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  • Published: 7 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241732168
  • Imprint: DK Education
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $110.00
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Phonic Books Dark Waters



Truly decodable books for older readers who need support with their reading

Lex’s Grandad has been working on a secret invention, but disaster strikes when he encounters some people intent on stealing it. Luckily, Lex has some new friends and a cunning plan that he hopes will save the day.

Book 1: Suffixes (-s, -es, -ed, -ing)
Book 2: Suffixes (-ful, -less, -ness, -er, -est, -ly, -en, -ish, -y, -able, -ible)
Book 3: Prefixes (un-, in-, im-, ir-, il-, dis-, mis-)
Book 4: Prefixes (re-, pre-)
Book 5: Prefixes (uni-, tri-, quad-)
Book 6: Prefixes (super-)
Book 7: Prefixes (magna-, mini-, micro-)
Book 8: Root words (cap, man, spec, viv)
Book 9: Root words (mem)
Book 10: Root words (ject, tract, struct, labor, fact, form)

Accompanying activities will be available within Phonic Books Dark Waters Activities.

Phonic Books Dark Waters shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Amber Guardians and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.

  • Published: 7 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241732168
  • Imprint: DK Education
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $110.00
Categories:

About the author

Phonic Books

Phonic Books specialises in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older, struggling readers.

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