Skill 3 of 10
Decodable books for consonant blends
Blends look a little like digraphs but work the opposite way. In a blend, two or three consonants sit side by side and each keeps its own sound; you simply say them quickly so they run together. The st in stop, the fl in flag, and the mp at the end of jump are all blends. Children meet them at the beginnings of words, as in stop and flag, and at the ends, as in lamp and hand, which is why you'll see these called CCVC and CVCC words. Blends usually follow digraphs, and they are a genuine step up: holding two consonant sounds in mind while blending a whole word asks more of a child than a simple CVC does.
That is normal, and it is worth slowing down for. Your student is generally ready when short-vowel and digraph words feel easy and the sounding-out has stopped being letter by letter. Watch for a common early habit of dropping the middle sound, reading sop for stop or jup for jump; when it happens, point back to the missed letter instead of just supplying the word. Series like Bob Books and Charge into Reading build blends up in small steps, and Phonic Books' Moon Dogs offers plenty of practice in stories written for readers who need a bit more time before it all clicks.
27 book sets — sets that introduce this skill are listed first.
Bob Books
Set 3: Word Families
Set 3 of 5
Charge Mommy Books
Stage 2: Consonant Blends Decodable Reader Set
Stage 2
Junior Learning
Letters & Sounds Phase 4 Set 1 Fiction
Phase 4, Set 1 (Fiction)
Junior Learning
Letters & Sounds Phase 4 Set 1 Non-Fiction
Phase 4, Set 1 (Non-Fiction)
Junior Learning
Letters & Sounds Phase 4 Set 2 Fiction
Phase 4, Set 2 (Fiction)
Junior Learning
Letters & Sounds Phase 4 Set 2 Non-Fiction
Phase 4, Set 2 (Non-Fiction)
Junior Learning
Science Decodables Phase 4 Non-Fiction
Phase 4 (Non-Fiction)
Junior Learning
The Beanies HiLo Set 1 Decodable Readers - Blends (Phase 4)
Blends (Phase 4)
Phonic Books
Dandelion Launchers Stages 8-15
Stages 8–15
Phonic Books
Dandelion Launchers Extras Stages 8-15
Extras, Stages 8–15
Phonic Books
Dandelion World Stages 8-15
Stages 8–15
Phonic Books
Dandelion World Extras Stages 8-15
Extras, Stages 8–15
Phonic Books
Moon Dogs Set 2
Set 2
Phonic Books
Moon Dogs Extras Set 2
Extras, Set 2
Reading Elephant
10 Extra Decodable Books for Consonant Blends
Extra – Consonant Blends
Reading Elephant
Series 7 – Consonant Blends – 13 Decodable Books
Series 7
Bob Books
Set 4: Complex Words
Set 4 of 5
Phonic Books
Alba
Complete set
Phonic Books
Dandelion Readers Set 1 Units 1-10
Set 1, Units 1–10
Phonic Books
Dandelion Readers Set 2 Units 1-10
Set 2, Units 1–10
Phonic Books
Dandelion Readers Set 3 Units 1-10
Set 3, Units 1–10
Phonic Books
Get Out of the Game
Complete set
Phonic Books
Magic Belt
Complete set
Phonic Books
Mel on Mars
Complete set
Phonic Books
Pet Sitters
Complete set
Phonic Books
That Dog!
Complete set
Phonic Books
Totem
Complete set
Common questions
What are decodable books for consonant blends?
Two or three consonants pronounced in sequence, each keeping its own sound — st, fl, mp. Some programs call them clusters (CCVC and CVCC words). Decodable books for this skill use only words a student can sound out with it (plus previously taught patterns), so new readers practice decoding instead of guessing.
How is this list put together?
Every alignment comes from the publisher's own published scope and sequence — never from third-party spreadsheets — and each record links its source. Sets that introduce consonant blends as the new skill are listed before sets that only practice it.