Other editions of book Aunt Jane’s Attic

School mates Kate and Pete aresent on a search by a letter from the past. What is the secret in the attic? Will Eddie and his gang get there first?These were previously published by Oxford University Press in the Headwork series of readers. The stories were written by Michael Thomson who now retains the copyright and is self publishing them for you!The stories are so called “High-Low” readers. That is of high interest but low reading age, or in other words with normal comprehension levels but easier to ‘decode’ or read. They were tried out on children at East Court, a school for dyslexic children and are aimed at an interest level of around 11-14. There are a range of genres from contemporary through fantasy, humour and true 2nd world war stories. They are written in 4 levels of basic reading difficulty starting around the 8 year reading age with level 1 being the easiest to read. However, the themes and interest level are all still at the 11-14 age range. This is Level 4 in a Modern Story Series

Headwork Reading is a new series of 18 fiction books for 11-14 year olds with reading ages of 6-9 years. The storybooks are carefully graded into four levels, using the Fry reading scale, and range from 400-3000 words in length with varying numbers of stories in each book. Built-inprogression, through story length, language level, and conceptual loading, allows reluctant readers to increase their reading skills and stamina gradually. The stories range across the genres that interest the target readers, e.g. mystery, fantasy, romance, true stories, crime and horror. The stronglines and accurate but intriguing illustrations motivate reluctant readers to read on. The four levels are supported by one Teacher's Book and three cassettes.