These 14 simple stories have been specially written for East Malaysian upper primary and lower secondary schools. A controlled vocabulary of around 1.300 - 1.500 word has been used, following closely the officially approved Word Lists for Malaysian National Schools. Sentence structures have also been kept simple and straight-forward.
The stories have been adapted from old legends and folktales of Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei, and every care has been taken to ensure that they will be suitable for the Malaysian cultural and social background.
It is the writer's intention that they will provide pleasant and interesting reading for Malaysian school childern.