Reading Raven – Level 2: Kia and the Manga Dragon

Content

Kia loves manga! One day, while drawing a story about dragons, she magically finds herself transported into their world. At the big dragon festival, something incredible happens: Sol, the sun dragon, chooses Kia! Kia becomes a dragon rider and befriends Sol. Shortly afterwards, she finds herself back in her room. Was it all just a dream? A wonderful story about friendship and the power of creativity.

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

Amelie Benn loved writing even as a child. After graduating from high school, she decided to travel not only in her imagination, but also in the "real" world. She hiked through the desert, swam in the Dead Sea, climbed the mountains of the Himalayas, and collected ideas for her stories in many magical places. After studying German language and literature, she worked as an editor at several publishers of children's and young adult books. Today, she lives as a freelance author with her family near Berlin magical locations. After studying German language and literature, she worked as an editor for several publishers of children's and young adult books. Today, she lives as a freelance author with her family near Stuttgart.