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Decodable Series Cheat Sheet

Find the first row where your child stumbles on the words — that's the skill to shop for. Skills run in typical teaching order · data current as of 2026-07-15 · decodablebookfinder.com

Phonics skillCan they read these?Ready when…Series to start with
1 CVC & short vowels cat sip mop bed run Knows most letter sounds and can stretch a slow m…a…n back into man. Bob Books — Bob Books
Drumbeat Decodable Book Collection — Lee & Low Booksdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/cvc-short-vowels/
2 Consonant digraphs ship chat thin duck when Decodes short CVC words smoothly, without pausing on every letter. Decodable Chapter Books — Simple Words Books
TAP Library — Focus on TAPdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/consonant-digraphs/
3 Consonant blends stop flag jump hand crab Short-vowel and digraph words feel easy — listen for sop instead of stop. Letters & Sounds — Junior Learning
OG+ Decodable Readers — IMSEdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/consonant-blends/
4 Glued/welded sounds sing bank pink ball ring Blends simple words comfortably — these chunks are a confidence-building add. Decodable Chapter Books — Simple Words Books
Meg and Greg — Orca Book Publishersdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/glued-sounds/
5 Silent-e (VCe) cape kite hope cube made Reads short-vowel words confidently and self-corrects cap into cape. Drumbeat Decodable Book Collection — Lee & Low Books
Decodable Chapter Books — Simple Words Booksdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/silent-e/
6 Vowel teams rain green boat feet beach Comfortable with silent-e, but hesitates when two vowels sit side by side. Letters & Sounds — Junior Learning
Drumbeat Decodable Book Collection — Lee & Low Booksdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/vowel-teams/
7 R-controlled vowels star fork bird turn her Gets the consonants right, but the vowel won't cooperate in farm or bird. OG+ Decodable Readers — IMSE
Phonics Storybooks — Pioneer Valley Booksdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/r-controlled/
8 Diphthongs & variant vowels coin cloud cow moon saw Reads familiar words on sight but trips specifically on coin or cloud. Reading for All Learners — I See Sam
Songbirds Phonics — Oxford University Pressdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/diphthongs/
9 Multisyllabic words sunset rabbit cannot fantastic Decodes short words well but freezes on anything with several syllables. Really Great Decodables — Really Great Reading
Chapter Books — DOG ON A LOG Booksdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/multisyllabic/
10 Morphology & affixes jumped jumping unhappy redo walks Reads walk fine but stalls on walked, or drops the -ing altogether. Letters & Sounds — Junior Learning
Phonics Decodable Readers — Saddleback Educational Publishingdecodablebookfinder.com/skills/morphology/

The full matrix — every series × every skill

A checkmark means the series includes at least one set that teaches that skill. Skills run left to right in typical teaching order. 98 series · data current as of 2026-07-15 · decodablebookfinder.com

SeriesCVC & short vowelsConsonant digraphsConsonant blendsGlued/welded soundsSilent-e (VCe)Vowel teamsR-controlled vowelsDiphthongs & variant vowelsMultisyllabic wordsMorphology & affixes
Abeka Readers — Abeka✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
All About Reading — All About Learning Press✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Stand-Alone Books — Barton Reading & Spelling✓✓✓✓✓✓
Bob Books — Bob Books✓✓✓✓✓✓
Charge into Reading — Charge Mommy Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Little Blossom Stories — Cherry Blossom Press✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Chapter Books — DOG ON A LOG Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Get Ready! Readers — DOG ON A LOG Books✓
Get Set! Readers — DOG ON A LOG Books✓
Let's GO! Readers — DOG ON A LOG Books✓✓✓✓✓✓
Ed and Mel's Decodable Adventures — Ed and Mel's Decodable Adventures✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Primary Phonics — EPS Learning✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
S.P.I.R.E. Illustrated Decodable Readers — EPS Learning✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Express Readers — Express Readers✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Emergent Reader Series — Flyleaf Publishing✓✓
Reading Series — Flyleaf Publishing✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
TAP Library — Focus on TAP✓✓✓✓
Forward Motion Readers — Forward Motion Readers✓✓✓✓
Half-Pint Readers — Half-Pint Kids✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Half-Pint Readers Library Edition — Half-Pint Kids✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
First Grade — Heggerty✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Kindergarten — Heggerty✓✓✓✓
Second Grade — Heggerty✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Toucan — Heggerty✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Fiction Decodables — Hello Decodables✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Nonfiction Decodables — Hello Decodables✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Sound Out Chapter Books — High Noon Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Sound Out InfoMAG — High Noon Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Sound Out Nonfiction Readers — High Noon Books✓✓
Learn to Read — Hooked on Phonics✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Reading for All Learners — I See Sam✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
OG+ Decodable Readers — IMSE✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Jolly Phonics Our World Readers — Jolly Learning✓✓✓✓✓✓
Jolly Phonics Readers — Jolly Learning✓✓✓✓✓✓
Fix Its — Junior Learning✓
Letters & Sounds — Junior Learning✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Science Decodables — Junior Learning✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Sound Families — Junior Learning✓✓✓✓✓
The Beanies HiLo — Junior Learning✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
The Pods — Junior Learning✓✓✓✓✓
Decodables — Just Right Reader✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Success Series — Just Right Reader✓✓✓✓
Phonics, Reading, and Me Decodable Books — Learning Without Tears✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Drumbeat Decodable Book Collection — Lee & Low Books✓✓✓
Phonics Fun — Lerner Publications✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Kindergarten Decodable Readers — Letterland✓✓✓✓✓✓
Letterland Stories — Letterland✓
Phonics Readers — Letterland✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Foundations Readers — Logic of English✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Foundations Readers: Young Artist Series — Logic of English✓✓✓✓✓
First Start Reading Storybooks — Memoria Press✓✓✓✓
Miss Rhonda's Readers — Miss Rhonda's Readers✓✓
Meg and Greg — Orca Book Publishers✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Floppy's Phonics — Oxford University Press✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Songbirds Phonics — Oxford University Press✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Sam and Friends Phonics Books — Pennington Publishing✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Alba — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Amber Guardians — Phonic Books✓
Dandelion Launchers — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓
Dandelion Readers — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Dandelion World — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓✓
Dragon Eggs — Phonic Books✓✓
Get Out of the Game — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓
Hidden in Paris — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓
Island Adventure — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓
Magic Belt — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓
Mel on Mars — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓
Moon Dogs — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Pet Sitters — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓✓
Rescue — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓
Talisman — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓
That Dog! — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓
The Fact Files — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓
Titan's Gauntlets — Phonic Books✓✓
Totem — Phonic Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
InfoCodables — Pioneer Valley Books✓✓✓✓
MyCodables — Pioneer Valley Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Phonics Storybooks — Pioneer Valley Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Decodable Books & Lessons — Reach All Readers✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Nonfiction Decodable Books & Lessons — Reach All Readers✓✓✓
Extra Decodable Books — Reading Elephant✓✓✓✓✓
Pip and Tim — Reading Elephant✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Really Great Decodables — Really Great Reading✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Phonics Decodable Readers — Saddleback Educational Publishing✓
TERL Phonics — Saddleback Educational Publishing✓✓✓✓
Decodable Chapter Books — Simple Words Books✓✓✓✓✓
Learn to Read — Starfall✓✓✓✓
Short-Vowel Pals — Starfall✓
Remix Decodables — Storyshares✓✓✓✓✓
Blue Series — SyllaSense✓✓✓✓✓
Green Series — SyllaSense✓✓✓✓✓
Purple Series — SyllaSense✓✓✓
Red Series — SyllaSense✓✓✓✓
Teal Series — SyllaSense✓✓✓✓✓
Yellow Series — SyllaSense✓✓✓
Comics & Phonics — The Yak Pack✓✓✓✓
We Read Phonics — Treasure Bay Books✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Whole Phonics — Whole Phonics✓✓✓✓✓