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 2026-09-23 · decodablebookfinder.com
| Phonics skill | Can 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. Watch 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 make an easy, confidence-building next step. | 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. | Sound Out Nonfiction Readers — High Noon Books Really Great Decodables — Really Great Readingdecodablebookfinder.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/ |
A checkmark means the series includes at least one set that teaches that skill. Skills run left to right in typical teaching order. 112 series · data current as of 2026-09-23 · decodablebookfinder.com
| Series | CVC & short vowels | Consonant digraphs | Consonant blends | Glued/welded sounds | Silent-e (VCe) | Vowel teams | R-controlled vowels | Diphthongs & variant vowels | Multisyllabic words | Morphology & affixes |
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| Abeka Readers — Abeka | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| All About Reading — All About Learning Press | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Stand-Alone Books — Barton Reading & Spelling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| BEC Decodables — Benchmark Education | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Decodable Fluency Builders — Benchmark Education | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| DynaMax Decodables — Benchmark Education | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Bob Books — Bob Books | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Charge into Reading — Charge Mommy Books | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Little Blossom Stories — Cherry Blossom Press | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Early Reading Program — Dash Into Learning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Decodable Adventure Series (Fiction) — Droppin' Knowledge with Heidi | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Decodable Adventure Series (Non-Fiction) — Droppin' Knowledge with Heidi | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| First Grade Frog — Heggerty | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Kindergarten — Heggerty | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Second Grade — Heggerty | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Third 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Decodable Chapter Books — Junior Learning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Fix Its — Junior Learning | ✓ | |||||||||
| Letters & Sounds — Junior Learning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| My First Letter Sounds — Junior Learning | ✓ | |||||||||
| Science Decodables — Junior Learning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sound Families — Junior Learning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| The Beanies HiLo — Junior Learning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| The Pods — Junior Learning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Decodables — Just Right Reader | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Skill Building Libraries — 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Read Write Inc. Phonics Book Bag Books — 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Dark Waters — 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Sun Cats — 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |