Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers.
Phonic Books Mel on Mars are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. The pack of 12 decodable books is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading and in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.
Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or KS2/Years 5 and 6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.
For example: Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’ Book 7: ‘sh’
This catch-up reader book series features:
- A pack of 12 decodable books each containing a story with different phonic letters and sounds. - Each unit introduces new letters and sounds through sounding them out (sat, s - a - t). - Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading. - CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.
Each 16-page book contains:
- Reading practice/vocabulary - Contents page - Story pages
What is phonics?
Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialises in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.
Clair Wilson is a former SEN teacher and co-founder of Phonic Books. She specialises in writing engaging decodable stories for reading catch up.
Cynthia Paul is an Indian-American illustrator specialising in storytelling through graphic novel illustrations.
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Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers.
Phonic Books Mel on Mars are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. The pack of 12 decodable books is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading and in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.
Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or KS2/Years 5 and 6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.
For example: Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’ Book 7: ‘sh’
This catch-up reader book series features:
- A pack of 12 decodable books each containing a story with different phonic letters and sounds. - Each unit introduces new letters and sounds through sounding them out (sat, s - a - t). - Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading. - CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.
Each 16-page book contains:
- Reading practice/vocabulary - Contents page - Story pages
What is phonics?
Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialises in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.
Author
Clair Wilson is a former SEN teacher and co-founder of Phonic Books. She specialises in writing engaging decodable stories for reading catch up.
Cynthia Paul is an Indian-American illustrator specialising in storytelling through graphic novel illustrations.
View titles by Phonic Books
