When Cigdem Knebel struggled to find decodable “big-kid” chapter books a young dyslexic could painlessly read, she began to write one herself for her son. Cigdem is the founder of Simple Words Books. Her mission is to help young dyslexics and early readers with fluency, comprehension, but most importantly, reading-confidence.
She accomplishes this by using many carefully chosen words in her books with the skills of young dyslexics in mind. The attention is put into using many:
short and one syllable words
short vowels, digraphs and blends
• closed syllables words
high frequency sight words
• short sentences.
Cigdem believes that all children love to read. This is no different for children with dyslexia; they just need to find that right book for them.
