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Samples of JUNKYARD DAN books:

 

Please click HERE to see a sample of START OF A NEW DAN - book #1 of the JUNKYARD DAN series.



Please click HERE to see sample chapters of PLANS - book #5 of the JUNKYARD DAN series.



Please click HERE to see chapter 16 of ALL FOR ONE - book #1 of THE SMITH BROTHERS series.



Please click HERE to see sample chapters of RESPECT - one of 8 books in the LEADER series.



Please click HERE to see sample chapters of ON ICE - book #1 in the series entitled: PETE'S PLACE.



Please click HERE to see sample pages from Chapter 2 of CROAKING BULLFROGS, HIDDEN ROBBERS
- book #1 of the A LEEG OF HIS OWN series.

And yes, we know. We do take quite a bit of poetic license (particularly with punctuation) to GET the books on these reading levels, but THESE BOOKS WORK, the struggling reader LOVES them, and the books increase with difficulty with every book the reader reads. (The reading levels for each series increase at a rate where the reader can't even TELL. Yet, the reader WILL notice that their reading scores and fluency are increasing - but have no idea WHY!)

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Otherwise, they will be HUMONGOUSLY GIGANTIC.

(AKA: GINORMOUS!)


And everything will look a bazillion times larger than the actual-sized print.

[Which just happens to be a pet peeve of ours here at Nox Press.]


We say that because we have NO IDEA why other publishing houses print their materials for older struggling, emergent and ESL leaners with HUGE fonts.

To be quite frank (and a bit silly), we equate the huge font for the struggling, emergent and ESL reader to be as totally ridiculous as when we see people shouting at foreigners.

It makes us walk up to the shouters and say,
"They're not deaf, you know, they just don't speak the language and can't understand you!"

So we at Nox Press think the BIG FONT thing is a silly, insulting concept,
because for the most part, our readers don't have trouble SEEING!

 

{We hope we haven't offended anyone. But like we said, it IS a pet peeve of ours.}


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Testimonial - Adult Ed educator

We have ABE classes at our local treatment center twice a week. Yesterday, I had one of our instructors take two of the Junkyard Dan books to give to two of our very low level readers who are in there. She had the two of them sit across from each other and take turns reading them to each other. She said it was hysterical...the two of them sat and laughed, then called her over and said to her, "You're not going to believe what just happened in this book!" and proceeded to tell her. They were so excited about the book!

When it was break time, one of them came back from break early, immediately picked the book up and started reading - this from someone who hates to read!

So...when are you going write some more?

Bev Dye
ABE/GED Co-director & Instructor
Casper, WY 82601
Testimonial - HS educator
My students love your books. I do not have but one in my room now. Students take them and never return them. I think they go from cell to cell.

Keep up the good work.

Dr. Cynthia Corkern
2008 CEA Correctional Educator of the Year
Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond, MS
Jackson County Mississippi Sheriff's Department, Jackson Public Schools
From a Middle-Grade educator
During open house in August the majority of the parents told me flat out, ”My child hates to read.” Virtually all of these students are now avidly reading your books. I’ve never seen anything like in all the thirty five years that I’ve taught “at risk” students!!!

I can’t thank you enough for making this the most productive year ever for my intensive reading students. I’m looking forward to sending you a copy of our test score gains at the end of the year.

Ed Fontaine
Middle School Educator
Eustis, FL
From Our Readers
thank for autographing the book from national conference on family literacy . The book is very interesting

I enjoy reading the book . it was the first book I read because I didn't like to read .I hope you send me one of the book that you wrote called Dried blood


sincerely Ramon
NYC, NY

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