Mel on Mars Series

Mel on Mars Series

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Mel on Mars are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. The pack of 12 decodable books is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading and in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.

Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or KS2/Years 5 and 6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.

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 (sat, s – a – t).
– Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
– CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

Each 16-page book contains:

– Reading practice/vocabulary
– Contents page
– Story pages