Author(s): Patricia J. Murphy

Junior Fiction

"DK Readers" will help your child learn to read and encourage a life-long love of reading whilst learning about American History. Encourage your child to read. Join a young girl called Olivia and her family on their exciting journey across America 150 years ago to find a new life. "DK Readers" are part of a five-level highly pictorial reading scheme, which uses lively illustrations and engaging stories to encourage reading. Level 2 have long sentences, increased vocabulary, information boxes and a simple index - read them together with children who are beginning to read alone and with early or reluctant readers. There are over 90 "DK Readers" in the series.