Phonic Books truly decodable readers are expertly designed to build solid reading foundations for beginner and catch-up readers.

There are three series of Dandelion decodable books which are perfect for beginner readers covering the sounds of the alphabet, adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, simple two-syllable words and suffixes, and split vowel spellings. Each set has an accompanying photocopiable activity book for you to consolidate and practise the phonics skills learned.

Dandelion Launchers: The Dandelion Launchers series covers the sounds of the alphabet, adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs and simple two-syllable words and suffixes. Each stage introduces new letters/sounds while supporting previously taught phonic letters/sounds and high-frequency words. A game is included at the back of each book, offering a fun way to practise the new phonics skills and knowledge introduced at each stage.

Dandelion World: Dandelion World is a non-fiction decodable series covering a range of high-interest topics from sloths to space. The books follow the same scope and sequence as the Dandelion Launchers series and can be used in parallel. Each book also has a knowledge builder at the back for children and adults to read together to build vocabulary and background knowledge.

Dandelion Readers: Dandelion Readers is a series of books for beginner readers.The Reader Sets cover the initial phonics code, while the Readers Vowel Spellings introduce different spellings for vowel sounds. Dandelion Readers Split Vowel Spellings covers split vowel or silent ‘e’ spellings.More text is included on each page than the Dandelion World and Dandelion Launchers series to build reading stamina. A helpful “Reading Practice” section allows further practice of each new spelling taught.

Dandelion Card Games: Six beautifully designed playing card games that offer practice and consolidation of phonics skills for beginner readers. Linked to the popular Dandelion series of Readers and Activities, these card games will enthuse and delight beginner readers as they learn to read. Starting at CVC word level, the sets introduce consonant digraphs and alternative spellings for vowel sounds. There is also a word building set to encourage confidence in reading. These exciting, fast-paced games make an ideal teaching resource that will engage beginner readers.

Dandelion Teacher Guide Reception: An essential teaching resource for using the Phonic Books Dandelion range in a Reception/Early Years setting. The teacher guide covers the foundations of phonics, key phonics terms, engaging activity ideas,  progress tracking and assessment as well as structured lesson plans to make your phonics implementation easy.

Dandelion Teacher Guide Year 1: An essential resource for using the Dandelion range in a Year 1 setting or for intervention sessions. The guide provides an overview of phonics, of the Phonic Books programme, assessment and guidance for pronunciation and teaching of high-frequency words. There are also structured lesson plans for varying amounts of time, full of engaging and effective activities which are easy to implement.

An overview of the series from LoveReading4Schools Expert Reviewer, Rosie Watch

A set of graded phonic reading books, each book focusing on a particular sound or phonic blend. They link to the much-used sound-write reading and spelling programme. Each book is part of a level, with various units within it. The sounds are clearly indicated on the back of the books, making it quick and easy for a teacher to match the book to the phonic programme being used, or the relevant blend being taught at that time. Dandelion books have been popular and well used in classrooms for nearly 20 years and Dandelion World is the new non-fiction offering for teachers.

The stories are written by Tamar Reis Frankfort, Clair Baker and Wendy Tweedie and illustrated by Drew Wilson.

In addition to focusing on a particular blend or sound, each simple book contains questions for discussion or a game page, featuring such things as matching words, sorting cards and grouping sounds. 

A reliable resource in the classroom, these books have remained popular with teachers as they are a solid support to reading programmes and are both clear and ordered. The print is clear and the illustrations bright and appealing.

You can find a selection of books from this series below, with extracts from the books to download and a further review.

For more information on the books in this Dandelion Phonics series, teacher resources and advice on using the visit phonicbooks.co.uk/beginnerreaders