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Decodable Books

What are decodable books? New readers who are learning to sound out words need books that teach or reinforce the letter-to-sound correspondences they are learning. This enables them to build those connections in their brains, without relying on repetition or cues to guess what words might be. Decodable books are best used with readers who already have some foundation with the basic sounds of letters, particularly the short vowel sounds and consonant sounds, and are working on putting those sounds together to make words. (Updated 2025)

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  • Choosing and Using Decodable Texts

    Practical Tips and Strategies for Enhancing Phonics Instruction

    Blevins, Wiley
    This book for families and educators provides strategies for helping readers learn decoding skills, and also what to do if you are having difficulty finding the right decodable book for your reader. There are reproducible decodable books at the…
    Book, 2021New York : Scholastic, Inc., [2021] — 372.4 B6177C 2021

  • Bob Books. Set 1, Beginning Readers

    Maslen, Bobby Lynn
    Bob Books feature sets of books that cumulatively build on decoding skills from previous books. Books are available either individually, or as bound sets. In addition, there are books of stories that are designed to practice the skills learned in…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2018] — ER MASLEN

  • Hot Chips, Mad Fish & Other Tales

    Marasciulo, Sue
    The Pat and Pals graphic novel series includes funny stories in each book, building from consonant-short vowel-consonant words to blends and digraphs. https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Marasciulo%2C%20Sue&searchType=author
    Graphic Novel, 2022[United States?] : [Sue Marasciulo], 2022. — J-GN MARASCIULO

  • No Naps for Pals

    Thompson, Kim, 1970-
    The My Decodable Readers series features short and funny stories, each of which focuses on a specific short or long vowel sound. Readers will benefit from reviewing the high frequency words at the beginning with an experienced reader first.…
    Book, 2023St. Catharines, Ontario ; New York, NY : Crabtree Publishing, [2023] — ER THOMPSON

  • In the Mud

    Koch, Leanna
    Stairway Decodeable books feature short stories that build through six levels of skills, starting with short vowel sounds and progress from there. Each book features an "Ideas for Using this Book" at the beginning that young readers can go through…
    Book, 2025North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2025] — ER KOCH

  • Tad the Cat

    Scully, Elizabeth (Children's author)
    In Bloom books feature a couple short chapters that focus on short vowel sounds and sight words. It may help readers to go over the sight words and digraphs at the end of the book with an experienced reader prior to starting to read.…
    Book, 2024Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Blossom Press, [2024] — ER SCULLY

  • Reach for a Peach

    Long Vowel Sounds With Consonant Digraphs

    Cleary, Brian P., 1959-
    Phonics Fun books each focus on particular decoding and phonics skills using rhyming word families. Readers will benefit from having an experienced reader help them with some words that may be outside those rhyming families. A "Make Your Own"…
    Book, 2022Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2022] — ER CLEARY

  • The Yak Pack Comics & Phonics. Book 1, Short Vowels

    Makwana, Jennifer
    Yak Pack is a fun series of comics that contains 6-10 stories in each book focusing on particular decoding skills. Book 1: short vowels, Book 2: digraphs, Book 3: Blends. Readers will benefit from going over the “In this story” section before…
    Book, 2017Toronto : Ruth Rumack's Learning Space, [2017] — ER MAKWANA

  • A Duck in a Sock

    With Four Phonics Stories

    Rae, Elspeth, 1973-
    This short chapter book series builds decoding skills over the course of each book, and is designed for a young reader and an experienced reader to share together. Book 1: digraphs (ck, sh, ch, th), Book 2: blends and digraphs (nk, ng, tch, dge),…
    Book, 2020[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2020. — ER RAE

  • Five Chapter Books. 1

    Brookes, Pamela (Educator)
    The Dog on a Log Chapter Books help readers build decoding with a collection of five different chapter stories in each book. Each story is followed by a list of sight words found in the story. The chapter books increase in complexity beginning with…
    Book, 2017Tuscon, Arizona : Dog On A Log Books, [2017] — ER BROOKES

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