Phonic Books Mel on Mars

Determined to find her brother, Mel travels to Mars in a space pod. She braves all kinds of obstacles, like dust storms, asteroids, and comets. This action-packed quest story takes the reader from CVC and CVCC word text through to adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs, and suffixes -ed and -ing.

Phonic Books Mel on Mars comprises 12 decodable books for older readers who can read simple CVC words.

Book 1: Dom Gets Lost (CVC, CVCC)
Book 2: Mel Lands on Mars (CVCC)
Book 3: Lost in the Dust (CVCC)
Book 4: Hunted at the Dump (CCVC and -ed)
Book 5: Trust Dr Kim (CCVCC)
Book 6: Catch that Torch ('ch' and 'tch')
Book 7: Will the Ship Crash? ('sh')
Book 8: The Myth of the Earth Planet ('th')
Book 9: The Quest for Quock Rocks ('ck' and 'qu')
Book 10: The Winged Thing with Fangs ('ng')
Book 11: The Whispering Wind ('wh' and -ing)
Book 12: Out of the Rubble ('le')

Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities.