Deadly Reads for Deadly Readers, Saltwater series set of 4

Age range 3 to 6

The Deadly Reads for Deadly Readers Book Set (Saltwater Series) hasbeen carefully designed to provide young Indigenous and non-Indigenous children with engaging, enjoyable, and meaningful experiences with print that will support their reading skills and their intrinsic desire to read. Based on a belief that reading is a complex, meaning-making, problem-solving process, this series of books contains the following supportive features:

• Accurate and culturally appropriate subject matter
• Meaningful events that relate to a child's conceptual knowledge
• Supportive illustrations, created by a local Indigenous artist
• Clear text layout with large spacing between words
• Vocabulary and grammatical structures that gradually increase in complexity