A chance discovery of an ancient necklace in an old bazaar soon leads Finn and his friends on an incredible quest.
Carefully written stories to motivate older readers and build reading stamina. Each book has a higher ratio of text to illustration to bridge the gap between our structured reading series and mainstream reading.
Action packed from start to finish, these ten exciting stories feature Finn, a well-known character from the Magic Belt series. In this series, a chance discovery of an ancient necklace in a dusty bazaar leads Finn and his friends on an incredible quest.
Carefully written with a higher text to illustration ratio, these longer stories (26 pages) build reading stamina and motivate older readers. Designed to bridge the gap between decodable and mainstream books, these stories are a stepping stone toward having the confidence to understand meaning purely from text.
Book 1: Focuses on words with the suffixes s, es, ed and ing.
Book 2: Focuses on words with the suffixes ful, less, ness, er, est, ly, en, isn, y, able and ible.
Book 3: Focuses on prefixes un, in, im, ir, il, dis and mis.
Book 4: Focuses on prefixes that relate to time, such as re and pre.
Book 5: Focuses on prefixes that relate to numbers, such as uni, tri and quad.
Book 6: Focuses on prefixes that relate to prepositions, such as super.
Book 7: Focuses on prefixes that relate to size, such as magna, mini and micro.
Book 8: Focuses on root words that relate to parts of the body and life, such as cap, man, spec and viv.
Book 9: Focuses on root words that relate to memory, such as mem.
Book 10: Focuses on root words that relate to actions, such as ject, tract, struct, labor, fact and form.
Phonic Books publications specialize in decodable books for beginner and catch-up readers. Founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read, they applied their expertise to developing phonic reading books for young children and older, struggling readers. The books sets range from those suitable for pre-kindergarten students through to reluctant readers in secondary school.
With a growing reputation for their quality and effectiveness these book sets are now widely used by schools, tutors and parents in the UK, US, Canada, and countries around the world.
Features of Books for Beginner Readers
- Designed to engage and enthuse beginner and reluctant readers.
- Highly-structured phonic sequence encourages reading success and building of confidence from the very beginning
- Imaginative stories with appealing characters
- Colourful and motivating illustrations
- Highly-structured phonic progression
- Text on cream background to make the books reader-friendly
- Gradual introduction of high-frequency words
- A clear explanation of Synthetic Phonics for teachers and parents
- Game in every book to consolidate learning
- Additional reading and spelling activities for further reading practice
Features of Books for Catch-up Readers
- Vocabulary Page
- Short chapters for reluctant readers
- Text on cream background for easier reading
- Motivating illustrations and storyline
- Syllables split for reader
- Dyslexia friendly font
- Reading practice page with phonic focus
- Workbooks for further learning linked to stories