Fiction - Catch-up Readers

This series has a feisty, resourceful female heroine. Alba steps in to save the day when someone threatens to jeopardise her father’s important scientific work. The Alba Series contains 12 books offering a step-by-step phonic progression within exciting, beautiful full-colour illustrations and age-appropriate stories....

Spiral bound, photocopiable workbook offering segmenting, blending, phoneme manipulation and comprehension activities linked to each of the stories. (272 pages).

A chance discovery of an ancient necklace soon leads Finn and his friends on an incredible quest. The Amber Guardians Series is aimed at pupils needing to build reading stamina. These ten books bridge the gap between the structured reading series and mainstream reading....

1 x 225 Page Workbook This 225 page blackline master workbook contains reading, comprehension and spelling with English morphology. Includes answer sheets and supports the learnings of the reading books. It also introduces a range of suffixes, prefixes and root words. The workbooks are...

After being pulled into his game, Gus learns that there is no way out unless he continues to play. In order toescape, Gus has to befriend the other players, form a team and work together. This action-packed quest story takes the reader from CVC...

Photocopiable activities to accompany the set of 12 books in the Phonic Books Get Out of the Game series, decodable phonics books for structured literacy intervention with older readers. This activity book includes activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension linked to the...

This series comprises 10 books covering alternative vowel and consonant spellings and common Latin suffixes. Book 1: u, ue, u-e Book 2: u, o, ou Book 3: s, ss, se, c, ce Book 4: l, ll, le, al Book 5: j, g, ge Book...

Photocopiable activities to accompany the set of ten books in the Phonic Books Hidden in Paris series, truly decodable books for older readers who need support with their reading. This activity book includes activities for reading, spelling and comprehension linked to the Hidden in...

Jack and his little sister, Snub, are visiting Gran and Grandpa on a remote Scottish island where they live. An accident brings them closer together, but a subsequent calamity is the beginning of an exciting quest. The Island Adventure Series are engaging texts suitable...

1 x 190 Page Workbook This 190 page workbook contains activities such as word building, reading, spelling and comprehension linked to the 10 books in the Island Adventure Series. 

The Magic Belt series comprises 12 beautifully illustrated books which take Zak on a quest to find 10 magical gems to help cure his grandfather. This action-packed quest story with fabulous illustrations takes the reader from CVC and CVCC word level text through to...

A workbook to prepare the older, ‘catch-up’ pupil for reading the Magic Belt Series. Aimed at children with weak sound/letter knowledge it introduces the sounds and letters of the alphabet through a variety of activities (50 pages).

Introduces a variety of reading activities that correspond to the twelve books in the series. For pupils who can read text at simple CVC word level.

Determined to find her brother, Mel travels to Mars in a space pod. Phonic Books Mel on Mars comprises 12 decodable books for older readers who can read simple CVC words. This action-packed quest story takes the reader from CVC and CVCC word text through to...

Photocopiable activities to accompany the set of 12 books in the Phonic Books Mel on Mars series, decodable phonics books for structured literacy intervention with older readers. This activity book includes activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension linked to the Mel on...

Moon Dogs EXTRAS are an exciting addition of 24 books that follow the same scope and sequence as Moon Dogs set 1. They have age-appropriate illustrations and storylines that engage and encourage the student to read on. The series can be used as a supplementary...

Reading, writing and comprehension activities based around the stories from The Moon Dogs Extras Series.  A wide range of activities support and provide crucial further practice for the sounds of the alphabet at CVC level text. An ideal resource for older, beginner readers.

Such engaging texts suitable for students in their tweens and teens. They have age-appropriate illustrations and story lines that engage and encourage the student to read on. Set 1 gradually introduces the initial sounds of the alphabet at CVC level text. Book 1: s...

Complements the 8 stories in the first Moon Dogs Series and follows the same phonic progression. Offers activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension work based on the characters and events in the stories. (100 pages).

Such engaging texts suitable for students in their tweens and teens. They have age-appropriate illustrations and story lines that engage and encourage the student to read on. Set 2 begins with text at cvc level, introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs. Book 1: CVC...

Complements the 8 stories in the first Moon Dogs Series and follows the same phonic progression. Offers activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension work based on the characters and events in the stories. (100 pages).

Such engaging texts suitable for students in their tweens and teens. They have age-appropriate illustrations and story lines that engage and encourage the student to read on. Set 3 in the series these decodable books for older, beginner readers are a contemporary series, continuing...

This fully photocopiable resources offer word building, reading, spelling, comprehension, grammar and vocabulary exercises based on the stories in the series. Contains games and multi-sensory activities to stimulate and engage older readers. (200 pages)

Phonic Books Moon Dogs Split Vowel Spellings comprises six books and focuses on silent e spellings and is designed for older children at the early stages of reading. Book 1: The Shape Game (a-e) Book 2: These Things (e-e) Book 3: Bike Ride (i-e)...

Photocopiable activities to accompany the set of six books in Phonic Books Moon Dogs Split Vowel Spellings, decodable phonics books for structured literacy intervention with older readers. This activity book includes activities for word building, reading, spelling, and comprehension linked to the Moon Dogs...

Looking after somebody else's pets is an amazing job, but it can lead to some adventures! Phonic Books Pet Sitters comprises 12 books starting at CVC level and progressing through adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and alternative vowel spellings. This series shares the same phonic...

Photocopiable activities to accompany the set of 12 books in Phonic Books Pet Sitters, decodable phonics books for structured literacy intervention with older readers. This activity book includes activities for segmenting, comprehension, blending, and writing linked to the Pet Sitters books.

10 book setThis high interest reading series is based on the character of Erin and an adventure about her babysitting her baby brother. Danny, a friend of Erin’s skates over to see her. Neither of them know, this is the start of an epic...

One comprehensive spiral bound photocopiable workbook that offers segmenting, blending, phoneme manipulation and comprehension activities linked to the stories in the reading books.

10 book set Zak’s adventures begin when his Grandpa gives him a talisman with special powers. From this day on, Zak’s life is never the same again. The Talisman Series 1 is aimed at older readers with poor knowledge of vowel spellings and covers...

Word building, reading, spelling and comprehension linked to the 10 books in the Talisman Series. One spiral bound photocopiable workbook containing reading, spelling and comprehension activities for each of the books. (150 pages).

10 book set The Talisman Series 2 is designed for older readers and further develops alternative vowel and consonant spellings and common Latin suffixes. This series follows on from the Titan’s Gauntlets Series and offers increasingly challenging text.Sixteen full-colour pages in each book will...

One spiral bound photocopiable workbook containing reading, spelling and comprehension activities for each of the books. (167 pages).

Ben has always wanted a dog. One day a scruffy stray follows him home. Will he get to keep him? The That Dog! Series are engaging texts suitable for students in their tweens and teens. These exciting, age-appropriate tales take the pupils from CVC...

Linked to the stories in the That Dog! series, the workbook includes word-building, reading, spelling, punctuation and comprehension activities. Follows the same Phonic Progression as the books. (225 pages).

What is the Dragon Eggs series? This is a series of 10 decodable books that combine a revision of those tricky vowel digraphs and an exciting, beautifully-illustrated quest with dragons in it! What a great way to engage children and secure their Alphabetic Code...

This Dragon Eggs Workbook complements the series to support your learners. It includes reading, spelling and comprehension activities based on the stories in the reading series. The series of 10 decodable books combine a revision of those tricky vowel digraphs and an exciting, beautifully illustrated quest...

Finn must harness the power of the Gauntlets if he is to awaken Titan and stop the Evil Winged One from destroying the world. Titan’s Gauntlets series is a set of 10 imaginative stories with fantastic illustrations, which introduce further alternative vowel and consonant...

Titan’s Gauntlets Series Workbook is a spiral-bound pack of photocopiable reading, writing, spelling and comprehension activities supporting each of Gauntlet reading books and stories. (187 pages)

The Totem Series is a fresh start for older readers that builds up their reading skills from CVC level. This highly structured cumulative series covers the essential phonic foundations that a catch-up reader will need. It precedes and builds up towards the Talisman Series.Designed...

One comprehensive spiral bound photocopiable workbook that offers segmenting, blending, phoneme manipulation and comprehension activities linked to the stories in the books. (224 pages)