Favorite familiar characters and predictable formats for new adventures or information make Fiction Series, or series
books, ideal tools for reading, re-reading, and making text-to-text connections.
Increased engagement with favorite series makes the task of close reading simpler and faster. Repetition
of characters, setting, or plot structure in series stories often provides additional support for readers
who might otherwise struggle to more deeply explore author's craft and purpose.
How to Use Fiction Series
Several popular series from Reading A-Z can be read in any order. All Fiction Series are leveled, and most
books in each series are self-contained stories that can be used for small group or independent reading practice
any time. In other series, such as Charly, authors build on characters in
each book and continue a story across books in the series to extend analysis of characters and plot to keep
readers coming back.
