Learn how to read with these decodable Phonics Books for older readers. Mel on Mars is a series of books for older readers that introduces children to a few letters and sounds simultaneously. The package includes 12 decodable books aimed at older children in the early stages of reading and in need of support, teaching various grammatical types through a series of stories.

Specialized books at each stage analyze the practice of phonics while offering different stories, promoting independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or KS2/Years 5 and 6. It starts at the CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant clusters, with gentle progression throughout the series. For example:

• Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC
• Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC
• Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
• Book 7: ‘sh’

This series of books for struggling readers includes:

• A pack of 12 decodable books, each containing a story with different phonetic letters and sounds.
• Each section introduces new letters and sounds with their pronunciation (sat, s - a - t).
• Reading material aimed at older children who need support in their reading.
• CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant clusters, and -ed and -ing endings.

Each 16-page book contains:

• Reading/vocabulary practice
• Table of contents
• Story pages

What is phonics? Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds produced by individual letters and blending them to create a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonics Books specialize in decodable, systematic books that support this structured literacy instruction.

Pages: 192, Dimensions: 15.3x15.3cm