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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...
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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.
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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
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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