Penguin Young Readers

Penguin Young Readers is a levelled reading scheme, with levels described as follows. Level 1: Emergent Reader (Simple vocabulary, word repetition, picture clues, predictable story and sentence structure, familiar themes and ideas), Level 2 Progressing Reader (Longer sentences, simple dialogue, picture and context clues, more in-depth plot development); Level 3 Transitional Reader (multi-syllable and compound words, more dialogue, different points of view, more complex storylines and characters; Level 4 Fluent Reader (more advanced vocabulary, detailed and descriptive text, complex sentence structure, in depth plot and character development). For further details see http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/youngreaders/levels/index.html