Maggie Sparks and the Swimming Pool Sharks: Accessible Symbolised Edition
Big stories, fewer barriers. Step into the magical world of Maggie Sparks …
An adapted, illustrated and accessible edition of Steve Smallman’s Maggie Sparks and the Swimming Pool Sharks. Now featuring symbols, alongside the text, to support reading. Maggie Sparks does not like swimming! Can she find a way to get into the top swimming class and help her best friend Arthur too?
Enjoy Every Cherry’s new adaption of this magical title. Including a range of accessibility features to bring this story to as many people as possible. With an inclusive and empowering approach to reading, this adaptation serves to break down barriers to reading through using symbols to support words; a pioneering approach to reading and publishing. All accessibility features aim to enable young people to grow in confidence and independence when reading.
About the Maggie Sparks series:
Step into the magical world of Maggie Sparks: the mischievous little witch who turns every day into an adventure. Join Maggie as she learns how to tackle school, make friends and most confusing of all: understand her emotions – when she’s not facing dragons and meeting aliens, that is! Perfect for those with a reading interest of 5+.
Our Symbolised Maggie Sparks range provides additional accessibility resources, removing barriers to reading so as everyone can enjoy the magic! Each book includes a free audio book, as well as a free signed and animated book, to further enhance the reading experience. Every cover will have a sensory feature to assist with sensory output.
Steve Smallman has been illustrating children's books for over 40 years and has written a number of his own award-winning children's stories. When he's not working or visiting schools, Steve enjoys films, television, gardening, and walking in the countryside.
Esther Hernando lives in Barcelona with her partner, her cat and a bunny. As a child, she always filled her school books with drawings, and when she got home she kept drawing. She studied 1 year comic and illustration in Escola Joso and since then she's a self-taught artist focusing on the Children's illustrations. Esther's work is expressive, fun, colourful, and textured. She always works digitally since it allows her to work from anywhere, from a coffee shop to the sofa of her house. In addition to illustration, she likes gastronomy, movies and television, video games and hanging out with the people she loves.