When getting your students excited about reading is the ultimate goal, we know it takes more than simply displaying colorful books on a shelf. We love the idea of creating an entire reading experience around a popular book series to keep kids engaged while subconsciously improving their literacy skills. Here are five ways to do so using the best-selling Rainbow Magic series.
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Choose a Series with a High Circulation Value
Why a book series and not just one stand-alone title? A book series takes the guesswork out of finding the next book to read, which can often be a roadblock for reluctant readers. With Rainbow Magic, each book sets up a challenge that the main characters must problem-solve over multiple books. Whether it’s finding the beloved animals of the pet fairies, getting back magical feathers for the weather fairies, or bringing all the colors back to Fairyland by finding all of the rainbow fairies, each book focuses on one fairy at a time, so kids will want to read them all.
Find the Right Reading Level
Fluent young readers often can’t wait to tackle a popular series like, say, Harry Potter, but if they try to make the jump too soon from leveled readers to longer chapter books it can be hard for them to adjust to a more mature reading level. Rainbow Magic is the perfect bridge because it’s accessible to newly independent readers, but still in the popular fantasy genre. Each book in the series is around 80 pages and has short chapters with easy-to-follow plot lines that keep the pace the of the story moving. What’s more, there are playful black-and-white illustrations throughout the chapters to help children visualize the story. This imagery will help young readers transition from full-color picture books to chapter books with only black-and-white text.
Play Some Fun Activities
The right book series can offer plenty of opportunities for children to engage with its characters without needing to turn the page. Extracurricular activities like dress-up days, word search and puzzles, and book-themed crafts let kids immerse themselves in the magical world of the characters for a well-round reading experience. If reading the Rainbow Magic series, start off by downloading activity pages from our website. Then perhaps host a fairy wing-making contest that can double as decor for the school library. You could also create a themed scavenger hunt of pets, feathers, or jewels to make students feel like they are helping the fairies find their missing magical items.
Create a Book Club
Setting up small reading groups for various book series will give students the chance to pick from a variety of genres. Because let’s face it, not every kids like fantasy. In addition to a Rainbow Magic book club, you can offer an action & adventure group with a popular graphic novel series, or a video-game inspired book club. These smaller reading groups also help independent readers feel more at ease when discussing story details and sharing what they like or don’t like most about each character.
Collect Them All
Having all the books in an entire series readily available for your students to devour one right after the other will help grow their fluency rate and build their confidence along the way. And with more than 25 years of popularity, the Rainbow Magic series is a safe investment for school libraries. With more than 40 million titles sold worldwide, this beloved children’s series is back with a fresh new look and ready for a new audience. A fan favorite for decades, the series has hundreds of positive reviews attesting to the fact that the Rainbow Magic series turns children into confident and dedicated readers.
