Helping young learners

learn to decode. practise phonics skills. love reading.

Nelson Decodable Readers empowers teachers to transform young learners into confident, lifelong readers.

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Nelson Decodable Readers at a glance

Nelson Decodable Readers is designed to support the instruction of systematic synthetic phonics. Our engaging and inclusive fiction and non-fiction books make phonics instruction accessible, effective and fun!

Each book gives book gives students ample practice of the phonic focus and supports teachers with before- and after-reading activities.
Be guided by our comprehensive scope and sequence or cover gaps in your current program with customisable packs.

Titles

210 books available now
110 books coming in March 2026

Year levels

Foundation to Year 2

Available formats

Print and digital

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Why Choose Nelson Decodable Readers?

320 diverse fiction and informative non-fiction

Build knowledge and explore subjects across your curriculum with factual, relevant non-fiction texts, and foster a love of reading with diverse and inclusive fictional characters that reflect students' real world.

Broad range of focus words per book

Ensure students get sufficient practice of each phonic skill while building vocabulary with an extensive range of focus words in each book and at least one focus word per page.

Holistic approach to early literacy

Support explicit instruction of phonics and phonemic awareness and strengthen your structured literacy block with before- and after-reading activities that drive fluency, comprehension and vocabulary building.

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Optimises classroom instruction

Developed by literacy experts

Covers basic and extended code across 210 books (with 110 more in 2026)

The Nelson Decodable Readers phonic progression was developed in line with early childhood language acquisition and science of reading research. It incrementally and systematically builds students’ phonics ability from basic code to more complex phoneme–grapheme correspondences.

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Access 210 digital texts

Hear audio of the whole text as well as modelled segmenting and blending of individual words

Track fluency progress with audio recording and student management portal

Nelson Decodable Readers Digital is an online phonics library and student management system, featuring 210 decodable fiction and non-fiction readers, 96 decodable storybooks and 82 one-word phonics readers. Assign practice texts and track student progress within the portal.

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Empower students with diverse characters

Build knowledge, comprehension and real-world connections

Nelson Decodable Readers illustrated fiction texts feature diverse and entertaining characters in relatable situations. Our photographic non-fiction texts cover a range of age-appropriate topics that build knowledge and encourage engagement with the wider world.

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Practise phonics skills and identify high-frequency words

Activate prior knowledge

Focus on fluency, automaticity and intonation

Our pre-reading activities aid reading comprehension by prompting students to access and share prior knowledge. Students can practise decoding skills, review target sounds/words and rehearse any challenging words. Irregular high-frequency words are listed for discussion and practice before reading the text.

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Develop reading comprehension and explore beyond the text

Build vocabulary knowledge

Gain extra practice of phonics skills

The after-reading activities include questions that check comprehension and critical thinking by focusing on literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. Additional activities extend vocabulary, provide further practice of target sounds/words and invite students to explore the topic beyond the text. Later levels feature a writing activity.

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The Nelson Decodable Readers extensive online library provides even more supportive practice for students and a handy progress tracker for teachers. Enjoy a free trial period!

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Nelson Decodable Readers Print and Digital

New Nelson Decodable Readers coming March 2026!

Supplement and expand your phonics library with 110 new fiction and non-fiction Nelson Decodable Readers, coming out in March 2026.

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Single consonants and short vowels (Set 1)

Pip (Set 1, Book 1)

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Pip Sips (Set 1, Book 2)

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Sim and Pim (Set 1, Book 3)

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Pim and the Mat (Set 1, Book 4)

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Pip at the Pit (Set 1, Book 5)

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Tam Taps! (Set 1, Book 6)

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At the Pit (Set 1, Book 7)

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Pam Pats, Sam Taps! (Set 1, Book 8)

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Tim and Mits (Set 1, Book 9)

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Sit, Mits! (Set 1, Book 10)

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Pat, Pat, Pat! (Set 1, Book 11)

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Pam, Sam and Tam (Set 1, Book 12)

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Sit, Sip, Tip, Pat! (Set 1, Book 13)

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My Mat! (Set 1, Book 14)

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Sip! Sip! Sip! (Set 1, Book 15)

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Pip and Mits (Set 1, Book 16)

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Tip, Pat and Tap (Set 1, Book 17)

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Mim and Tim (Set 1, Book 18)

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Is It a ... ? (Set 1, Book 19)

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Pim? Pim? (Set 1, Book 20)

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Seb and Mits (Set 2, Book 1)

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Sam in the Cab (Set 2, Book 2)

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The Rip in the Hat (Set 2, Book 3)

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Tab in a Cap! (Set 2, Book 4)

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Tip the Hen (Set 2, Book 5)

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Sim, Pim and the Bat (Set 2, Book 6)

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Reb the Ram (Set 2, Book 7)

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My Pet Map (Set 2, Book 8)

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Pep and Ben (Set 2, Book 9)

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I Bet It Fits! (Set 2, Book 10)

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Bats (Set 2, Book 11)

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Fin Has a Map (Set 2, Book 12)

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Sam, Fab and Bec (Set 2, Book 13)

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Tam Met Reb (Set 2, Book 14)

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Hats and Caps (Set 2, Book 15)

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The Pet Rap (Set 2, Book 16)

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Pet Cats (Set 2, Book 17)

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Seb and the Cat (Set 2, Book 18)

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In the Cab (Set 2, Book 19)

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Tam and the Hat (Set 2, Book 20)

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Single consonants and short vowels (Set 3)

A Bug on my Bed! (Set 3, Book 1)

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d, j, o, g, u

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The Dog in the Fog (Set 3, Book 2)

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d, j, o, g, u

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A Nap in Bed (Set 3, Book 3)

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Bip and the Nut (Set 3, Book 4)

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I Can Jog! (Set 3, Book 5)

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My Dog, Dom (Set 3, Book 6)

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Pim and Big Mag (Set 3, Book 7)

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Pip Met Bun (Set 3, Book 8)

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The Pet Fun Run (Set 3, Book 9)

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It Is Hot! (Set 3, Book 10)

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Tig the Cub (Set 3, Book 11)

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Gus the Bus (Set 3, Book 12)

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Peg Digs a Dam (Set 3, Book 13)

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Fun in the Sun (Set 3, Book 14)

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Jobs for Tib (Set 3, Book 15)

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Jin and the Rat! (Set 3, Book 16)

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Dogs (Set 3, Book 17)

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A Bed for Red Hen (Set 3, Book 18)

Fiction

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The Big Map (Set 3, Book 19)

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Run, Reds, Run! (Set 3, Book 20)

Fiction

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