Children learn with the help of Phoneme Fred, a little alien character who can only speak using separate sounds. Parent and child follow five simple steps: find the rhyming words, find the sounds, blend the sounds, split the word into sounds, and read the word. By the end of the book, children will be able to read words such as cat, dog, pig and hen. "Superphonics" offers swift progress because of its highly focused approach. With just 20 minutes' work a day, most children will complete Book 2 in about 4 weeks. It is illustrated in colour throughout by Kate Sheppard.

 

This is book 2 in Superphonics .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Hachette Children's Group .

Ruth Miskin is an expert in synthetic phonics with over 25 years' teaching experience. She is involved in advising the UK government on literacy training, and in training senior literacy advisers. Kate Sheppard went to the same art college as David Hockney. She has illustrated well over 100 volumes. The quirkier the book, the more fun Kate has with the drawings.