Talisman Series

Ideal for older readers who have gaps in their phonic knowledge (interest age 8-14), the Talisman Series follows on from the Totem Series,and introduces more alternative spellings for the vowel sounds: 'ae', 'ee', 'oe', 'er', 'ow/oi', 'oo', 'ie', 'or', 'air' and 'ar' (following Phase 5 of the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme).

Original, striking and motivating illustrations and stories will appeal to struggling or reluctant readers. With a reading practice page, vocabulary page and multisyllable words split for the reader; these highly decodable books ensure reading success.

Book 1 - The Talisman - 'ae' (includes the spellings ai, ay, a, a-e, ea, ey)
Book 2 - Stampede! - 'ee' (includes ee, ea, e, y, e-e, ie, ei)
Book 3 - Shadow in the River - 'oe' (includes ow, oa, o, oe, o-e)
Book 4 - Deep Sea Danger - 'er' (includes er, ir, ur, or, ear)
Book 5 - Hounded in the Snow - 'ow' (includes ow and ou) and 'oi' (includes oy and oi)
Book 6 - Death at Noon - 'oo' (includes oo, ue, u-e, ew, ou, u)
Book 7 - A Cry in the Dark - 'ie' (includes igh, ie, i-e, i, y)
Book 8 - Attack at Nightfall - 'or' (includes or, ore, a, aw, awa, au, al, ough)
Book 9 - Mountain Scare - 'air' (includes air, are, ear, ere, eir)
Book 10 - The Dark Master - 'ar' (includes ar, a, al, au)




Author:   Tami Reis-Frankfort
Publisher:   Phonic Books Ltd
Number of Pages:   16 pages per book (full colour)
Age category:   8-14
Size:   150x210mm
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   Various

A photocopiable black and white workbook, based on the Talisman Series stories, offers a comprehensive programme of work for teachers and teacher assistants. It includes segmenting, blending, comprehension, spelling, writing, multisyllable work, homophones, and games for each book.

150 pages.








Author:   
Publisher:   Phonic Books Ltd
Number of Pages:   150
Age category:   8-14
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Spiral Bound Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781907170713

10 books continue from the Talisman 1 Series with the introduction of alternative spellings for more vowel and consonant sounds.

The Talisman 2 series introduces more text to a page. alternate pages have two paragraphs of text broken up by a small illustration. This is designed to motivate the reluctant reader to persevere and read a whole page of text.

Phases 5 & 6 of 'Letters and Sounds'



Book 1 - Reunited (ue, ue, ew, u)
Book 2 - Trouble in the woods ('u' ou, o, u 'o' a, o, ou)
Book 3 - Certain Death (s, ss, c, ce, se, sc, st)
Book 4 - The Fossil (l, ll, le, il, al, ol, el)
Book 5 - Legends of the Gorge (j, g, ge, dge, dj)
Book 6 - The Sphinx (f, ff, gh, ph)
Book 7 - Sticky Adventure (ture)
Book 8 - Dangerous Direction (tion, ssion, tion, tian, sion, cian)
Book 9 - Zak Tries Martial Arts ('shul', cial, tial 'shus' tious, cious, ious)
Book 10 - The Dark Master's Vision (sion)




Author:   Tami Reis-Frankfort
Publisher:   Phonic Books Ltd
Number of Pages:   16 pages per book
Age category:   8-14
Size:   150x210mm
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   Various

Talisman 2 Series Workbook is a spiral- bound pack of black and white photocopiable reading, spelling and comprehension activities for each of the stories to encourage the reader to practise reading and spelling, using the phonic knowledge and skills introduced in the books.

Activities which develop comprehension and language skills are also included.







Author:   
Publisher:   Phonic Books Ltd
Number of Pages:   150
Age category:   8-14
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Spiral Bound Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781907170782