A scary night

A collection for capable readers who are already accustomed to independent reading, designed to guarantee an entertaining, captivating and spontaneous fruition. The simple text in block capitals is enhanced with the wonderful illustrations by Gabriele

Tafuni, a young Italian artist who’s one of the crown jewels of a renowned New York agency. For DEA Planeta Libri he has created an artwork specifically conceived to encourage children to read, making it a gratifying experience. Six new titles focused on everyday life, which support and stimulate children’s interest from second grade on, when they’re not oriented anymore only towards the reassuring effect of repetition in fairy tales, but they’re ready to deal with the dynamics of a chain of events in a plot, which in this case has an extra kick in the exposition. The reading experience is also enriched through a new challenge specifically thought for the target audience: thanks to the balloons with narrative value integrated into the story, the readers become familiar with the comic book code and refine their understanding of the plot. The challenging words of I Read On My Own collection enable children to learn new words and discover the pleasure of growing up with reading. The books also include a page of help to reading comics, with an explanation of the project “begin to confront other forms of language: the cartoon code” and an activity page which, inspired by the plot elements, helps the child to test and to train the understanding of the text.