Phonic Books Mel on Mars

Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers.

Mel on Mars is a series of books designed for older children in the early stages of reading who need support. These books introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time, gradually teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories. The pack contains 12 decodable books aimed at children ages 9-12 or KS2/Years 5 and 6. The series starts at the CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.

Each stage offers dedicated books to break down phonics practice while providing different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start. 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 (e.g., sat, s - a - t).
• Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
• Coverage of CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs, and suffixes like -ed and -ing.

Each 16-page book contains:

• Reading practice/vocabulary
• Contents page
• Story pages

What is phonics?

Phonics is a method of teaching children to read by helping them understand the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to create words. Children can learn to read by using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialises in decodable, systematic books that support this structured literacy instruction.