Mr. Winkler and Ms. Oliver have now made Hank Zipzer available to the younger reading crowd with the series Here's Hank. In these books Hank, his best friend Frankie and new friend Ashley are in second grade. Hank struggles with focusing and dyslexia.
In this book Hank auditions for a part in play written by his teacher but cannot read the words (after much practice all weekend!) so she creates a "special" part for him -a bookmark. Class meanie, Nick McKelty, relentless picks on Hank and threatens him not to "steal the show".
The book is written in a new font called Dyslexie developed by Christian Boer, a dyslexic. The font makes letters more distinct and further spaced apart which enables dyslexics and any reader to read faster, easier, better.
*Highly recommend.
Great series for 1st-3rd grade classrooms.
Warning/points to discuss: There is a zombie part in the play.
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