Maxi Beasts

by Keith West

Published 30 April 2007
When Kermal and Anna call in at Professor Ellison's, all is not as it should be. It seems the strange Professor's latest scheme may have had bugs in it...and not your normal house or garden types either! Can they find him and escape?

This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 11 and 14 years, whose current reading age is between 7.5 and 8.5 years. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 pages and are written by gifted authors writing stories with relatable characters. They incorporate a large font size and text separated into bite-sized chunks, along with carefully considered letter and paragraph spacing that can reduce visual stress. The series has plenty of practice at one level, allowing consolidation of learning before moving on to more challenging reads.