The Deadly Reads for Deadly Readers, Saltwater Series, of levelled books have been 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 childs 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
