The school book bag, starring your child
Fully decodable reading-practice books, matched to the exact phonics phase your child is learning at school — except this time, the story is about them.
Decodable means every word can be sounded out using only the sounds they’ve already been taught — we check each one, letter by letter, so they can genuinely read it themselves. And children try harder when the hero is them.
3 free books a month — stories or reading practice, your choice. No card required.
How it works
Pick their phase
Choose the level that matches what school sends home — organised by the book-band colours you already know from the book bag.
We build their book
A brand-new practice book in minutes, using only the sounds and tricky words your child has been taught — with them as the main character.
They read it to you
Clear school-book lettering, one step per page, and a practice page at the back with the sounds covered and talk-about-it questions.
Matched to how UK schools teach phonics
Eight levels across Phases 2–5 of systematic synthetic phonics — from first letter-sounds to the Year 1 screening check.
First weeks of Reception
The very first letter-sounds — enough to read simple words like sat, tap, dog.
Reception, spring
Two-letter sounds (sh, ch, ai, ee…) — words like chip, rain, night.
Reception, summer
No new sounds — longer words like jump, green, train.
Year 1
New spellings for known sounds — day, boy, cake, smile — towards the phonics screening check.
Genuinely decodable — not just “simple”
Every word in every book is validated letter-by-letter against the sound set for its level, and every finished book is reviewed for story sense before it’s served. If a book doesn’t pass, your child never sees it. Learning books are new — we’re refining them with real families, and we’d love your feedback.