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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.
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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.
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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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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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Single consonants and short vowels (Set 1)
Pip (Set 1, Book 1)
Fiction
m, s, a, p, i, t
Pip Sips (Set 1, Book 2)
Sim and Pim (Set 1, Book 3)
Pim and the Mat (Set 1, Book 4)
Pip at the Pit (Set 1, Book 5)
Tam Taps! (Set 1, Book 6)
At the Pit (Set 1, Book 7)
Pam Pats, Sam Taps! (Set 1, Book 8)
Tim and Mits (Set 1, Book 9)
Sit, Mits! (Set 1, Book 10)
Pat, Pat, Pat! (Set 1, Book 11)
Non-fiction
Pam, Sam and Tam (Set 1, Book 12)
Sit, Sip, Tip, Pat! (Set 1, Book 13)
My Mat! (Set 1, Book 14)
Sip! Sip! Sip! (Set 1, Book 15)
Pip and Mits (Set 1, Book 16)
Tip, Pat and Tap (Set 1, Book 17)
Mim and Tim (Set 1, Book 18)
Is It a ... ? (Set 1, Book 19)
Pim? Pim? (Set 1, Book 20)
Single consonants and short vowels (Set 2)
Seb and Mits (Set 2, Book 1)
c, b, r, e, f, h, n
Sam in the Cab (Set 2, Book 2)
The Rip in the Hat (Set 2, Book 3)
Tab in a Cap! (Set 2, Book 4)
Tip the Hen (Set 2, Book 5)
Sim, Pim and the Bat (Set 2, Book 6)
Reb the Ram (Set 2, Book 7)
My Pet Map (Set 2, Book 8)
Pep and Ben (Set 2, Book 9)
I Bet It Fits! (Set 2, Book 10)
Bats (Set 2, Book 11)
Fin Has a Map (Set 2, Book 12)
Sam, Fab and Bec (Set 2, Book 13)
Tam Met Reb (Set 2, Book 14)
Hats and Caps (Set 2, Book 15)
The Pet Rap (Set 2, Book 16)
Pet Cats (Set 2, Book 17)
Seb and the Cat (Set 2, Book 18)
In the Cab (Set 2, Book 19)
Tam and the Hat (Set 2, Book 20)
Single consonants and short vowels (Set 3)
A Bug on my Bed! (Set 3, Book 1)
d, j, o, g, u
The Dog in the Fog (Set 3, Book 2)
A Nap in Bed (Set 3, Book 3)
Bip and the Nut (Set 3, Book 4)
I Can Jog! (Set 3, Book 5)
My Dog, Dom (Set 3, Book 6)
Pim and Big Mag (Set 3, Book 7)
Pip Met Bun (Set 3, Book 8)
The Pet Fun Run (Set 3, Book 9)
It Is Hot! (Set 3, Book 10)
Tig the Cub (Set 3, Book 11)
Gus the Bus (Set 3, Book 12)
Peg Digs a Dam (Set 3, Book 13)
Fun in the Sun (Set 3, Book 14)
Jobs for Tib (Set 3, Book 15)
Jin and the Rat! (Set 3, Book 16)
Dogs (Set 3, Book 17)
A Bed for Red Hen (Set 3, Book 18)
The Big Map (Set 3, Book 19)
Run, Reds, Run! (Set 3, Book 20)
Single consonants and short vowels (Set 4)
Kip and the Vet (Set 4, Book 1)
k, l, v, q(u), w
Hop in the Van, Quin! (Set 4, Book 2)
Val and Kip See Lin (Set 4, Book 3)
Do Not Quit, Viv! (Set 4, Book 4)
Vim and Vig (Set 4, Book 5)
Mits and the Van (Set 4, Book 6)
Ten Kids and a Pup (Set 4, Book 7)
Kel's Bad Leg (Set 4, Book 8)
Vin's Web (Set 4, Book 9)
Bugs on a Log (Set 4, Book 10)
Is It Wet? (Set 4, Book 11)
Can Reb Win? (Set 4, Book 12)
Lots to See (Set 4, Book 13)
Sim and Pim Win (Set 4, Book 14)
Lots to Get (Set 4, Book 15)
Kim and the Kid (Set 4, Book 16)
Lad Sees the Vet (Set 4, Book 17)
Mon Gets Wet (Set 4, Book 18)
In Quin's Room (Set 4, Book 19)
Mon and the Log (Set 4, Book 20)
Single consonants and short vowels (Set 5)
Max Fox at The Hut (Set 5 Book 1)
x, y, z
A Yum Lunch (Set 5 Book 2)
The Pip Zips! (Set 5 Book 3)
Fix the Van! (Set 5 Book 4)
Max Fox and His Sax (Set 5 Book 5)
The Big Quiz (Set 5 Book 6)
The Pet Quiz (Set 5 Book 7)
Can Zac See? (Set 5 Book 8)
Mon Gets Six (Set 5 Book 9)
Yip Is in the Cubs! (Set 5 Book 10)
The Big Box (Set 5 Book 11)
A Box for Mits (Set 5 Book 12)
Caz Can See Nan (Set 5 Book 13)
Can Yaz Fix It? (Set 5 Book 14)
Fox and Cubs (Set 5 Book 15)
Fox at the Den (Set 5 Book 16)
Ten, Not Six! (Set 5 Book 17)
Six Pots (Set 5 Book 18)
Zak and Lex Get Cod (Set 5 Book 19)
Six Cans of Jam (Set 5 Book 20)
Double consonants / floss rule (Set 6)
Miff and Joff (Set 6, Book 1)
ff, ll, ss, zz
Tiff and the Big Top (Set 6, Book 2)
Saff Gets a Dress (Set 6, Book 3)
Ruff Smells Hot Dogs (Set 6, Book 4)
Be Still, Gill and Bill! (Set 6, Book 5)
Sand and Shells (Set 6, Book 6)
Tess, the Best Dog (Set 6, Book 7)
The Dress Up Box (Set 6, Book 8)
Foss Is the Boss (Set 6, Book 9)
Some Bugs Buzz (Set 6, Book 10)
Jazz Has Frizz (Set 6, Book 12)
Bop to the Jazz (Set 6, Book 12)
Consonant digraphs (initial) (Set 7.1)
The Ship in the Fog (Set 7.1, Book 1)
sh, ch, th, wh, qu, ph
Choc Chips for Mum (Set 7.1, Book 2)
Gus Gets a Shell (Set 7.1, Book 3)
Tot, the Thin Cub (Set 7.1, Book 4)
This Big Hill (Set 7.1, Book 5)
Wham, What a Mess! (Set 7.1, Book 6)
A Fun Quiz (Set 7.1, Book 7)
Where Is Dad's Phone? (Set 7.1, Book 8)
Let's Go to the Shops! (Set 7.1, Book 9)
A Chip in Tom's Ship (Set 7.1, Book 10)
Consonant digraphs (final) (Set 7.2)
Looking at Fish (Set 7.2, Book 1)
Non-Fiction
sh, ch, th, ck, ng
Fish for Lunch (Set 7.2, Book 2)
Big Jag Looks for Fish (Set 7.2, Book 3)
Fun with Cloth (Set 7.2, Book 4)
Gus Gets Stuck (Set 7.2, Book 5)
Ducks and Chicks (Set 7.2, Book 6)
Bub Can Sing (Set 7.2, Book 7)
Let's Munch Lunch! (Set 7.2, Book 8)
Moths (Set 7.2, Book 9)
Big Kids Song Day (Set 7.2, Book 10)
Consonant blending (initial) (Set 8.1)
Black Things (Set 8.1, Book 1)
bl, gl, cr, fr, st
Glen Is Glad (Set 8.1, Book 2)
The Crab in the Crack (Set 8.1, Book 3)
Mon and the Red Frog (Set 8.1, Book 4)
Chad Gets Stung (Set 8.1, Book 5)
Gus's Black Feathers (Set 8.1, Book 6)
Pop's Gloss (Set 8.1, Book 7)
Crabs (Set 8.1, Book 8)
Lots of Frogs (Set 8.1, Book 9)
Bub Is Stuck (Set 8.1, Book 10)
Consonant blending (final) (Set 8.2)
A Gift for Fran (Set 8.2, Book 1)
ft, mp, nd, nk, st
The Damp Camp (Set 8.2, Book 2)
Bands on the Sand (Set 8.2, Book 3)
My Trunk (Set 8.2, Book 4)
The Best Nest (Set 8.2, Book 5)
The Box in the Loft (Set 8.2, Book 6)
Chimps (Set 8.2, Book 7)
Lending a Hand (Set 8.2, Book 8)
The Top Bunk (Set 8.2, Book 9)
Frost on the Van (Set 8.2, Book 10)
Consonant-vowel patterns (Set 9)
Miff and the Long Nap (Set 9, Book 1)
at, an, ap, et, og, ug, ell, ack, ash, ing
Fran the Van (Set 9, Book 2)
A Hat for Pong (Set 9, Book 3)
Pets on Jets (Set 9, Book 4)
The Frog Pond Dash (Set 9, Book 5)
Where Is Slug? (Set 9, Book 6)
Nell Gets a Hat (Set 9, Book 7)
Big Frog Track (Set 9, Book 8)
Dash and Crash! (Set 9, Book 9)
Bing Brings a Bug (Set 9, Book 10)
Long vowels review (Set 10)
Trains and Their Rails (Set 10, Book 1)
a, ai, ay, a_e, ea, eigh
Great Danes on a Plane (Set 10, Book 2)
I Feel Sleepy (Set 10, Book 3)
e, ee, ea, ie, ey, e_e, y
Joey's Monkey (Set 10, Book 4)
Tom's Big Pie (Set 10, Book 5)
i, igh, i_e, y, ie
The Right Kite (Set 10, Book 6)
Stig Floats in the Moat (Set 10, Book 7)
o, oa, ow, o_e, oe
Look at Us Glow (Set 10, Book 8)
Rescue Crews (Set 10, Book 9)
u, ue, ew, u_e
Hugo Joins the Band (Set 10, Book 10)
r-Controlled vowel sounds (Set 11)
Meg the Shark (Set 11, Book 1)
ar, er, ir, ur, or
At the Park (Set 11, Book 2)
Mon in the Ferns (Set 11, Book 3)
Bun Eats the Herbs (Set 11, Book 4)
Hip Hop Twirls and Swirls (Set 11, Book 5)
Birds (Set 11, Book 6)
Bree in the Surf (Set 11, Book 7)
Fur or Fins (Set 11, Book 8)
Gus Looks for Dad (Set 11, Book 9)
Play Sport! (Set 11, Book 10)
Long long /oo/ graphemes (Set 12)
Goose on the Loose (Set 12, Book 1)
oo, ue, ew, ui, u_e, ou, u, oe, o
Drew's New Seeds (Set 12, Book 2)
Stuck in a Wet Suit (Set 12, Book 3)
Luke's Flute (Set 12, Book 4)
The Singing Group Trip (Set 12, Book 5)
Pluto in a Tutu (Set 12, Book 6)
Vig and Vim Go by Canoe (Set 12, Book 7)
Ruth and Boo (Set 12, Book 8)
Jude Prunes Trees (Set 12, Book 9)
Prue's Tea Party (Set 12, Book 10)
Diphthongs and vowel teams (Set 13)
Toys for Roy (Set 13, Book 1)
oy/oi, ow/ou, oo/u, aw/au
Food Grows in Soil (Set 13, Book 2)
The Owl in the Tower (Set 13, Book 3)
We Found a Hound (Set 13, Book 4)
My Dog Bit My Book! (Set 13, Book 5)
Look, It's Snowing! (Set 13, Book 6)
Haul in the Fish! (Set 13, Book 7)
Tot and the Hawk (Set 13, Book 8)
Schwa / unstressed sounds (Set 14)
Hungry Like a Cheetah (Set 14, Book 1)
a, e, i, o, u (representing the schwa sound)
Zebras (Set 14, Book 2)
Kittens Don't Eat Jam (Set 14, Book 3)
The Camel's Blanket (Set 14, Book 4)
The Missing Rabbit (Set 14, Book 5)
A Trip to Fossil Beach (Set 14, Book 6)
Devon Gets the Common Cold (Set 14, Book 7)
Lessons About Dinosaurs (Set 14, Book 8)
Linus Has Painful Tusks (Set 14, Book 9)
Ring-Tail Possums (Set 14, Book 10)
Low-Frequency Spellings (Set 19)
Swans (Set 19, Book 1)
a /o/
What Can You Do with Rice? (Set 19, Book 2)
Mum's Wonderful Cake (Set 19, Book 3)
o /u/
The Wonder of Travel (Set 19, Book 4)
Champions (Set 19, Book 5)
i /ē/
The Path to the Blossoms (Set 19, Book 6)
a /ar/
Ask Me About Animals (Set 19, Book 7)
Take a Breath, Heather (Set 19, Book 8)
ea /e
Dodge Is Ready to Play (Set 19, Book 9)
Nonno Feels Young Again (Set 19, Book 10)
ou /u/
Syllable Division (Set 18)
Tot's Problem (Set 18, Book 1)
VC/CV, VC/V, V/CV, V/V
The Problem with Plastic (Set 18, Book 2)
Looking After Our Rivers (Set 18, Book 3)
Animal Talents (Set 18, Book 4)
Gold Fever (Set 18, Book 5)
Comets (Set 18, Book 6)
Cleo's Poem (Set 18, Book 7)
Real Dragons (Set 18, Book 8)
Nugget the Lion (Set 18, Book 9)
Izzy's Secret Project (Set 18, Book 10)
Silent Letters/Low-Frequency Digraphs (Set 20)
Get to Know Foods from Other Countries (Set 20, Book 1)
kn gn /n/, mb lm /m/, wr /r/, gh /g/
Knox and the Queen's Gold (Set 20, Book 2)
Baking with Knox the Knight (Set 20, Book 3)
Studying Dolphins (Set 20, Book 4)
ch /sh/ /k/, ph gh /f/
After-School Fun (Set 20, Book 5)
Soft Consonants/Trigraphs/Jobs of y (Set 16)
Mice Are Nice! (Set 16, Book 1)
c /s/
A Cub in a Cage (Set 16, Book 2)
g /j/
Magical Dance (Set 16, Book 3)
c /s/, g /j/
Tot and Chad Hatch a Plan (Set 16, Book 4)
tch /ch/
Cross the Bridge and Pass the Hedge (Set 16, Book 5)
dge /j/
Grace Makes Badges (Set 16, Book 6)
c /s/, g /j/, tch /ch/, dge /j/
A Nice, Big Batch (Set 16, Book 7)
The Shy Pony (Set 16, Book 8)
y /i/, y /ī/, y /ē/, y /y/
The Fussy Puppy (Set 16, Book 9)
Come to Egypt! (Set 16, Book 10)
Suffixes (Set 17)
Gracie Loves Games (Set 17, Book 1)
s, es
Helping the Lost Pets Home (Set 17, Book 2)
ed, ing
Getting to Know Our Earth (Set 17, Book 3)
Consonant doubling for suffix addition
Getting Around with Dogs (Set 17, Book 4)
Buddies in the City (Set 17, Book 5)
Change y to i for suffix addition
The Luckiest Dogs (Set 17, Book 6)
Families (Set 17, Book 7)
Be Nicer, Nugget! (Set 17, Book 8)
Kym and Yez Go Riding (Set 17, Book 9)
Drop e for suffix addition
Hiking in the Hills (Set 17, Book 10)
Digraphs/Consonant Blending (Supplemental)
A Sloth Cannot Rush (Digraphs)
sh, ch, th, wh, qu, ph, ck, ng
A Bath for Steph (Digraphs)
Quick Bath, Long Bath (Digraphs)
A Chum for Tot (Digraphs)
Come to Hong Kong! (Digraphs)
Mum Skunk and Scamp the Dog (Consonant Blending)
bl, gl, cr, fr, st, ft, mp, nd, nk
Hank's Pranks (Consonant Blending)
A Nest for Spring (Consonant Blending)
Spring Thrills! (Consonant Blending)
Walking and Strolling (Consonant Blending)
Diphthongs/Vowel Teams/Long /ū/ Graphemes (Supplemental)
Boyd and Floyd Join the Dig (Diphthongs)
ou/ow, oi/oy
It's Cold Outside (Diphthongs)
Cows (Diphthongs)
Scout and Joybell at the Show (Diphthongs)
A Look in the Woods (Vowel Teams)
oo, u (short /oo/)
A Camp in the Bush (Vowel Teams)
A Trip to the Moon (Long /ū/ Graphemes)
oo, ou, ue, ew, ui, u, oe, o
Cooking Food with Fire (Long /ū/ Graphemes)
The Lost Hawks Cap (Vowel Teams)
al, augh, ough, aw, au
Horns, Claws and Jaws (Vowel Teams)
Long Vowels Alternative Spellings (Supplemental)
Hunting Prey (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
a, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh
Fishing on the Bay (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
Bub Plays Tag (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
Stay Safe on Wet Days (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
The Sleigh in the Hay (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
Each Week (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
e, y, ee, ea, ey, ie, ei
No Treat for the Seal! (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
The Peach Thief (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
From a Seed to a Tree (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
The Cat Fight (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
i, y, igh, ie
Try to Hunt, Tot! (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
Pies in the Sky (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
Pilots and Flights (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
A Toasted Loaf for Dad (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
o, oa, oe, ow
All Types of Boats (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
The Pumpkin Goal (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
Mint and the Blue Jay (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
u, ew, ue, eu
A New Crew for the Blue Emu (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
Hugo and Flo to the Rescue (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
Rue, Euro and the New Baby (Long Vowels Alternative Spellings)
VCe (Supplemental)
A Chase in the Caves (VCe Long Vowels)
a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e
Kites (VCe Long Vowels)
I Like to Be at Home (VCe Long Vowels)
Zeke and the Flute (VCe Long Vowels)
Duke and the Tag (VCe Long Vowels)
Hide in the Cave! (VCe Long Vowels)
Snakes (VCe Long Vowels)
You Can Win a Prize! (VCe Long Vowels)
Dash to the Log Pile (VCe Long Vowels)
A Whale's Song (VCe Long Vowels)
Words with all, oll, ull (Supplemental)
A Call from Nan (Words with ull, oll, all)
all, oll, ull
Bull Hill Fest (Words with ull, oll, all)
A Full Day! (Words with ull, oll, all)
Gill and Bill Are Full (Words with ull, oll, all)
Todd Calls to a New Pal (Words with ull, oll, all)
Syllables (Set 15)
The Big Pumpkin Contest (Set 15, Book 1)
Closed syllables and compound words
The Music We Make (Set 15, Book 2)
Open syllables
Gus and the Sunfish (Set 15, Book 3)
Open and closed syllables
Camden and Bobo in the Rain (Set 15, Book 4)
Wild Animals (Set 15, Book 5)
Closed syllable exceptions
The Gold Frog Hunt (Set 15, Book 6)
Wildlife that Hides (Set 15, Book 7)
VCe multisyllabic words
A Mistake on the Lake (Set 15, Book 8)
Homemade Cakes (Set 15, Book 9)
Bub Escapes from the Reptile! (Set 15, Book 10)
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