Alba Series

Phonic Books

1 each of 12 titles (12 books)

Ages 8 - 14+
Grades / Interest Level 3 - 9
Reading Level Phonics
Format 5.875" x 8.25" (12 pages each)
Product Code USAL1 ( MR #069391 )

Price $75.95

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Aimed at girls and boys, this series has a feisty, resourceful female heroine. Alba steps in to save the day when someone threatens to jeopardize her fathers important scientific work.

Alba lives in London with her family. Her dad is a scientist. A breed of superbugs is destroying all the apple trees in the world and Alba’s dad is working hard to save them. He has the last apple seed left in the world safely at home…until Max comes to the house to steal the seed and in the process he shrinks Alba down to 4 inches tall. Will Alba be able to dodge Max and save the seed to return it safely to her dad?

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)

Starting at CVC level the books progress at a faster pace through adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and alternative vowel spellings.

This series shares the same phonic progression as the Totem Series and can be used in parallel.

Includes 12 decodable books starting at CVC & CVCC level.

Book 1: CVC, CVCC

Book 2: CCVC (CVC, CVCC, CCVC)

Book 3: CCVCC (CVC, CVCC, CCVCC)

Book 4: 'sh', 'ch', 'th'

Book 5: 'ck', 'ng', 'qu', 'wh'

Book 6: 'ae' (ai, ay, a-e, a)

Book 7: 'ee' (ee, ea, e, y, ey)

Book 8: 'oe' (o-e, ow, oa, o)

Book 9: 'er' (er, ir, ur)