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Ages are a guide only. These books are designed to support children at different stages, including those who may be learning to read later or in a different way.
These books were created because phonics doesn’t work for every child.
Autistic author Callum Knight explains how he struggled to learn to read through phonics alone. What worked for him was seeing whole words again and again, while colouring.
Colouring helped him:
So we built a series with Callum for other children like him.
Across 9 simple levels, these books help children:
Each page is:
Colouring isn’t just for fun — it helps learning stick.
It:
This is especially helpful for:
These books are designed to support phonics.
They give children another way in.
Every child learns to read in their own time.
Ethan Knight (The PDA Effect) didn’t read until age 10.
He’s now a bestselling author.
Some children learn quickly, like Callum.
Others take longer.
Both are completely okay.
This sight-reading series is carefully scaffolded to build confidence, fluency, and comprehension through whole-word recognition and structured repetition.
Designed to complement phonics instruction, it strengthens high-frequency word recognition and sentence fluency.
Developed for visual learners and early readers, each level introduces developmentally appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures — making reading both accessible and enjoyable.
This series is designed for children roughly aged 4– 7+, including:
These books are designed to reduce pressure, not add to it.
The 9 levels broadly follow an early school reading progression (similar to systems like Oxford Reading Tree), starting with first words and progressing to short stories and early fluency.
However, these books are not tied to strict levels.
Some children may move through them quickly.
Others may revisit levels multiple times.

(also suitable for older beginners)
Sight words in this book:
I, a, the, my, me, you, is, it, go, no, see, like

Sight words in this book:
we, he, she, to, in, on, up, big, little, can, look, and

Sight words in this book:
happy, sad, fun, play, run, jump, here, there, come, with

Sight words in this book:
said, went, away, down, help, make, find, one, two, three

Sight words in this book:
because, where, when, again, more, little, very, about, after, before

Sight words in this book:
so, but, if, then, very, slowly, quickly, first, next, last

Sight words in this book:
many, some, any, every, over, under, around, again, before, after

Sight words in this book:
who, what, why, how, could, would, should, tell, ask, show

Sight words in this book:
story, first, next, then, finally, before, after, because, when, where
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