Phonic Books Rescue

Decodable Books for Older Readers (Alternative Vowel Spellings)

When disaster strikes, Erin and her friend Danny must rescue her baby brother Jack. Phonic Books Rescue introduces alternative vowel spellings. Rescue comprises ten books and follows the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Talisman 1 and Phonic Books Island Adventure and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.

Book 1: A Great Break (ay, ai, a, a-e, ea, ey)
Book 2: The Search Begins (ee, ea, y, e, ie, e-e, ei)
Book 3: Rainbow Fish (ow, oa, o, oe, o-e)
Book 4: On With the Search (er, ir, ur, or, ear)
Book 5: A Long Way Down (ow, ou & oi, oy)
Book 6: A Gruesome Monster (oo, ue, u-e, ew, ou, u)
Book 7: Time is Running Out! (igh, ie, i-e, i, y)
Book 8: An Awful Planet (aw, awe, a, au, al, ough)
Book 9: No Time to Spare (air, are, ear, ere, eir)
Book 10: Dark Times (ar)

Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension can be found in Rescue Activities.
Clair Wilson is a former SEN teacher and co-founder of Phonic Books. She specialises in writing engaging decodable stories for reading catch up.

Cynthia Paul is an Indian-American illustrator specialising in storytelling through graphic novel illustrations. View titles by Phonic Books
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When disaster strikes, Erin and her friend Danny must rescue her baby brother Jack. Phonic Books Rescue introduces alternative vowel spellings. Rescue comprises ten books and follows the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Talisman 1 and Phonic Books Island Adventure and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.

Book 1: A Great Break (ay, ai, a, a-e, ea, ey)
Book 2: The Search Begins (ee, ea, y, e, ie, e-e, ei)
Book 3: Rainbow Fish (ow, oa, o, oe, o-e)
Book 4: On With the Search (er, ir, ur, or, ear)
Book 5: A Long Way Down (ow, ou & oi, oy)
Book 6: A Gruesome Monster (oo, ue, u-e, ew, ou, u)
Book 7: Time is Running Out! (igh, ie, i-e, i, y)
Book 8: An Awful Planet (aw, awe, a, au, al, ough)
Book 9: No Time to Spare (air, are, ear, ere, eir)
Book 10: Dark Times (ar)

Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension can be found in Rescue Activities.

Author

Clair Wilson is a former SEN teacher and co-founder of Phonic Books. She specialises in writing engaging decodable stories for reading catch up.

Cynthia Paul is an Indian-American illustrator specialising in storytelling through graphic novel illustrations. View titles by Phonic Books

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