And last but not least - with its atmospheric illustrations and captivating stories (which hint at horror but have no tough content), Dark Man has been acclaimed around the world as a must-have series for engaging struggling/reluctant readers who have a taste for terror!

7/7👻

And our Shades series is yet another option for readers who’re looking for the excitement of a great story, but find longer novels too daunting.

These fiction books (all of a special length, style and design) cover a variety of genres - including lots of horror!

6/7👇

Next, another quick fiction read - The Witch's Daughter.

This one's part of our Breakouts series - gripping chapter books that are ideal for teens who are ready for a more challenging read (in terms of ideas and vocabulary), but not yet a full-length novel.

5/7👇

How about some horror with a choose-your-own-adventure twist?

Introducing Zombie Storm, an interactive story where zombies attack your burger van.

What happens next? You decide!

4/7👇

In Die Now or Live Forever (a quick fiction read with a reading age of about 9 years) five teens find a body in the woods, triggering a terrifying decent into vampirism.

From there, you can read our other Vampire Dawn books in any order to follow the new young vampires...

3/7👇

Non-fiction lovers can explore famous hauntings and what a ghost really is in Ghosts and Ghouls.

It’s a title from our Thunderbolts series - a hi-lo reading programme where each book is on a cool topic. You get the facts, then a short fiction story at the end.

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... Followed by a fiction section.

(Remember, wordless books are also great for allowing struggling readers with the greatest difficulties to engage with narratives/build their vocabulary.)

Happy #RecycleWeek one and all!

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Next, if you have a really reluctant reader who's quickly switched off by seeing words on the page, 'A Load of Rubbish' is a wordless book.

All about the rubbish we create and what we do with it, there's a fact section...

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And for older learners who're still working at phonics level, try 'The Long, Dark Trek' - a silly retelling of Hansel & Gretel with a litter picking twist.

Part of Reading Stars Achieve Phonics, this book is still 100% fully decodable, but now designed for 7-14 year-olds.

3/5👇

You could turn your junk into treasure, like Frank in 'The Clink Clank Clunk'.

This is a fully decodable book (part of our Reading Stars Phonics range for KS1) - so could be read independently by budding inventors who're working at Letters and Sounds Phase 5.

2/5 👇