Reading for Fun is the Best Way to Learn
Enjoy the Saltwater Spy School Series in ebook or paperback. Teach your child to read with fun stories. Help your child improve their reading comprehension. Chapter books are the first books a child reads independently, but they also make good read-aloud stories.
Written by a teacher-librarian and designed to be fun for kids and adults alike, these stories follow Hubert the hermit crab, a tiny guy and wannabe spy navigating the rough waters of childhood.
Kids see themselves reflected in his adventures tackling universal experiences such as dealing with a bully, overcoming fear of the dark, getting lost, and negotiating friendship when things go wrong. The stories are light but with heart.
About the Author
Apricot Banks writes fun books for kids that adults like too. A teacher-librarian and ESL teacher, she loves sharing funny, adventurous, imaginative books.
Her chapter books for kids were written to inspire a love of reading in young children, but they are also suitable for English Language Learners (ESL students).
Maaja Wentz is an award-winning writer of chilling thrillers and quirky speculative fiction.
“Inside of a Dog,” appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
“You,” won a short story prize in the national Norma Epstein Foundation competition for Creative Writing, University of Toronto.
Maaja’s first novel, Feeding Frenzy: Curse of the Necromancer, received over 141 000 reads on Wattpad before being published. Chosen as a “Featured Story,” it went on to win the coveted HQ Love Watty award.
