When Zak’s grandfather falls ill, Zak must go on a quest to find 10 magical gems to help cure him.
Zak is ten years old. He lives with his Grandpa. One day, Grandpa gets very sick. When Zak goes to seek help, he meets a wizard. Strangely, the wizard already knows that Zak’s Grandpa is sick. He offers to cure his Grandpa and, in return, Zak must go on a quest. He must find ten magic gems. Zak sets off with his friend, Finn. How will they find the magic gems? Will they find them in time to save Grandpa?
- Designed for guided or independent reading
- Ideal for practicing specific decoding patterns in the context of a larger narrative
- Text is supported by color pictures on each page
- Each book focuses on a set of sound-spellings for readers to practice
- Action-packed stories in short books (about 300 words each)
This action-packed quest story takes the student from CVC and CVCC word level text through to adjacent consonants, consonant teams and suffixes.
Includes 12 decodable books for ‘catch-up’ students who are reading at CVC level.
Book 1: cvc, cvcc
Book 2: cvcc
Book 3: cvcc
Book 4: ccvc and ‘ed’
Book 5: ccvcc
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’
Book 8: ‘th’
Book 9: ‘ck’ and ‘qu’
Book 10: ‘ng’
Book 11: ‘wh’ and ‘ing’
Book 12: ‘le’
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