Phonic Books Mel on Mars are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. The pack of 12 decodable books is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading and in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.

Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or KS2/Years 5 and 6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.

For example:
Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC
Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC
Book 6: 'ch' and 'tch'
Book 7: 'sh'

This catch-up reader book series features:

- A pack of 12 decodable books each containing a story with different phonic letters and sounds.
- Each unit introduces new letters and sounds through sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
- Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
- CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

Each 16-page book contains:

- Reading practice/vocabulary
- Contents page
- Story pages

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialises in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.