Books that make learning to read easier Books that make learning to read easier Valerie Yule Adapted extracts from a submission to the Institute. Adults, teenagers and children learning to read are often put off by the books they are set that seem so much more boring than television, and that are so restricted in vocabulary and style. Paragraphs that are alternately easy and difficult' Now that desktop publishing makes books so much easier to produce, I am experimentally publishing different sorts of books that could be more helpful. You can alternate reading with a friend who is a good reader, and make fast progress towards being able to read the difficult parts yourself. The opposite page or the line underneath gives a crib.
Surplus letters are omitted, consonants are always consistent, and long words hyphenated.
Each section starts at a very easy level and each page is slightly more complex until the last paragraph is at the level of a top newspaper. The next chapter starts easy again. And the easy restarts each time give a 'breather'. You have to read to find out. Not trivial adventure which TV can do better.