This series comprises 10 truly decodable non-fiction books for older readers. The high-interest non-fiction topics take the reader from alternative vowel and consonant spellings to Latin suffixes, including additional variant spellings.

Book 1: ‘ue’: u, ue, u-e, ew
Book 2: ‘u’: u, o, ou; and ‘o’: o, a, ou, au
Book 3: ‘s’: s, ss, se, c, ce, sc, st
Book 4: ‘l’: l, ll, le, al, el, il, ol
Book 5: ‘j’: j, g, ge, dge, dj
Book 6: ‘f’: f, ff, ph, gh
Book 7: ‘cher’: -ture
Book 8: ‘shun’: -tion, -tian, -sion, -ssion, -cian
Book 9: ‘shul’: -tial, -cial; ‘shus’: -cious, -ious, -tious
Book 10: ‘zhun’: -sion; ‘zher’: -sure

Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books The Fact Files 5 Activities.

The Fact Files 5 shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Talisman 2 and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.