Decodable, synthetic phonics, reading books with age-appropriate and exciting stories for older, struggling and/or reluctant readers. Designed with an interest age of 8 – 14, these chapter books are highly structured and help to fill in the missing gaps in phonic skills. Special features are designed to engage but also to facilitate access to text and develop independent reading strategies. Ideal resources to deliver targeted reading interventions for struggling children, or those with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia.

Jack and his little sister, Snub, are visiting Gran and Grandpa on a remote Scottish island where they live. An accident brings them closer together, but a subsequent calamity is the beginning of an exciting quest.

Starting with the sound ‘ae’, each of the 10 books introduces a phoneme and its alternative spellings.

This series shares the same phonic progression as the Rescue Series and Talisman 1 Series and can be used in parallel.

The Island Series is available on the Accelerated Reader programme