Reading Raven – Level 1: Helpers in Need. Exciting Dog Stories

Content

Woof, woof! In this book, our fluffy four-legged friends show what they are capable of: rescue dog Bruno is helping the mountain rescuers search for two missing hotel guests. Guide dog Holli is taking her owner Mats safely to the supermarket. Balu rescues a boy from the water. And police dog Pepe is participating in his first police operation – can he help the policeman catch a robber?

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

Katja Reider studied German and publishing and for many years was press speaker for the "Youth Research" competition in Hamburg, Germany. She became an author after the birth of her own children and has since then published numerous books for children and young people, many of which have been translated into other languages.