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.

Zak’s adventures begin when his Grandpa gives him a talisman with special powers. From this day on, Zak’s life is never the same again.

Starting with the sound ‘ae’, each of the 10 books in the first series introduces one phoneme and its alternative spellings. Shares the same phonic progression as the Rescue Series and can be used in parallel.

Progress to Titan’s Gauntlets with more alternative vowel, consonant spellings and common Latin Suffixes and then move to our Talisman 2 Series which introduces further alternative vowel, consonant spellings, and common Latin suffixes.

Available on the Accelerated Reader programme.