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Summary: Teacher recommended
Review: I am a teacher of students with learning disabilities. I have used this series as well as others with my students.The words are simple,yet the topic is high interest. Due to the fact that the books grab your interest with out being difficult, it encourages my students to read. I love them all.
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Summary: The Tom And Ricky Mystery Series Books
Review: The Tom and Ricky Mystery Series written by Bob Wright are excellent books for young readers with reading difficulties or learning disabilities. The books are mysteries that appeal to this target group. The titles are made to catch the interest of the reader. They are descriptive, detailed and include illustrations. They are written with easy to read text. They are also believable to the reader which makes it easier for the reader to use his or her imagination.The genre of the Tom and Ricky Mystery Series is realistic fiction or more specifically a mystery. Bob Wright made the titles of the Tom and Ricky books sound interesting to the reader. Some of them, for example: The Tree House Mystery, The Voice in the Night, The Secret Staircase and the Falling Star Mystery, were catchy titles which made the reader who was choosing the story want to see what would happen in the story. Bob Wright describes certain things that go on in the book with detail, by describing what certain things looked like, what was being done and every so often in the book he would have illustrations that would help the reader describe situations that are going on around the characters. Examples of Bob Wright's use of description of details and happenings can be found in The Siamese Turtle Mystery and in The Shooting Star Mystery. In The Siamese Turtle Mystery, on page 5, there is a black and white watercolor illustration of Tom and Ricky setting up a habitat, outdoor terrarium, for the turtles they purchased to play in. On pages 3 and 4 they used text to describe what was going on as well. Bob Wright wrote his stories specifically for people who have dyslexia or other learning disabilities. He uses spaces in between sentences so that the reader has less difficulty following the text. He also makes the text larger so that the reader can read it easier. He chooses in his writing to not use complex words or sentences. He makes it so that the mysteries are not that difficult to solve by using prediction in text and illustrations. Bob Wright's Tom and Ricky Mystery Series are realistic fiction. The actual things in the story didn't really happen, but they are realistic. A Voice in the Night is an example of a plot that could have really happened. In short, the Tom and Ricky books by Bob Wright are easy to read. They have excellent descriptions, are good for people with dyslexia or with other learning problems. The stories are realistic situations and include illustrations. The books have readable text, and can be very entertaining for young minds.
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