Phase 1 Non-Fiction Readers
Junior Learning · Letters & Sounds
12 photographic non-fiction readers per selected collection. Choose phonemic-awareness books or speaking-and-listening books for early oral-language work.
Teaching focus & phonics coverage
- Skills to practise
- Listening to sounds in words, speaking about pictures and organising ideas through oral storytelling.
- Two different approaches
- Set 1 focuses on phonemic awareness. Set 2 focuses on speaking and listening through retelling or storytelling.
- How to use the phase
- Use teacher-led talk and observation to support early language development. Phase 1 is preparation for later phonics reading; it is not a Phase 2 letter-by-letter decoding sequence.
- Match to your teaching
- Choose the collection for the oral-language or sound-awareness activity you are planning. Check the prompts in the individual book before use.
Choose & build your Phase 1 reading collection
Compare the fiction and non-fiction collections at this phase, then choose the stories or topics that suit your learners. Set 2 offers different titles at the same phase.
Each selected reader option contains 12 books. Workbooks, teacher books and additional reader collections are optional extras, sold separately and not included.
Suggested classroom use
Suggested teaching routine. For group work, plan the number of copies separately if every pupil needs the same title.
Look & talk
Explore the pictures together. Model vocabulary and invite pupils to explain what they notice.
Listen & retell
Use the selected book for sound-awareness discussion or oral retelling, following its focus.
Observe & revisit
Note how pupils listen, describe and sequence ideas. Return to a familiar book to extend their oral language.
Phase 1 fiction readers
These are additional reader collections, sold separately. Follow a picture to view the matching product.
Fiction · Set 1 · JL380
Phonemic-awareness books for exploring sounds and words with teacher support. Illustrated fiction provides a context for discussion.
Fiction · Set 2 · BB124
Speaking and Listening readers: illustrated stories for retelling and exploring how books work.
Phase 1 non-fiction readers
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Non-Fiction · Set 1 · JL386
Phonemic-awareness books for exploring sounds and words with teacher support. Photographs provide a context for discussion.
Non-Fiction · Set 2
Speaking and Listening readers: photographic images for storytelling and talking about sounds and words.
Support their reading with a workbook & teacher’s book
The same Phase 1 workbook provides additional phase-level practice alongside any of the fiction or non-fiction options shown above. Choose the teacher-book edition for your reader collection.
The workbook and teacher’s book are optional extras, sold separately and not included with this reader pack.
Workbook: practice for the child
Use the activities to revisit the phase’s early sound-awareness work with adult support.
Choose an activity that revisits what has just been taught. The workbook is shared across collections at this phase; it is not a separate workbook for every reader set.
Optional extra — sold separately.
Teacher’s book: guidance for the adult
Use the guide for your chosen collection to plan the reading lesson, choose follow-up activities and check what the child needs to practise next.
- Before reading
- Use the phonics sequence and the plan for the selected reader to prepare the lesson.
- After reading
- Select photocopiable activities to revisit the learning.
- Next steps
- Use screening and assessment pages to identify where further teaching or practice is needed.
Choose by collection: fiction or non-fiction, then Set 1, Set 2, Hi-Lo Diversity or Science as applicable. A teacher’s book covers its collection across multiple phases.
Optional extra — sold separately.
Compare the publisher’s book-by-book sound sequence
Phase 1 focuses on sound awareness and oral language. The publisher does not supply a separate letter-by-letter sequence for these titles.
- Set 1 · Fiction & non-fiction
- Phonemic-awareness collections. The publisher’s book tables do not specify individual letter-sound focuses.
- Set 2 · Fiction & non-fiction
- Speaking-and-listening collections. The publisher’s book tables do not specify individual letter-sound focuses.
Shop all phases: readers & workbooks
Choose the phase that matches the skills being taught. Reader packs and workbooks are separate purchases.
- Phase 1
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 2
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 3
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 4
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 5
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 6
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
Decodable chapter books: Phases 3–6
All decodable readers · Junior Learning range · School & bulk orders
View all six teacher-book editions
Match both the genre and collection to your readers. These are six separate editions. Check the phase coverage shown on each card.
Fiction · Set 1
For Fiction · Set 1 readers.
Phases 1–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Fiction · Set 2
For Fiction · Set 2 readers.
Phases 1–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Fiction · Hi-Lo Diversity
For Fiction · Hi-Lo Diversity readers.
Phases 2–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Non-Fiction · Set 1
For Non-Fiction · Set 1 readers.
Phases 1–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Non-Fiction · Set 2
For Non-Fiction · Set 2 readers.
Phases 1–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Non-Fiction · Science
For Non-Fiction · Science readers.
Phases 2–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Full libraries for your classroom
Explore the wider fiction libraries and non-fiction libraries. Each library option is sold separately. Follow a picture to choose the collection you need.
