Decodable Books for Jolly Phonics Classrooms: Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels

Alex has a brand-new fishing rod, but Steve has nothing. He races off to find sticks and string before Alex catches a single fish, but every hiding spot near the village turns up empty. Could a rusty old stone bin hold the answer? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘dude’, ‘rude’, ‘crude’, ‘fluke’, ‘complete’.

High up in the oldest tree on Butternut Hill, a busy squirrel has packed away forty-nine nuts to get through winter. One morning every single one is gone, and no one nearby will admit to seeing a thing. Who could have taken them, and where could they possibly have gone? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ‘rude’, ’excuse’, ‘assume’, ‘fumes’.

Steve thought he’d seen every wonder a cave could hold, until a cute pet grinned up at him from a hidden pool. It follows him home, but its new pond seems too plain, so Steve sets to work. Will he make it complete? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ‘dude’, ‘complete’, ’these’, ‘darkened’.

Pang the cicada has been chosen to conduct the biggest concert of the year, and he is terrified he will mess it all up. Rehearsals are chaos: singers muddle their parts, one little bug is too shy to sing loud, and the big day keeps creeping closer. Can Pang pull the whole choir together in time? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ’tunes’, ‘complete’, ‘confuse’, ’theme’, and ‘stampede’.

Deep in the cold sea lives a cute fish with green fins, so quick that no man can get him. Every time a boat comes close, he flicks his fins and darts into the kelp, grinning to himself. All the fishermen have given up trying, except one dude who refuses to quit. Can he outsmart the cleverest cod in the sea? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ‘dude’, ‘ruse’, ‘assume’ and ’truce’.

Kate is racing to get the Rainbow Tower sparkling before the Wind Princess arrives at sunrise, but the one broom she needs the most, Zoom, won’t cooperate. He growls, dodges, and finally zips off down the hallway with Kate holding on for dear life. Why is Zoom so rude, and what happened to make him this angry? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘rude’, ‘brute’, ‘fumes’, ‘mute’, ’truce’.

Spike the cactus just wants a hug, but every tree in the garden laughs at his spines and tells him to get lost. He bounces off anyway, humming a happy tune, sure someone out there is right for him. But who could ever want a friend this pointy? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘rude’, ‘dunes’, ’tune’, ‘mute’, ‘confuse’.

Anansi has slipped inside Farmer Kofi’s prize melon for a sweet, cool snack, but his belly swells to an extreme size and now he cannot slip back out through the tiny hole. Stuck and hidden in the shade, he dreams up a ruse: what if the melon could talk? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘mute’, ‘dupes’, ‘stampede’, ‘complete’, ‘confuses’.

Dr. Can Do’s workshop is finally tidy, until he opens a chest and finds it stuffed with stone and rock he’ll never use. He builds a rig to dump it all into a hot pit below, but will his clever plan keep the mess away for good? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cubes’, ’these’, ‘complete’, ‘concrete’, ‘include’.

Vines don’t just grow, they grab on and never let go! Some twist up trees, some spread across the ground, and some even hide their food underground. What happens when these tangled climbers cover a whole tree, or even a whole hillside? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ‘prune’, ‘compete’, ’extreme’, ‘intrude’.

Ned is almost out of coal, and the caves are too deep, dark, and full of bitey things. Luckily, The Book has a trick that needs zero caving: just fire, trees, and one very impatient farmer. Will Ned’s crude plan actually work before The Book gets cooked? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘crude’, ‘cute’, ‘fumes’, ‘stampede’, ‘mute’.

Zom the zombie is sick of brains for every meal, so he decides to bake something new instead. There’s just one problem: he has no idea what real ingredients are supposed to look like. Will his very first cake turn out to be a treat, or a total disaster? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘crude’, ‘fumes’, ‘use’, ‘cute’, ‘complete’.

Tip has had the worst day ever: zombies chased her, and mud swallowed her whole farm. She fumes and pulls her blanket up tight, ready to hide in bed forever. But when her friends creep in with a plant and a glowing vine, can they turn her terrible day around without her even leaving her pillow? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘fumes’, ‘mute’, ‘cute’, ‘include’, ‘complete’.

Nip is desperate for the sea, but every shell along the way is too pretty to skip. When a wobble of huge crabs blocks the path, will she ever stop looking and start running? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ‘rude’, ‘mute’, ’excuse’ and ’truce’.

Eve and Pip are best pals who make a rainbow sketch, share a pancake stack, and stick together no matter what. But even best pals splash each other in the rain and argue about it. Can a truce and a pancake breakfast fix everything? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘rule’, ‘complete’, ‘cute’, ’truce’, ‘dispute’.

Rabbit has a big plan: be first at everything on the first day of school. But every time he races to the front, someone else is already there, ready to compete before him. Can Rabbit find something he’s truly first at? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘compete’, ‘complete’, ‘athlete’, ‘dispute’ and ‘includes’.

Bop can’t wait for the Bantengan parade, and he’s sure he’ll learn every dance move perfectly. But when Big Brother shows him the steps, Bop’s wrists twist the wrong way and his knees turn to jelly. Can Bop ever get his feet to listen? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘dude’, ‘confuse’, ‘rude’, ’excuse’ and ’truce’.

Donkey is sure there must be another donkey somewhere in the meadow, since everything else comes in twos. He checks the pond, quizzes Hippo, and tries every loud, silly trick he can think of to get noticed. Could the other Donkey be hiding just around the corner? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ’excuse’, ‘athlete’, ‘compete’, ‘dudes’.

Ned’s shed has torches, stone walls, and plenty of room for crafting. There’s just no bed. Every morning Ned wakes up sore from sleeping on the cold floor, and The Book says he’ll need wool, and the right tool, to fix that. But wool means sheep, and sheep scatter the moment Ned comes running. Can Ned figure out how to get close enough to a flock without sending it into a stampede? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘use’, ‘cute’, ‘mute’, ‘rude’, ’tune’.

Zing the bee is the fastest flier in the hive, and she never lets her helpers forget it. When a strange purple glow calls to her from the dark woods, she zips off alone to grab a jar of nectar all by herself. Who needs six helpers, anyway? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘dude’, ’tune’, ‘fumes’, ‘rude’, and ‘stampede’.

A pillager raid is closing in on the village, and one villager and two loyal dogs must hold the line against wave after wave of brutes. When a monstrous Ravager stomps out from the trees, swords suddenly feel useless. Can this small defender find something bigger to save the village? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘brute’, ’these’, ‘rude’, ‘cute’, ‘fumes’.

Doc Can Do’s furnace is nearly out of fuel, so he dreams up a machine that will grow, cut, and feed bamboo all on its own, forever. But a curious little hen keeps pecking at his precious wiring, no matter where he pens her up. Can Doc Can Do finish his machine before she finds a way back in? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cubes’, ‘fumes’, ‘assume’, ‘complete’, ‘cute’.

Dot lives high in her fruit tree, where three loud, rude chicks always demand food the moment she lands. Dot brings shiny gifts instead, but her chicks refuse them and screech for breakfast anyway, so Dot must soar over rooftops and yards, past a girl and her dog, searching for something better. Will Dot find a meal her hungry chicks finally can’t refuse? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ’these’, ‘rude’, ’tune’, ‘brutes’, ‘compete’.

Steve always assumes his brother’s tales are made up, until he finds a glowing green stone deep underground and picks it up anyway. Now the stone won’t let go, and every second it holds him confuses his path back home. Lost near a strange village, can he find a map before the stone’s grip becomes permanent? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘consume’, ‘assumes’, ‘confuse’, ‘rude’, ‘cute’.

Amina is the best young pearl-diver on the reef, able to hold her breath longer than anyone else in her village. One dive she goes deeper than ever before and closes her fingers around a glowing green bracelet that isn’t supposed to be touched. A vast, cold voice rises from the dark water. What has she just taken from the deep? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘intrude’, ’truce’, ‘assume’, ‘mute’, ‘complete’.

Sifiso must cross a pool guarded by a great serpent to bring medicine to his sick grandmother, but three grown men have already tried and failed. Alone at the water’s edge, he wonders if there is any gift that might earn him safe passage. Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘mute’, ’extreme’, ‘ruse’, ’truce’, ’true’.

Tiren is the smallest herd boy in the enkang, and everyone doubts him. When the older boys fall sick, he must lead forty cattle across the plain alone, armed with only his rod and his wits. But brutes lurk in the grass, a storm is building, and the watering hole may not be as safe as it looks. Can Tiren bring the whole herd home safely? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘brutes’, ‘rude’, ‘intrude’, ‘stampede’, ‘complete’.

Agbe the ram grazes calmly at the forest’s edge, never afraid of anything. When Ekun the leopard decides this slow, fat animal will make an easy meal, he creeps closer through the grass to strike, but will his plan work? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘brute’, ‘assume’, ‘rude’, ’extreme’, ‘ruse’.

Demba the hunter leaves millet at an old baobab tree each morning, but this year the rains stopped early and the animals vanished into the dry land. Sitting alone by the tree one evening, he hears a voice rise from the roots itself. What will Demba dare to ask for when he finally gets his wish? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘use’, ’eve’, ‘rude’, ‘conclude’, ‘mute’.

Kaggen the Mantis loves the little eland calf he finds alone in the dust, and hides it deep in a rocky gap in the red hills, feeding it honey in secret as it grows. But a hidden thing always wants to be found, and a growing thing always needs more, so what happens when the calf’s great new horns no longer fit the rock gap it must not leave? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ‘mute’, ‘conclude’, ‘perfume’, ’truce’.

Deep in the rainforest, a careless elephant tramples everything in his path without ever looking down, certain that nothing small could matter to him. When he crushes a tiny weaver bird’s nest and laughs at her tears, she quietly begins plotting with her friends. Can three tiny creatures really teach a giant to watch his step? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘brute’, ‘rude’, ’truce’, ’tune’, ‘complete’.

Girma tends his family’s flock high in the mountains, far from any palace. When a messenger arrives with news of a royal test that even scholars cannot pass, Girma wonders if a shepherd might see something the wise men missed. Could a boy with a walking stick outthink an emperor? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘mute’, ‘complete’, ‘rude’, ‘compete’, ‘cute’.

Skel just wants one thing: a loyal hunting dog. But the cute pup he brings home only has eyes for bones, gobbling every one in sight. When the pup starts stealing more than treats, can Skel turn this bone-crazy troublemaker into the teammate he was hoping for? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ‘rude’, ’excuse’, ‘complete’, ’truce’.

Jack finds a strange glowing cube at a traveling trader’s stand, and its owner warns that a curse touches everything it comes near. Jack grabs it anyway and runs home laughing, tucking it by his bed before he falls asleep. What will Jack find when he wakes up? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cube’, ‘dude’, ‘cute’, ‘fume’, ’tune’.

Eve has a theme for her art, and Cat is watching closely as the paint tubes gather round. One tube is cute and standing tall, refusing to be squeezed like all the rest. Will this stubborn little tube ever share its color with the painting? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘cute’, ’tube’, ‘rude’, ‘complete’, ‘mute’.

A girl finally gets to walk to Grandad’s all by herself, sensible and slow… until a sharp bark sends her running the wrong way in a panic. She hides behind a bush, sure a huge, snarling brute is closing in. Is she about to come face to face with the scariest dog on the road? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 2, Unit 6: long vowels), this book practices words like ‘brute’, ‘cute’, ‘assumes’, ‘stampede’, ’tune’.