Battle for the Badgers (Green Watch)

A great series to start your young ones off into the world of reading. Each book in the series introduces a set of new vocabulary and uses it in different ways and orders throughout the book. Each volume lets readers improve on their previous reading level by maintaining a consistent theme and characters. They can feel that they are doing better with each passing page. It helps to make reading autonomous as students can progress at their own pace and build their knowledge as they go. A helpful table of vocabulary can help students and teachers alike to review and practice and monitor vocabulary building. The only criticisms I might make is that it is for beginners so don't expect it to last long and it is a little pricey to build the set. Young readers will rapidly progress beyond these books, but maybe that is success. An occasional return to the books will provide review and pleasure. I use it with young second language learners and it works well. Some other readers start at too high a level for older students who are tackling English for the first time. This series is not intimidating.