This series comprises 12 truly decodable non-fiction books for older readers who can read simple CVC words. Thrilling narratives are packed with facts on high-interest topics that will appeal to older readers, taking them from CVC and CVCC word text through to adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

Book 1: CVC, CVCC
Book 2: CVCC
Book 3: CVCC
Book 4: CCVC and -ed
Book 5: CCVCC
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’
Book 8: ‘th’
Book 9: ‘ck’ and ‘qu’
Book 10: ‘ng’
Book 11: ‘wh’ and -ing
Book 12: ‘le’

Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books The Fact Files 1 Activities.

The Fact Files 1 shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books That Dog! and Magic Belt and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.