Dandelion Launchers is a series of 40 books that introduce the sounds of the alphabet in simple, decodable books. Each page has one line of text. This is an ideal reading resource for any phonics reading programme, especially used in conjunction with the Dandelion Readers Initial Phonic Code. Each set contains 4 books which focus on a specific set of sounds and each has a reading game.

Unit 1 "Sam, Tam, Tim" uses the letters/sounds of s a t i m

Unit 2 "Pam" uses the letters/sounds of n o p

Unit 3 "Bob" uses the letters/sounds of b c g h

Unit 4 "Ted" uses the letters/sounds of d e f v

Unit 5 "Ken, the Rat" uses the letters/sounds of k l r u

Unit 6 "Viv Can Run" uses the letters/sounds of j w z

Unit 7 "Rex Yells" uses the letters/sounds of x y ff ss zz

Unit 8 "Jump" uses the pattern vcc cvcc

Unit 9 "Bob Is Glum" uses the pattern ccvc

Unit 10 "Punk Smells Crisps" uses the pattern ccvcc

Unit 11 "The Big Chip" uses the /ch/ sound

Unit 12 "Shep and Tosh" uses the /sh/ sound

Unit 13 "This and That" uses the /th/ sound

Unit 14 "Bad Luck, Bad Cat" uses the /ck/ and /wh/ sounds

Unit 15 "Ding Dong!" uses the /ng/ and /qu/ sounds

Also check out the Soon to be available Dandelion Launcher Workbooks

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