You Can Read
About this ebook
In this fun and funny celebration of literacy, kids of all ages will discover that the act of reading is a daring adventure that can take you anywhere! You can read at the playground, under the sea, at the opera and even in outer space! It turns out you can read everywhere! And when you do, you open yourself to a universe of adventure.
About the author
Helaine Becker is the bestselling author of more than seventy books for children and young adults, including the "enduring Canadian Christmas classic" A Porcupine in a Pine Tree and the giggle-inducing Ode to Underwear. She's also a three-time winner of the Silver Birch Award and a two-time winner of the Lane Anderson Award for Science Writing for Children; she has received the Sydney Taylor Notable Book award and two Junior Library Guild nods. Her latest books include the middle-grade novel Dirk Daring: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Orca Books), Worms for Breakfast (Owlkids) and Top Secret: Uncover Your Inner Spy (Scholastic Canada). Helaine lives in Toronto with her husband and her dog, Ella. For more information, visit www.helainebecker.com.
Mark Hoffmann is a freelance editorial illustrator, children's-book illustrator, fine artist and professor in the illustration department at Monserrat College of Art in Massachusetts. He lives with his wife and son in the New England area. For more information, visit www.studiohoffmann.com.
