogs, cats, horses, hens, and wooly pigs.

The Illustrator

Sandy Thißen was born in 1983 as a child of the Ruhr region. Always creative, she decorated shop windows before finally devoting herself to illustration. While drawing, she likes to drink gallons of tea, listen to music and sing very off-key. Together with her husband, she enjoys quirky humor and curious everyday things. She lives with him and her two children on the outskirts of the city between paddocks and an old colliery.