Why Choose our Books?
With systematic phonics and our beloved monster characters, your children can practice their phonics skills at every stage through these engaging decodable readers. Our extensive range includes fiction, non-fiction, nursery books, and comics, designed to captivate and develop reading skills simultaneously.
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Click below to explore our books and read a sample. Monster Phonics books are aligned with the National Bands, allowing you to seamlessly integrate new sets into your library. Don't forget to check out the coloured Book Band dot on the back page!
Nursery Rhymes
Songs
Traditional Tales
Non-Fiction
Approximate age: 3-4 years old
Year group: Nursery
Equivalent to: Book Band Lilac
Our range of shared books helps children to expand their vocabulary and improve speaking and listening skills. Actions are provided to support children in learning the meaning of new words. Speaking and listening activities at the end of each book include simple tasks that develop the foundations of phonics. This series includes nursery rhymes, songs, traditional tales, and non-fiction.
Fiction
Additional Adventures
Non-Fiction
Approximate age: 4-5 years old
Year group: 1 - 3.2
Equivalent to: Book Band Pink to Red
Our wide range of decodable books help children make rapid progress. Choose from our Core fiction, Additional Adventures and Non Fiction range. Each book includes focus words, simple comprehension questions, and an optional adult read section.
Fiction
Non Fiction
Approximate age: 5-6 years old
Stages: 4-8
Equivalent to: Book Band Yellow to Orange
For children developing their reading journey. Fully decodable, engaging stories and non fiction build reading fluency and confidence. Each book includes focus words and simple comprehension questions for discussion.
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Approximate age: 6-8 years old
Stage: 9-10
Equivalent to: Book Band Purple to Gold
For children furthering their reading journey. Fully decodable stories and non fiction build fluency, understanding, and a growing enjoyment of reading. Includes clearly identified focus words and simple comprehension questions to support discussion. Our new Universal fiction range includes adventures around the world as well as our much loved original sets.
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Approximate age: 6-8 years old
Stage: 11
Equivalent to: Book Band White-Lime
The Flying Ahead series supports confident readers as they move beyond phonics. A balanced set of fiction and non fiction builds stamina, confidence, and enjoyment, with stories and topics from around the world.
Approximate age: 6-8 years old
Year group: Year 2-3
Equivalent to: Book Band White-Brown
Our intervention comics are designed for children in Key Stage 2 who need an extra boost to help acquire core phonics skills. They can be used in Key Stage 1 too. This superhero intervention accelerates the learning of high-frequency graphemes and high-frequency words to maximise progress.
Approximate age: All Ages
Equivalent to: No Book Band
Short origin stories introduce the Monster Phonics characters and key phonics concepts. Designed to be read aloud by an adult, these books support discussion and engagement.