• Signatures is an exciting series of 60 chapter books for Years 4–8. Joy Cowley has written 15 of the Signatures child-centred chapter books and selected and edited 45 more books from New Zealand and Australian authors.
　　•Signatures is divided into “mini-series” of 3–5 titles following the same quirky characters. Students are hooked into the first book and are provided with motivation to continue reading to follow the adventures of their favourite characters.
　　• Signatures is child-centred, with strong plots, distinctive characters, and highly believable child protagonists. The writing style is contemporary and highly appealing to students.
　　• Signatures covers a range of genres, including fantasy, action adventure, mystery, and realistic fiction. Teacher’s Notes discs containing lesson plans for every book in Set 1 and Set 2.

Titles in this series:
Reading Age 8–9 years:
The Big Hairy Author:Fairy Tale, Scary Story, Messy Adventure
The Gribbles: The Amazing Gribbles, The Brilliant Gribbles, The Clever Gribbles
Tales from a Small Town: Blackberry Patch, Swimming for Gold, Drum

Reading Age 9–10 years:
Madam Spry, The Very Sly Spry: Madam Spry and the Secret Plans, Madam Spry and the Blue Diamond, Madam Spry and Mr. Mustard
Sir Brian Flockart: Bumblefest, Dragon Hunt, The Battle of Burpington
Dan's Days: Dan's Days (aged 7)， Dan's Days (aged 9)，Dan's Days (aged 11½)

Reading Age 10–11 years:
The Mccorkles: Meddling Mansions, Basilisk Villa, Frivolity Theatre
Max Stone and Ruby Jones: Survival on the Brain, Survival of the Funkiest, Survival on Adventure Island, Survival in the City
Mike Cool-as-you-like: In Business, Around the World, In Action, Out and About, On Track

　　The McCorkles are a very odd family. Nineyear-old Hamish can talk to birds, his sister Eugenie makes everyday objects walk and talk, and his grandmother is half dragon. Then there’s the black sheep of the family, evil Uncle Weevil…