Dyslexia-friendly children's fiction from Barrington Stoke #9
by Sophie Green
Take a look at these new and upcoming visually accessible stories for children from Barrington Stoke and help them discover a love of reading.
Barrington Stoke is a small, independent and award-winning children’s publisher who for over 20 years have been pioneering super-readable, dyslexia-friendly fiction to help every child become a reader.
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Peggy Little-Legs, by Pip Jones and Paula Bowles
Peggy the sausage dog feels really sad when she finds she's too small to really compete with the other dogs at puppy school. Her little legs and long body make it hard for her to jump high or run very fast. But when one of her school friends has a dangerous fall, it's Peggy who comes to the rescue, proving that heroes come in all different sizes!
The Ghost Cat Who Saved My Life, by Pamela Butchart and Monika Filipina
When they hear mysterious miaowing from the empty flat upstairs, Sav and Liam decide to investigate. Could it be a ghost cat?
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Budgie, by Joseph Coelho and David Barrow
Mr Buxton is always having a go at Miles and his friends for climbing the trees outside their tower block. Miles thinks he's just a grumpy old man but when he finds a lost little budgie, Miles also discovers that he and Mr Buxton have more in common than he could ever have imagined.
The Day the Hiccups Took Over, by Jo Simmons and Lee Cosgrove
On the day of his big performance, Frank wakes up with the hiccups. And they just won't STOP! Helped by his new friend Daisy, Frank tries every trick in the book - holding his breath till he nearly passes out, getting someone to give him a fright - but still the hiccups won't go away. In desperation, he's driven to try ever more madcap ideas, but when they don't succeed, he has to go on stage still hiccupping away. Will the evening end in humiliation or will Frank manage to turn calamity into a dramatic triumph?
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Crow, by Nicola Skinner and Rebecca Bagely
New girl Hattie hopes a scarecrow will protect her den at school, but soon Crow is taking his job far too seriously and Hattie's chances of making any friends are being ruined.
Bertie and the Alien Chicken, by Jenny Pearson and Aleksei Bitskoff
Bertie is not looking forward to spending the summer holidays on stinky Long Bottom Farm - but things take an interesting turn when he encounters Nugget, the alien chicken. Can the power of friendship put a stop to Nugget's mission to exterminate the Earth?
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Suitcase S(witch), by Aisha Bushby and Coralie Muce
When Zahra accidentally swaps suitcases with a witch, it's the beginning of a whole series of magical mishaps. Her feet take on a dancing life of their own when she puts on a pair of enchanted boots, while her first flying adventure in a charmed cloak nearly ends in disaster! But it's not all bad. She learns a spell that can transform her dad's worst cooking into a gourmet delight and makes a new best friend in the form of a talking cat. When she finds the witch again, will Zahra even want to get her own suitcase back?!
Fortune's Fools: A Romeo Rollercoaster, by Ross Montgomery and Mark Beech
Top school athletes Dom and Blake have been best friends for ever - B and D, D-Dog and B-Unit, the Cool Combo. But with Sports Day approaching, their friendship is suddenly under threat. Mr Fortune, their headmaster, has pitted the school houses against each other by naming them after characters from his favourite Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet. With Dom in Montague House facing Blake from Capulet House, will B and D end the day as mortal enemies or will brotherly love prevail?