There simple stories have been written with the requirements of lower secondary Asian pupils in mind. They will be particullary suitable for pupils who have been studying English as a foreign or second language for about five years. The vocabulary-within a range o about 1,500 "head" words-and a sentence patterns have been controllled with this in mind.
The collection of 18 stories has been specially writen for Malaysian upper primary and lower secondary schools. A simple vocabulary of about 1,300 - 1,500 words has been used, following closely the Word List for for National Schools in Malaysia, and the sentence structure have been kept easy and uncomplicated.