Joy Cowley Building Bridges is a bridge to literacy for 8–12 year old readers. Each 28-page book, written by Joy Cowley, contains three short stories about the same characters. The stories are set in New Zealand, carefully crafted and easy to read. Visually appealing to a range of ages, Joy Cowley Building Bridges spans the gap for struggling readers between junior reading material and chapter books. An author and illustrator bio is included at the end of each book.
The text has been designed to be dyslexia friendly and is presented in clear short phrases with simple sentence structures on matte cream-coloured background. Large clear sans serif font has been used with generous spacing and margins throughout.