Phonics and Early Years Reading

Reading Stars Phonics is a structured programme of fully decodable reading books to support the teaching of phonics using the UK government’s Letters and Sounds programme. Fully compliant with Ofsted’s latest requirements, the books cover Phases 1 to 5, supporting reading development in Reception and Year One.

The books are available to buy in Complete Packs of one copy of each title, or six copies of each title. In packs of books for a specific Phase, or even just part of that Phase. We also offer every title as a single copy or six pack.

Unlocking Letters and Sounds SSP

Unlocking Letters and Sounds is an SSP developed by practising teachers who teach phonics every day. The SSP is based on the 2007 Letters and Sounds progression, but includes all the resources and guidance that is missing from the 2007 framework.

Unlocking Letters and Sounds have partnered with Ransom Publishing to deliver the SSP and all the supporting resources, alongside a series of fully decodable reading books.

Here at Ransom Publishing, we offer one of the most popular programmes of decodable phonics books for children learning to read - and this programme of books has been matched to the Unlocking Letters and Sounds progression. This ensures that you have reading books from Phase 1 through to Phase 5, that are carefully structured to introduce new letters and sounds on a week-by-week basis as soon as they are introduced in Unlocking Letters and Sounds. You can find details of Reading Stars Phonics in the Phonics Phase sections to the left, or by heading to our Reading Stars Phonics section.

We know that choosing an SSP is an important decision for your school, so do get in touch if you need help. We are happy to put together bespoke packs for schools who want to match in their current decodable books and order books to fill the gaps. Every school using Unlocking Letters and Sounds SSP gets a great discount off our books.

Early Letters

Synthetic phonics is now the main method used to teach children their letters and sounds. And here at Ransom Publishing we offer one of the most popular programmes of decodable phonics books for children learning to read. You can find details of Reading Stars Phonics in the Phonics Phase sections to the left, or by heading to our Reading Stars Phonics section.

Sitting alongside our phonics readers, we have a lovely bright and colourful series called Alpha Stars. This is a range of books that provide support for children to learn the names of the letters, to reinforce their knowledge of the letter sounds and to learn to write the letters. As with all our series, these can be ordered as individual titles, 6 copies of each title, or in discounted packs.

Our in-house phonics guru recommends that these books are used once children have learnt their basic letter sounds, towards the end of Phase 3. But of course it all depends on the progression of the child or the class.

Complete Packs Phases 1 to 5

Ransom's Reading Stars Phonics Packs offer a 15% discount off the price of the individual titles. They are available as single copy packs and packs of six of each title.

Teaching materials to support the readers are provided free of charge, on a USB stick, to every school ordering a pack of six copies of all the titles in the programme, for either Phases 1 - 5 or Phases 2 - 5. The teaching materials includes teachers notes, photocopiable flashcards, and a detailed lesson plan for every book that enables teachers to deliver a structured literacy lesson to support each title.

Complete Packs for Each Phase

Reading Stars Phonics provides reading books for Phonics Phases 1 through to 5. If you are looking for books specifically for one particular Phase, or for a number of specific Phases, you can purchase complete packs of books for each phase.

These packs all offer a discount off the price of purchasing individual titles.

There are more options for discounted packs of books within each phase. So if your budget doesn't stretch to a complete pack for a Phase, or you are looking for books to top up your reading collection within a Phase, take a look at the packs within each Phase section.