Reading Stars Phonics
Interest Age: 4 - 7
Reading Age: 4 - 7
Lilac - Lime band
A collection of 250 fully decodable books to support phonics teaching in EYFS/KS1.
For more information and digital samples, visit our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics Hub.
Reading Stars Phonics Complete Pack (Phases 1 to 5)
£1,250.00 - £7,500.00 £1,062.00 - £6,375.00*
Reading Stars Phonics Complete Pack (Phases 2 to 5)
£1,115.00 - £6,690.00 £947.00 - £5,686.00*
"These books have been invaluable during lockdowns. The titles and cover illustrations are always enticing and draw my daughter into the books. The themes are far ranging and keep us entertained as she increases her confidence, ability and enjoyment of reading."
Parent
"We love the style of your books and have ordered a couple of sets to use. So far the children are very excited about the new books as they cater to their interests. And it is much easier to choose a suitable book that matches with the sounds that they already know."
Natalie Walsh, Newbold and Tredington CE Primary School
"From an English Lead point of view, they closely match our phonics teaching scheme, they are easily categorised in to week by week teaching and they help to support children who need further support. I also like how they support equality and diversity and show children a range of different cultures and disabilities. As a school, we are working for our equality and diversity badge and feel that Reading Stars Phonics really helps to support this. Our school has 99% of children who are white British and we have a very low percentage of FSM, so we feel that through reading Reading Stars Phonics, children are being exposed to the wider world and this also supports their cultural capital. I would recommend these books to all other schools."
Rachel Shields, St. Michael’s on Wyre CE Primary School and Nursery
"We researched different schemes aiming to find one to cater to all our needs – providing a breadth of books for children to embed their learning without moving too quickly, whilst also providing interesting stories to initiate discussion and represent children and their backgrounds. Reading Stars Phonics stood out, with books including vibrant pictures and interesting content reflecting the rich diversity of a child’s world. (One parent commented ‘this book has my brother’s name as one of the characters. I've never come across a book with his name in it.’) We were so impressed by the books that we decided to buy the entire range and amend our phonics teaching, rather than buy the books to complement our scheme. This required a change to the order in which we previously taught the sounds. However, as a result, we now have the best of both worlds, delighting all involved including teachers, children and parents. And our children’s reading achievements continue to impress!"
Cara Ventham, Jack and Jill Family of Schools
"I love the ease of matching a child’s phonics learning to a suitable book. It gives them the confidence to read what they know as well as developing their phonic goals. There is a huge variety of books in each set before they move on."
Helen Chester, Teacher
"My son Milo and a few of his classmates are on Phase 3 and are enjoying talking about which books they've read and which they want to pick next. It's lovely to hear."
Katie Black, Parent
"They are great. Opportunities to independently access the wider curriculum plus excellent for group work and they have a sense of humour running through them! Many phonics schemes are just decoding and are therefore devoid of interest or sense, but the books in this scheme have both."
Abi Burton, Teacher
"We purchased a full set of your amazing reading books this year and we have been absolutely delighted with the enjoyment our children have taken from reading them and the incredible progress they have made."
Vicky Gambier, Semley CE Primary School
"What lovely thought-provoking pictures. They will provide great discussions."
Charlotte Ingram, Acorn Academy
"We are thrilled with our new Reading Stars Phonics books."
Gillian Schia, St Paul's Primary School
"I asked my Reception staff for some feedback on the phonics books. They were very positive – they were decodable, an appropriate length and appealing to the children."
Sam Bishop, St. Mary's CE Academy
"Absolutely excellent and highly recommended. They are beautifully illustrated, fun and engaging books."
The SEN Resources Blog
"We were astonished at how well our order was packaged. The books themselves look delightful, I don't want to wish the holidays away but I can't wait to share these with the children on their return. Phonics reading has never looked so good!"
Michelle Quick, Pulford Lower School
"I just wanted to write to you to say how much we are enjoying your books. They have been so fantastic to use with the new reception class. It is brilliant that they can actually pick up a book from such an early age and begin to read with confidence. In addition to this, we have the Phase 1 books. These are amazing and the children absolutely love them. They are so bright and interesting and it is easy to follow the flow of the pages. Not only have our pre-school and reception children enjoyed them, even our Y2s have had a go at telling the stories and spotting what is on the pages! We are very happy Ransom and we will certainly be back to order more books when we need them."
Kate Young, Stoke St Michael School
"I've just received the Phase 1 books! They are so lovely, especially ‘I am a Grown-Up’ – it’s my favourite; excellent diversity and gender message."
Naomi Ahearn, King Athelstan Primary School
"I have looked at the books with the Year 1 teachers in the school and we must say we liked them a lot. The font used was a good choice and we were happy with the cultural diversity shown in the pictures and illustrations. In the fiction books, we liked the illustrations and felt that the books looked 'fun' for the children. In the non-fiction books, we really liked the photos/pictures and thought that the children would enjoy them too."
Vicky Mitchell, Christ Church and St Peter's CE Primary School
Reading Stars Phonics
Interest Age: 4 – 7 years
Reading Age: 4 – 7 years
AR Level: LY/MY 0.7 – 4.5 (not all titles quizzed)
Book Band: Lilac – Lime
Catch Up Level: n/a
Lexile Level: 25 – 750
Word Count: 0 – 517
Pages: 8 – 16
Book Dimensions: 162 x 200 mm
Full-colour (with illustrations) throughout