The Guardian newspaper recently ran an interesting article about graded readers, interviewing a number of publishers about the rise in popularity of these simplified books. Our Readers Publisher was quoted in the article:
“Of course the classics still sell very well,” says Emily Rosser of Macmillan Readers. “The challenge has been to provide something for everyone and produce a wide range of titles that will motivate reluctant readers to pick up a paperback. Teenage boys, for example, are notoriously difficult to please.”
