Author(s): Mara Bergman

Children, first books

"Spirals" is the next step up from "ZigZag" and introduces children to longer stories. Each illustrated title tells an exciting tale which is divided into short chapters. Very new readers might tackle a chapter at a time, while more independent readers would be happy to read a complete story in one sitting. In "Happy", Noah's friend, Sammy, has a budgie that can talk. Noah tries hard to teach his dog, Happy, to talk too, but it just doesn't seem to work. Whoever heard of a dog that can talk, anyway? But sometimes the strangest things can happen...