Here’s Hank and Hank Zipzer Series

Here’s Hank and Hank Zipzer are a series of books about a young boy with dyslexia, written by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver. They feature easy-to-read font, simple funny stories, and memorable characters.  He’s pretty bad at memorising stuff, and spelling is his worst subject (so are math and reading!) but he always tries his hardest, whether he’s helping out his younger sister, standing up to the class bully, or getting into—and out of!—trouble with his two best friends.

Note: Although it was a New York Times bestselling series and had a spinoff CBBC TV show, it’s hard finding copies in South Africa, so try Loot or Amazon.co.za

Check HBO Max – they were screening all the series recently.

Bookmarks Are People Too (#1 in the Here’s Hank series)

Hank is in 2nd grade and although he doesn’t try to be funny, he somehow always makes the kids in his class laugh. In the first book in this series, Hank’s class is putting on a play, and Hank wants the lead part: Aqua Fly. But he freezes in his audition and can only buzz like a fly. His teacher creates a special part for Hank, a silent bookmark. This may seem like an insignificant role, but when his enemy, Nick McKelty, freezes during the performance, it’s up to Hank to save the play!