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Get over 130 free phonics books to print for your early reader! My kids love the funny pictures in these decodable readers.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER:

I created these books back in 2014, before I had done a deeper study of phonics and long before I received my training in Orton-Gillingham (a structured approach to teaching phonics).

I am currently working on a creating a full library of decodable stories. Find the newer decodable stories here.

When the full set of decodable books with custom illustrations is complete, these older books will disappear. This is because the newer books are far superior; not only do they tell actual, interesting stories, but they also have a better way of introducing high frequency words and follow a superior scope and sequence.

How to assemble

Get over 130 free phonics books to print for your early reader! My kids love the funny pictures in these decodable readers.

Print the pages front to back, starting on page 2. (Page 1 is my Terms of Use – be sure not to print it or they will all be messed up!)  I like to print on light or medium cardstock.

Get over 130 free phonics books to print for your early reader! My kids love the funny pictures in these decodable readers.

Each book will be two full sheets of paper, front to back.  Cut on the horizontal center of each book.  (I love our paper cutter! I’ve used it for years.  A little pricey on Amazon, but you might be able to get it at Michaels with a coupon.)

Get over 130 free phonics books to print for your early reader! My kids love the funny pictures in these decodable readers.

Fit the pages together in their proper order.

Get over 130 free phonics books to print for your early reader! My kids love the funny pictures in these decodable readers.

Fold.

Get over 130 free phonics books to print for your early reader! My kids love the funny pictures in these decodable readers.

Staple on the fold with a long-armed stapler.

Click on each link to enter your email address and get the book emailed to you.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

I am currently working on a creating a full library of decodable stories. Find the newer decodable stories here.

When the full set of decodable books with custom illustrations is complete, these older books will disappear. This is because the newer books are far superior; not only do they tell actual, interesting stories, but they also have a better way of introducing high frequency words and follow a superior scope and sequence.

 

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122 Comments

  1. Rebecca

    Have you made a phonics book for long I “ie” spelling pattern (as in “tie”)?

    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Rebecca! No, I didn’t, because I couldn’t think of enough words in that pattern to fill a booK!

      • Rebecca

        words:
        1. Tie
        2. Lie
        3. Pie
        4. Cries
        5. Die (not an ideal word…but it could be singular of “dice”)
        6. Spied
        7. Fries
        8. Tied
        9. Dried
        10. Tries

        I know that the -ies and -ied are mixed in with suffixes, but I thought it would still be a great way to practice the “ie” spelling pattern.

        Let me know what you think!

        Rebecca

        • Anna Geiger

          This series of books is complete, but I’ll keep this in mind for future game or activity. Thanks!

  2. Courtney

    HI! My students love your books and so do I. Can you make a set for silent consonants, such as “wr”, “gn”, and “kn”? Thanks!

    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Courtney! This set of books is complete, but I do hope to create separate printables for reinforcing beginning digraphs in the coming months.

  3. Nadia

    thank you so much Anna!
    I tried to make some thing easy and simple to read like this for my son. gave up after 2 hours.
    it’s not easy. your hard work has helped me a lot ! bless you

  4. Elida

    My students love the books and can’t wait to learn to read the next one. Thank you so much for providing such good materials to support emergent readers. It is very effective too!

    Well done, Anna!

  5. Jamiela Ismail

    thanks so much for a wonderful resource. my kids love them. thanks once again.

  6. Merryn Thorp

    Such an amazing resources to use at home. I also plan on using these to tutor a little girl. I love that each book focuses on a particular digraph allowing the child to achieve real success in learning to identify it within words. Thank you so much for making this freely available.

  8. Vineeta

    Hi Anna

    I am not getting from where I get the book to print. its shows one page
    Please help your stuff is awesome..

    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Vineeta! I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking. If you want to get to the post to print a book, click on the brown link on this page. Then scroll down once you get to the post. At the end of it you’ll find a link to download that particular set.

  9. Rafael

    Hello Anna , English study with my 3 year old daughter, thank you very much for sharing it helps me alot 🙂

    • Anna Geiger

      I hope you get a lot of use out of them, Jordyn! Enjoy the rest of your first year – there’s nothing quite like it!

  11. Courtney Wright

    Your book are a great addition to our school in Turkey. I’m an English teacher here and we just started to introduce phonics into our lessons. I’ll be using them in my private lessons also.

    Thank you so much,
    The students are going to love these!

  12. jamilah

    Thank you so much.
    These books are amazing and wonderful.
    They help me a lot.
    I am a teacher from Malaysia.
    Thanks.

  13. Alagbalaafin Olaide

    This is wonderful. In fact, you have a big heart.Thanks so much
    How can I get the books?

    • Anna Geiger

      Click on the brown link to get the blog post which tells about the set. Then scroll down to the bottom of the post, where you can download it.

  14. Stephanie

    I LOVE your phonics readers. I use them EVERY week with my first graders! Do you have a qu- words book? I didn’t see one but I thought I’d check!
    Thanks for the great resources!

    • Anna Geiger

      I’m sorry, no – I focused on word families and medial long vowel digraphs, etc. rather than beginning blends and digraphs.

  15. Mary-Angela

    I would like to get these books printed off at a staples copy and print center so that they are one card stock and they can cut everything for me… but the pdfs are locked and so when i upload them to the staples website it won’t let them print the books. I think this is what is happening anyways…. any chance i can get an unlocked version?

    • Anna Geiger

      Actually I’d be violating the Terms of Use for the clip art I purchased if I supply an unlocked version – so I can’t do that. I have many people print my locked pdf’s at Staples without any trouble. Do you want me to send you an e-mail giving you permission to print them? I’m not sure if that’s the issue, but your issue, but I’ve done that for people who are physically at a copy center.

  16. Dana

    Hi Anna,
    I love all of your little books! I use them all the time with my struggling readers at school. I would like to make some of my own on specific things that were are working on in school. I was wondering if you use a template for making these books and if so, if you would be willing to share it with me so I can create some of my own?
    Thanks!

    • Anna Geiger

      I’m sorry, Dana, but I don’t do that for copyright reasons. I create them in MS Publisher using text boxes. You could do the same in Powerpoint or another similar program. (I do not recommend MS Word.) My favorite font is KG Primary Penmanship, which you can download for free at TPT. (I pay a small fee for commercial use.)

  17. Sharon

    Thank you so much!
    Those books are amazing.
    I am a teacher from Hong Kong.
    I found it hard to teach ESL kids phonics, and your work definitely inspires and helps me a lot! 🙂

    • Anna Geiger

      You’re very welcome, Sharon – I’m so glad you can use them! Our family spent a semester in Hong Kong about five years ago when my husband was teaching there. We lived in Mei Foo. It was a special time!

  20. Maile

    Do you have any opinions for purchasing these books pre-assembled? I’ve looked at a lot of phonics readers sets, and this looks like the closest match to what I’m looking for. Very excited to have found you!

    • Anna Geiger

      No, I’m afraid not, Maile. I don’t intend to sell them pre-assembled. That’s too much for this busy mom! 🙂

  21. mrs. Tweedie

    Thank you Anna.
    I am homeschooling my 7 yr old bright daughter.
    Your work is a blessing to me.
    I need not look any further.
    God bless you.
    Mrs. Tweedie

    • Anna Geiger

      I’m so glad you’re finding things you can use here! Thank you so much for your kind comment. 🙂

  22. Foula

    Greetings from South Africa …………Thank you for these awesome booklets . Great in helping my boys remember their sounds

  23. Foula

    Greetings from South Africa …………Thank you for these awesome booklets . Great in helping my boys remember the sounds

  25. Monica

    Thank you for all the fantastic books! They are just so helpful for my six-year old girl. I’m a Chinese mother now teaching my daughter phonics.

  26. ploy

    Thanks a lot for your WONDERFUL Books. It’s easy to use.

    I’m a teacher from Thailand. I’ve downloaded your books already and I’ll use your books to teach my students. I think they have fun to READ it. and They can read. Thank you very much for your kindness.

  28. Jen

    I came across your stuff thanks to pinterest and I can’t wait to print and read them with my 4 year old (misses the traditional school cut off but he is ready for this, gonna homeschool anyhow)
    Thank you for all the work you have put into these

  29. Jeyy

    Thank you so much for the wonderful effort. My son is 3.5 and is autistic. Your books has done the miracle. He has started reading now. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. It helped me in bringing my son’s interest out and adding some more colours in his world. With the pictures he will slowly understand what he is reading in the near future. Plz keep up the gr8 work.

  30. Teresa

    Thank-you for making such great free phonics reading books that go past the initial lessons. My grade one and two students will get a lot of use out of these.

  31. Krista

    Hi,
    Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful resource. It is just what I need to help a few students in my grade 3 class this fall, that have still not had success with reading. I am looking forward to using all of the phonics and sight word books.

    I was just wondering if you had a checklist made for these books so that I can keep track of their progress. If not that is totally fine, I was just trying to save some time.

    Thanks again for all the wonderful books!
    Krista

  33. Gail

    All I can say is THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
    I have been looking for books like these for a while now.

  34. Melinda McNutt

    I am preparing the complete phonics booklets for use in the program that will be at our church this summer. This program is a day camp-like program with college interns conducting the program but with a reading element using volunteers to help inner city/at risk kids maintain their reading levels. So many of them are not at grade level and I am hoping that these phonics books can be used to boost their current reading levels – especially new 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders who are behind. I have already used some of these with private tutoring students with great success! I only discovered them about a month ago but I am very impressed. And thank you Anna for sharing these at no additional cost beyond the printing. Finding children’s books with limited phonics elements is difficult and that is what these struggling readers need to gain confidence in reading.

    • Anna Geiger

      Thank you so much, Melinda, and for all the edits you’ve sent my way. I’m saving them for a time this summer when I can tackle them all at once.

  35. Jenny

    Thank you so much for these readers. I downloaded some about a month ago and my son really enjoys using these. They are filling in a gap for his reading and have been a huge help, so I came back for more. I am so glad you have your website on each book, because I was having a hard time remembering where I had found them. Thanks again!

    • Anna Geiger

      I’m really happy these are helping your son, Jenny! I know that it’s hard to find “in between” materials when kids need some review work. So glad these work for you!

  36. Priscilla

    Would love to know when set 23-24 of the phonics books will be available. Can’t wait to use the this summer for our summer school at home b

    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Priscilla! These are actually already done and included in the Phonics book bundle pack that can be purchased in my shop. I just have to write the posts! If you are close to them and the posts still aren’t done, drop me an e-mail (via the contact form) or just write a comment. I’ll make sure to get them done in time for you!

  38. Maryam

    Wow! An awesome website. Ever since I discovered the measuredmom, I have never looked elsewhere. Thank you so much.

  39. LaMareshia

    I am so thankful for your few resources. I teach Kindergarten, and I was so pleased to find such great FREE resources available with the exact skills that my students need to practice.

  42. Anupama

    Thank you so much for the resource. It’s amazing. Am sure it will work out wonders for my kids.

  43. Emily Canibano

    These are great, I am in my first year as a PreK-K teacher, with three of my own little readers too, and am always looking for phonetic books. Thanks for making these accessible – I usually spend hours making things like these on my own – we may actually get more family outings now 🙂

    • Anna Geiger

      Hello, Emily! I’m so glad to help you out a little and maybe get you some more time with your family. That’s definitely one of my big goals – to save teachers time! It’s a rewarding but time consuming occupation, for sure. 🙂

    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Tracy!

      I do not have any books to teach the beginning digraph sounds, no. Many books teach the middle digraphs (ee, ea, etc.).

      If you hop over to thisreadingmama.com, she has been creating a lot of printables for teaching digraphs, so you might want to check those out!

  45. Thao Nguyen

    Dear MM,
    Much appreciate for your useful materials. We are in Viet Nam so ” The English Phonics” is so important for younger starters . As now, i am getting to teach my 5 year-old girl. These books are wonderful!!!

  46. Sandra

    Hello, I just wanted to thank you so much for these books!!! These will be perfect for my son!

  47. Hilary

    Thank you so much for these materials. I’m in the process of starting a child care business and appreciate these wonderful resources to help me get started.

    • Anna Geiger

      Hello, Noura!

      Are you looking for books with words that end with ull? Like dull, for example? I don’t have a book like that because there are so few words that end that way.

  49. Olga

    These are absolutely stunning. They are so beautifully designed and a very high standard. I love them!! And will definitely share with all the Homeschooling Mamma’s I know, Thank you for blessing us with these offerings of your time and talents!

    • Anna Geiger

      Thank you so much for your kind words, Olga – and a double thank you for sharing my site with other homeschooling parents! 🙂

  52. Caris Maloney

    These books are wonderful! My daughter is almost done reading the McGuffey Primer and heading into the McGuffey First Reader. It is so hard to find books that fill the gap of her style of reading. I can’t tell you how excited I am for these books. I have already downloaded your 1st set and just downloaded the last book of this series! THANK YOU!

    • Anna Geiger

      Yay, I’m so glad to hear these are right up her alley, Caris! I know just what you mean, trying to find books that fill the gap. There just aren’t enough of those!

  53. catherine

    Thank you for all these books so invaluable for starter reading. My granddaughter will have great benefit from them.
    Thank you so much
    Catherine

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