The Jolly Readers use controlled vocabulary so children can read words from their knowledge of the letter sounds in Jolly Phonics. Only a few essential tricky words are used, and these are shown at the back of each book.

• Level 1 (red) of Jolly Readers uses words with the basic letter sounds in Jolly Phonics. Alternative spellings will be introduced in a later level.
• Level 2 (yellow) is slightly more advanced than the first. Now, in addition to the 42 letter sounds used in the first level, y is used for the /ee/ sound at the end of words like funny. As before, light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the b in lamb.
• Level 3 (green) introduces the 'magic e' for spelling words with the long vowels (as in make, like, bone and tune) to give a new challenge to young readers.
• At Level 4 (Blue) the stories are longer and introduce more tricky words, which are shown at the end of each book. In addition, all the Jolly Phonics alternative vowel spellings are used to make words like day, seat, night, snow, few, girl, straw, boy and scowl.

As before, light type is used for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the b in lamb (but not in the new tricky words, which should already be familiar without this help).
There are three lively series (Inky Mouse and Friends, General Fiction and Nonfiction) covering a wide range of subjects.

There are 6 different titles in each series pack.

• Level 1 packs are $18.95 each
• Level 2 packs are $19.95 each
• Level 3 packs are $20.95 each
• Level 4 packs are $23.95 each

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