Phonic Books Lost in London

Set in late Victorian London, teenage musician Etta is visiting the city with her family when she meets Samuel, a mudlarker. Samuel has found a mysterious parcel on the bank of the River Thames. Together with Samuel’s brother, Alec, they solve the parcel’s cryptic clue—someone needs their help! An adventure unfolds that will find them chasing across London to find the next clue. But who is watching them—and why?

This series comprises 10 books and covers alternative spellings of vowel and consonant sounds and common Latin suffixes.

Book 1: /ue/ u, ue, u-e, ew
Book 2: /u/ u, o, ou and /o/ o, a, ou, au
Book 3: /s/ s, ss, se, c, ce, sc, st
Book 4: /l/ l, ll, le, al, el, il, ol
Book 5: /j/ j, g, ge, dge, dj
Book 6: /f/ f, ff, ph, gh
Book 7: /cher/ ture
Book 8: /shun/ tion, tian, sion, ssion, cian
Book 9: /shul/ tial, cial /shus/ cious, ious, tious
Book 10: /zhun/ sion /zher/ sure

Phonic Books Lost in London shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Talisman 2 and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills. Accompanying reproducible activities for reading, spelling, and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books Lost in London Activities.Phonic Books specialises in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older readers who need support.