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Decodable Reading Books
PLD’s award-winning Decodable Reading Books have been meticulously developed for children learning to read through a Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP) approach. Authored by speech pathologists and aligned with the Science of Reading, these books present phonics, sight words, and high-frequency words in a sequenced order, emphasise decoding skills and enable early readers to apply the phonics they are learning in the classroom to their reading practise.
The books are developed in alignment with current research on font size and spacing, with thoughtful consideration given to the appropriate font and layout for each set. PLD’s Decodable Reading Books begin with very low word counts and single lines of text, gradually increasing to longer texts with multiple lines, supporting a steady and manageable progression in reading development.
PLD’s Decodable Reading Books (Sets 1 – 7) is the winner in the Decodable Books category for the 2025 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards! Here is a “Behind-the-Scenes” look at our award-winning books.
PLD’s Decodable Reading Books are widely used in classrooms across Australia, supporting educators in metropolitan, regional and remote learning communities. Designed to align with classroom phonics instruction, the decodable readers provide a structured and practical resource that helps students build confidence and independence as they develop their reading skills.
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• 6 Sets – 140 Decodable Reading Books in total!
• Sets 1 – 4 support learning during Semester 1 Foundation with a focus on CVC and a gradual introduction of alphabet sounds.
• Sets 5 and 6 support learning during Semester 2 Foundation, introducing Digraphs and CCVC and CVCC words, as well as longer CCCVC and CCVCC words.
• Easily aligned with the Foundation SSP Teaching Sequence.
• 4 Sets – 90 Decodable Reading Books in total!
• Sets 7 and 8 support Semester 1 Year 1 learning and introduce extended code, including vowel digraphs.
• Sets 9 and 10 support Semester 2 Year 1 learning, continuing the extended code and including consonant digraphs.
• Easily aligned with the Year 1 SSP Teaching Sequence.
- 4 Sets – 10 books per Set – 40 books in total!
- Each book contains 3,500–4,000 words structured into manageable chapters, with roughly 600–800 words per chapter.
- The chapters provide an ideal daily 10-20 minute reading block designed to sustain a full week of reading practise.
- These chapter books support the transition from decodable books to general reading material.
- Easily aligned with the Year 2 SSP Teaching Sequence
The Early Reading Screen is available for download in the Year 1 & 2 and the Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 downloadable Screening & Tracking Manuals. It is a quick single-word reading assessment. It presents words that gradually increase in length and phonics complexity. The progression reflects PLD’s Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP) approach. The assessment takes 2-5 minutes to present and should be used to determine the level of decodable readers that students require for home and in-class reading.
The graphic below outlines reading book options, from PLD’s own decodable book range, curated PLD sets and compatible decodable readers sets from other publishers.
At PLD, we also carefully curate a range of high-quality catch-up decodable reading books that align with our SSP Teaching Sequence and are appropriate for students entering either Year 1 & 2 with Foundation level reading or Year 2 & 3 with Year 1 level reading.
At PLD, we also carefully curate a range of high-quality catch-up decodable reading books that align with our SSP Teaching Sequence and are appropriate for older students with Junior Primary reading levels.
Stage 1 Catch-Up Decodable Reading Books
Stage 1 & 2 Catch-Up Decodable Reading Books
Stage 1, 2 & 3 Catch-Up Decodable Reading Books
