Publisher Description

Finn and his sister, Snub, are visting Gran and Grandpa on a remote Scottish island. An accident brings them closer together, but a subsequent calamity is the beginning of an exciting quest.

Phonic Books Island Adventure introduces alternative vowel spellings. Island Adventure comprises 10 books and follows the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Dragon Eggs, Phonic Books Talisman 1 and Phonic Books Rescue and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.

Book 1: Saving the Day (ay, ai, a, a-e, ea, ey)
Book 2: Sea Change (ee, ea, y, e, ie, e-e, ei)
Book 3: Coast to Coast (ow, oa, oe, o-e, o)
Book 4: A World Away (er, ir, ur, or, ear)
Book 5: Sounds and Shadows (ow, ou & oi, oy)
Book 6: A Shrewd Route (oo, ue, u-e, ew, ou, u)
Book 7: An Amazing Find (igh, ie, i-e, i, y)
Book 8: Awesome Morning (a, aw, awe, au, al, ough)
Book 9: Don't Be Scared (air, are, ear, ere, eir)
Book 10: Arty Party (ar)

Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books Island Adventure Activities.

Author Biography

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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