Written from a child's perspective, learn-abouts uses informative topics, engaging photos and interesting visual literacy features to captivate young student's minds, whilst providing esl and 'at risk' students with additional support.developed with beginner readers' needs in focus, the books are levelled to reading recovery criteria, offering support and gradual the child-centred topics enable teachers to integrate learn-abouts into science and humanities teaching. Challenges to students whilst also assisting with class planning.