Phonic Books Dandelion Launchers Stages 1-7 Sam, Tam, Tim (Alphabet Code)

Learn how to read with Dandelion Launchers decodable books for beginner readers.

Dandelion Launchers Stages 1-7 are first reader books by Phonic Books that introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This pack of 14 books is perfect for children in Pre-K and Kindergarten who are learning to read, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.

Two books for every stage provide phonics practice while offering different stories and encouraging independent reading from the start of their journey. Each stage introduces new letters and sounds while supporting any previously taught phonic letters or sounds and high-frequency words or sight words.

For example:
Book 1a: Sam, Tam, Tim (Stage 1: s, a, t, i, m)
Book 1b: Is it Sam? (Stage 1: s, a, t, i, m)
Book 2a: Pam (Stage 2: n, o, p)
Book 2b: The Pot (Stage 2: n, o, p)
Book 3a: Sam's Bag (Stage 3: b, c, g, h)
Book 3b: Pip and the Bat (Stage 3: b, c, g, h)
Book 4a: Ted (Stage 4: d, e, f, v)
Book 4b: Meg and Ted (Stage 4: d, e, f, v)
Book 5a: Ken, the Rat (Stage 5: k, l, r, u)
Book 5b: Kim, the Bug (Stage 5: k, l, r, u)
Book 6a: Jim and Jam (Stage 6: j, w, z)
Book 6b: Ken Gets Wet (Stage 6: j, w, z)


This beginner reader series features:

• New letters and sounds introduced through each unit (1-7) by sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
• Reading material aimed at children aged 4-6.
• CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant). Three letters producing distinct sounds when blended that are simple to sound out. An example of this is sun, s-u-n.

This pack of 14 decodable books containing 12 pages features:

• ‘How to Use This Book’ guidance page with ‘This book introduces’ text box, including information about the new sounds introduced, sounds learned from previous books, high-frequency words and important notes on the sound.
• Story pages (numbers 1-6) with one line of text per page.
• Game Instructions.
• Photocopyable game page to reinforce the sounds and letters learned throughout the book.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.