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Phonic Books Dark Waters

By Phonic Books
Series: Phonic Books Catch-up Decodable Readers
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Phonic Books Dark Waters offers truly decodable books for older readers who need support with their reading. Lex's Grandad has been working on a secret invention, but disaster strikes when he encounters some people intent on stealing it. Luckily, Lex has some new friends and a... Read More
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Phonic Books Dark Waters

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Phonic Books Dark Waters offers truly decodable books for older readers who need support with their reading.

Lex's Grandad has been working on a secret invention, but disaster strikes when he encounters some people intent on stealing it. Luckily, Lex has some new friends and a cunning plan that he hopes will save the day.

Book 1: Suffixes (-s, -es, -ed, -ing)

Book 2: Suffixes (-ful, -less, -ness, -er, -est, -ly, -en, -ish, -y, -able, -ible)

Book 3: Prefixes (un-, in-, im-, ir-, il-, dis-, mis-)

Book 4: Prefixes (re-, pre-)

Book 5: Prefixes (uni-, tri-, quad-)

Book 6: Prefixes (super-)

Book 7: Prefixes (magna-, mini-, micro-)

Book 8: Root words (cap, man, spec, viv)

Book 9: Root words (mem)

Book 10: Root words (ject, tract, struct, labor, fact, form)

Accompanying activities will be available within Phonic Books Dark Waters Activities.

Phonic Books Dark Waters shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Amber Guardians and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.

Series: Phonic Books Catch-up Decodable Readers

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241732168

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Format: Multiple-component retail product, slip-cased

Date Published: 02 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phonic Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 39.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 1014g

Pages: 320

Collections

Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Non-Fiction Penguin Books Phonic Books Series: Phonic Books Catch-up Decodable Readers

About the Author

Phonic Books specialises in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older, struggling readers.

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