The Meg and Greg books from Orca Book Publishers are designed for shared reading between a child learning to read and an experienced reader. The stories have special features to help a child with dyslexia or another language-based learning difficulty find reading success.
The Meg and Greg series
Books in the Meg and Greg series have special features to help all kids who are learning to read, and especially kids who have the added challenge of dyslexia or another neurodivergence, or who are learning English as an additional language.
Most children learn to speak by being surrounded by language, but when it comes to learning to read, it isn’t enough to simply be surrounded by books and words. Although a few kids seem to pick up reading easily, most kids need and greatly benefit from learning to read with a more structured literacy approach. Some kids also have the added challenge of dyslexia or another language-learning difficulty, so a structured literacy approach is essential.
Each Meg and Greg book includes three layers of text: adult or buddy reader’s text, kid’s text and illustration labels. A story with multiple layers of text has several advantages for children learning to read at an older-than-typical age:
Go beyond the books with handy resources, including word lists, coloring pages, and activity sheets.
Shaded paper reduces text-to-paper contrast, with a dyslexia-friendly font, extra space between letters and bolded type for target phonics concepts.
Each story includes three layers of text: Kid’s Text with illustration labels and speech bubbles for learners to read as well as Buddy Reader Text to help move the story along at an exciting pace.
A structured literacy approach incrementally introduces children to reading and spelling concepts with explicit instruction. Research shows that all children benefit from learning to read, spell, and write with a structured literacy approach.
Decodable, phonics-based stories for 2nd-4th graders learning the basics of reading. Kid's text is simplified to remove spelling exceptions.
Each book features four stories that introduce a new phonics concept, building on the ones introduced in previous books.
"A unique approach to high-interest texts for reluctant burgeoning readers, [these books offer] phonics fun wrapped in serious research-based success." —School Library Journal
Books in the Meg and Greg series have special features to help all kids who are learning to read, and especially kids who have the added challenge of dyslexia or who are learning English as an additional language.
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