Phonic Books Dandelion Launchers Stages 1-7 Sam, Tam, Tim Bindup (Alphabet Code)

Learn how to read with Dandelion Launchers decodable books for beginner readers.

Dandelion Launchers Stages 1-7 Bindup are first reader books by Phonic Books that introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This pack of 14 books is perfect for children in Pre-K and Kindergarten who are learning to read, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.

Two books for every stage provide phonics practice while offering different stories and encouraging independent reading from the start of their journey. Each stage introduces new letters and sounds while supporting any previously taught phonic letters or sounds and high-frequency words or sight words.

For example:
Book 1a: Sam, Tam, Tim (Stage 1: s, a, t, i, m)
Book 1b: Is it Sam? (Stage 1: s, a, t, i, m)
Book 2a: Pam (Stage 2: n, o, p)
Book 2b: The Pot (Stage 2: n, o, p)
Book 3a: Sam's Bag (Stage 3: b, c, g, h)
Book 3b: Pip and the Bat (Stage 3: b, c, g, h)
Book 4a: Ted (Stage 4: d, e, f, v)
Book 4b: Meg and Ted (Stage 4: d, e, f, v)
Book 5a: Ken, the Rat (Stage 5: k, l, r, u)
Book 5b: Kim, the Bug (Stage 5: k, l, r, u)
Book 6a: Jim and Jam (Stage 6: j, w, z)
Book 6b: Ken Gets Wet (Stage 6: j, w, z)
Book 7a: Rex Yells (Stage 7: x, y, ff, ll, ss, zz)
Book 7b: Rex Will Not Sit (Stage 7: x, y, ff, ll, ss, zz)


This beginner reader series features:

• New letters and sounds introduced through each unit (1-7) by sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
• Reading material aimed at children aged 4-6.
• CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant). Three letters producing distinct sounds when blended that are simple to sound out. An example of this is sun, s-u-n.

This pack of 14 decodable books containing 12 pages features:

• ‘How to Use This Book’ guidance page with ‘This book introduces’ text box, including information about the new sounds introduced, sounds learned from previous books, high-frequency words and important notes on the sound.
• Story pages (numbers 1-6) with one line of text per page.
• Game Instructions.
• Photocopyable game page to reinforce the sounds and letters learned throughout the book.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.What are decodable books?

Book 1a - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 1b - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 2a - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 2b - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 3a - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 3b - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 4a - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 4b - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 5a - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 5b - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 6a - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 6b - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 7a - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages
Book 7b - How to use this book | Front cover | Story | Game pages