Short books. Easy reading. Great Canadian authors.
About Good Reads
Good Reads® books are written by well-known Canadian authors for people improving their reading skills.
Good Reads are short books (10,000 to 12,000 words, about 100 pages), with easy to understand vocabulary and structure. Good Reads encourage reading practice, develop reading skills, and increase reading confidence.
Other readers such as busy people looking for a short read, older individuals and fans of the authors will also enjoy Good Reads.
Good Reads authors include:
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz - The Stalker
- Deborah Ellis - In From the Cold
- Maureen Jennings - Shipwreck
- Rabindranath Maharaj - The Picture of Nobody
- Louise Penny - The Hangman
- Gail Vaz-Oxlade - Easy Money
- Marina Endicott - New Year’s Eve
- Joy Fielding - Home Invasion
- Robert Hough - The Day the Rebels Came to Town
- Anthony Hyde - Picture This
- Frances Itani - Missing
Where to find Good Reads
Literacy organizations, libraries and educational institutions can order Good Reads from Grass Roots Press.
Good Reads are also available in Chapters, Indigo, and other bookstores. HarperCollins Canada is the retail distributor.
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Good Reads is an initiative of ABC Life Literacy Canada and Grass Roots Press, with funding from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
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Reader Comments
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This book really inspired me to make a budget and stick with it. I thought I knew a lot about money, but I really did learn some new things! I recommend it to all my friends and family.
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This book was suspenseful. I was trying to figure out who the killer was...I never saw the ending coming!
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I really liked this book. It would be so scary if this happened to me! Kept me on my toes!
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I could really picture the characters and the dusty Mexican town. I don't normally like this kind of thing, but I really liked the way the main guy became the hero.
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I really liked readng this. It made me think about paintings a lot differently. I also liked the romance.
