Paul lives on a planet called Alpha 3 with his mum and his pet hamster, Jaws. Alpha 3 is freezing and everyone has to stay indoors to survive. One day, Paul finds out he has a superpower: his eyes can make laser beams! He also discovers that his mum is a super-villain who plans to destroy a neighbouring planet with a laser and use the heat to thaw out Alpha 3. Can Paul stop his mum in time? (Letter-sounds featured: /ou/ ou /oi/ oy /or/ au aw ) Alpha 3: Thaw Out is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Tap, tap, tap! Mim and Dan pin colourful shapes onto boards. What pictures would you make with the shapes? (Letter-sounds featured: t i p n m d) Tap the Pins is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

Max and Yaz get tickets to see a live jazz band. The exciting thing about the show is that it's underwater! The two friends swim and clap to the music. Find out which sea creatures are playing in the band. (Letter-sounds featured: w x y z zz) The Jazz Band is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

Nell the spider loves spinning webs! But when a gust of wind snaps her latest cobweb, she can't fix it. Can her spider friends, Buzz and Zip, help her out? (Letter-sounds featured: y z zz /z/ -s qu) Nell's Cobweb is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

Thunk! Something falls on Chimp's and Cat's heads. It's a rock chick that makes loud clacking noises. Can Chimp and Cat return the rock chick to its nest? (Letter-sounds featured: ch sh th ng) Rock Chick is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

Meet Alf the Alligator and his alligator partner, Shay! Alf tells us why alligators are so amazing. Find out how these amazing creatures hunt for their food, how their lost teeth grow back, and how Shay keeps her babies safe from predators! (Letter sounds featured: /ai/ ay a-e a /ee/ e-e) Amazing Alligators is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

April and Pete love to play video games and are amazing at it! But one day, when they try to exit a game, Pete sees April on the screen ... She's trapped in the game! To escape, she must follow the Button Chief's orders and collect all three gold buttons. Can Pete and April work together to complete the quest and get April out of the game? (Letter-sounds featured: /ai/ a /ee/ e-e ie ea) Delete! Delete! is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Foxes are fascinating creatures that live in many different places from Scotland to Finland. Find out about their different colours, what they like to eat and where they sleep! (Letter-sounds featured: j v w x) We Are Foxes is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

Axel catches the bus to go to the shops. Ana, Imelda and Seb get on the bus, too, along with all their things! What a squish! Will Axel make it to the shops in time? (Letter-sounds featured: /z/ -s qu ch sh) A Squish! is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

Moira lives on a farm with her cat, Elvis. One day, it gets too hot, and Moira gets sunburnt and can't pull up the turnips. Elvis steps in to save them from getting spoiled. Will his animal friends Dash, Hoot and Rob help with the harvest too? (Letter-sounds featured: ur ow oi ear) The Turnip Harvest is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

Amber and Cooper take a boat trip along the Amazon river. They soon spot a young pink dolphin swimming along. The boat's captain, Esteban, tells them that it may be lost and needs to be guided back to its 'pod' or family group. Can Amber and Cooper help Esteban lead the pink dolphin back to its pod? (Letter-sounds featured: /y+oor/ -ure /uh/ -er /w/ wh /f/ ph) The Pink River Dolphin is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Clara lives in Canada with her mum and her big sister, Nora. Clara shows us some of the amazing things to see and do in Canada such as visiting Toronto, camping in the huge forests and looking for bighorn sheep in the hills. Nora and Clara even try to look for the legendary Bigfoot! Do you think they will find him? (Letter-sounds featured: ar or oi /uh/ -er) This is Canada is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

An ice giant is coming and only one boy can defeat it. Will Jakob be able to use his special power and save the day? Find out in this exciting comic-strip story! (Letter-sounds featured: /s/ c(e) c(i) c(y) se ce /j/ g(e) g(i) g(y) /e/ ea) Jakob and the Ice Giant is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Joe's school friends don't know he lives on a barge and he is worried about telling them. What will happen when the whole class come to visit his unusual home? (Letter-sounds featured: /k/ /sh/ ch /j/ ge dge /uh/ o) Joe's Barge is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Wanda Sky lives on Space Station 4 and is in charge of constellations. When some of the stars go missing in her favourite constellation, will she be able to use her spy skills and solve the mystery? Find out in this exciting comic-strip story! (Letter-sounds featured: /o/ (w)a /sh/ ssi ci ti) Wanda Sky, Space Spy is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Things can have wings, fins, shells, trunks and tails. What animals and objects can you spot with these special features? (Letter-sounds featured: ch sh th ng ai) Wings and Things is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

One day, after a storm, Arlo rescues a tiny bird that looks like a hairy green sprout. At first, Arlo finds the bird a bit greedy and annoying. But when it recovers and flies back into the wild, he starts to miss the quirky creature! (Letter-sounds featured: long /oo/ ew /y+oo/ ew /ur/ ir er /ou/ ou /oi/ oy) Bird Boy is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

It was lockdown and Kirsten started to feed the birds that came into her garden every day. Little by little the birds began to trust her. Kirsten's favourites were the blackbirds. When Dad helps her set up a camera to watch the blackbirds' eggs hatch, Kirsten sees Sherbert the cat from number thirteen sneak up on the nest. Will Kirsten shoo the cat away in time? (Letter-sounds featured: /ur/ ir er ) Blackbird Girl is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Irving loves to play with his toy dinosaurs and uses his ear defenders when he's in noisy places. When Irving's dad takes him to a summer activity group, he encourages Irving to make a new friend. Diya is also very quiet, but she knows lots about names and what they mean. Soon the two children bond over Iriving's dinosaurs and both are happy to have found a new friend. (Letter-sounds featured: /or/ au aw /ar/ al long /oo/ /oa/ -ou short /oo/ -oul ) Irving's New Friend is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

When Coach Hall announces that they are playing in a tournament at Medchester Football Club, Jez and his teammates are over the moon and decide to buy a much-needed new kit for the event. But when Dexter Hadfield - the star striker for Medchester FC - speaks to their school about a local food bank, Jez and his friends decide to donate the money they have raised to the food bank instead. How will they they progress in the tournament with such a shabby kit? (Letter-sounds featured: /air/ -are -ear -ere /or/ -al ) We Care FC! is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Everyone is having so much fun at Preeya's party at the soft play centre! Artem and his friends climb nets, crawl through tunnels and race down slides. Then suddenly, Preeya crashes into Artem at the bottom of a slide, causing him to break his wrist. How long will it take for his wrist to heal? (Letter-sounds featured: /n/ gn /r/ wr ) Artem's Broken Wrist is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1