Decodable Books for Jolly Phonics Classrooms: Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed

Gad is the friendliest ghost in the forest, but every time he floats down to say hello, kids run away screaming. He tries hiding in a pile of coconuts and even sneaks in with a bunch of balloons, but nothing seems to work. Can Gad ever find a way to make new friends without scaring them off? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ’tree’, ‘sneak’, ‘peek’, ‘green’, ’team’.

Deep in the woodland, Anansi finds a strange mossy rock that hums and makes him fall into a deep sleep the moment he says a little spell near it. He soon realises he can trick other beasts into sleeping too and steal their food while they snooze, but sharp-eyed Bush Deer is watching from behind a tree. Will she figure out how to turn Anansi’s own trick against him? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sleep’, ‘deep’, ‘sweet’, ’treat’, and ‘agree’.

Grandad tells the best bedtime tales in all the land, and each night he leans in close with his mug of sweet steam to begin. Tonight’s tale is about a girl no one can see, sitting right in a big red seat beside you. Could something as real as a wee dip in the cushion ever give her away? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘seat’, ‘sweet’, ‘keep’, ‘green’, ‘peek’.

Ned has a farm, pigs, cows, and crops, and a big need: he wants his armour to look grand instead of plain, boring brown. The Book has a plan, but every colour Ned tries seems wrong, too loud, too bright, too much like a bean. Can Ned find the one colour that finally feels right? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ’need’, ‘heap’, ‘peek’, ‘dreamy’, ‘sleek’.

Adaeze is clever and keen, reading the lake’s moods and naming every tree by sight. When a smooth-voiced suitor arrives at the palace gate, everyone is dazzled but her. She senses something is wrong the moment she sees him, but what could a girl possibly prove against a charming stranger’s word? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘see’, ‘sweet’, ‘feet’, ‘speak’ and ‘green’.

Steve marches up from the sea with a big fat cod, sure he’s the best fisherman around. But the fish is cold, slick, and very raw, so he needs fire, and how hard can that be? Will Steve finally get a hot meal without burning his fingers off? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘heat’, ’need’, ‘deep’, ‘see’ and ‘sweet’.

Skel has too much to do and no time to rest, even when the sky turns dark and his comfy bench is right there. His friends warn him that beasts come for those who won’t sleep, but Skel just laughs it off and grabs his bow for one more adventure. Will he make it home before something with glowing eyes finds him first? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sleep’, ‘sweet’, ‘green’, ‘weak’, ‘peek’.

Deep beneath the waves, a girl explores oceans full of hidden life, from sandy lukewarm shallows to icy, freezing depths. Coral reefs shimmer with colour, but not everyone below is friendly, and danger lurks where the water turns dark. Will she and her sea friends keep their fragile blue world safe? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘deep’, ‘reef’, ‘creep’, ‘sweet’, ‘clean’.

Ned has lived by the flower fields for three days, and he’s itching to know what’s beyond them. When a talking book floats up claiming to know everything, Ned sets off with it toward a distant village, past hills that seem to stretch on forever. What will they find when they finally arrive? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘seeds’, ‘green’, ’trees’, ‘sweet’, ‘speak’.

Ned’s tiny wooden shed keeps knocking him over, so he decides it’s time for a big house with rooms he can actually fit through. But a talking book with lots of ideas has some strong opinions about how to build it, and Ned doesn’t always listen. Will Ned’s plan for the perfect house actually work out? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ’need’, ’trees’, ‘green’, ’neat’, ‘keep’.

Fig Pig sets sail across the sea to bring Brat Cat the most amazing thing he has ever seen. Deep down, gleaming fish flicker below the boat, but fish will not do. What will Fig Pig find that truly beats them all? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sea’, ‘deep’, ‘gleam’, ‘beach’, ‘seek’.

A girl and her pal Jen turn a big white sheet into a fort, with Jen creeping underneath while she peeks out to guard the gate. Bike rides with Grandad, bedtime stories with Nan, a bird on a stick, cuddly pets in the grass, and a sprinkle-happy uncle round out her busy days. Will she ever run out of people to love? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘creep’, ‘keep’, ‘peek’, ‘green’, and ‘sweet’.

Fig Pig has just come back from an island full of the strangest creatures ever: cows with mushrooms growing right out of their heads! Brat Cat can hardly believe it, and she sets sail at once to see for herself. When she finally reaches the beach and meets three of these odd, quiet creatures staring back at her, what will she do next? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘reach’, ‘beach’, ‘feast’, ‘speed’, ’three’.

Jack doesn’t have a pet, and every pal seems to have something better. He treks through the snow to find the biggest, grandest beast around, and finds a small, round cub sitting all alone on the ice. Could this wee cub really be the best pet in all the land? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘beast’, ‘feet’, ‘deep’, ‘green’, ’need’.

Kola is quiet and small, easy to overlook, but his eyes catch what others miss and he keeps a secret song all his own. When he spends everything he has to free a caged bird at the market, his cousins mock him without mercy. But at night, alone with his new friend, Kola sings softly, and something in him starts to change. Will Kola’s private song set him free? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘keen’, ‘peers’, ‘sweet’, ‘free’, ’each’.

Max has big plans for the school holidays, but Mum’s buried in washing and Dad’s dashing off to work. Even his sister Jill is too busy for him. When everyone in the house says no, Max hatches a plan involving the family parrot, Butter, and three days of secret work. Will his mysterious plan finally get everyone to play? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘peek’, ‘sneak’, ‘green’, ‘queen’, ‘feast’.

Every morning, Ben leans on the porch rail and listens to the forest sing. When his one small pet bird fills the house with a song so sweet it makes him grin, Ben has a big idea: what if he had ten birds, and ten songs? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sweet’, ‘deep’, ‘peek’, ‘feel’, ’tweet’.

Pip the perch is done swimming in circles all day. Now Pip is leaping up the bank, munching bugs on the farm, and outrunning slow little fish in the stream, but a tempting hook dangles overhead. Then the lake starts to shrink, and Pip’s home turns into a puddle. What happens when the water disappears completely? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sweet’, ‘reed’, ‘sleep’, ’each’, ’need’.

Ned sets off across a scorching desert in full armour, chasing rumours of treasure buried in an old ruin. His only companion, a floating book, keeps warning him that ruins mean traps, but Ned never listens. When a huge, cracked structure rises from the sand ahead, will Ned finally slow down, or will he go crashing straight in? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘meat’, ‘feet’, ‘creep’, ‘deep’, ’three’.

Hare and the Moon are the best of pals, sharing the news every night from far apart. But Hare longs to sit beside his dearest friend, so he leaps from the highest hill and stacks stones into a steep tower, hoping to reach the sky. When a wise Owl tells him to look for the Moon in still water instead, will Hare believe her? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘creep’, ‘steep’, ‘gleam’, ‘keen’, ‘speed’.

Bekele’s rich kitchen fills the air with the sweet smell of meat, and his poor neighbour Habtamu can only stand at the wall and breathe it in with glee. When Bekele accuses him of stealing that smell and drags him before Judge Yared, Habtamu has no coins, no plan, and no idea how to defend himself. Will three witnesses and a courtroom full of doubters be enough to seal his fate? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sweet’, ‘meat’, ‘feel’, ‘glee’, ‘agree’.

At the edge of a dry plain, one good pool is the only water for miles, and every animal shares it, until a huge elephant plants his feet by the water and says it belongs to him alone. The other animals grow weak and thirsty in the heat, but a clever hare in the shade of a tree starts to think, could a wee beast outsmart a beast so big? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘beast’, ‘deep’, ‘weak’, ‘sneak’, and ‘agree’.

High above a village, the sky hangs so low that children can reach up and touch it, and it feeds everyone who asks. There is only one rule: take just what you need. When a woman preparing a huge feast breaks off far more than anyone can eat, what will she do with the rest before it spoils? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ’need’, ‘deep’, ‘reach’, ‘sweet’, ‘sleep’.

A boy longs to be a warrior, but he’s still too young when a lion begins circling the camp at night, and the real warriors are a day’s walk away. As the herd trembles behind the thorn fence, he takes his post at the gate with only a stick and his voice. Can he keep everyone safe until dawn? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘creep’, ‘weak’, ’each’, ‘deep’, ‘keep’.

Deep in the forest stands a magic tree loaded with sweet fruit that never falls. To eat, you must sing the tree’s whole name perfectly, or it drenches you in cold mud. A sharp-eared girl named Suki has been quietly learning the name and a curious little custom that goes with it. Will she remember every part when it truly matters? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ’tree’, ‘sweet’, ‘keep’, ‘deep’, ‘green’.

Speedy the ambulance was born for one thing: SPEED. But Chow, the driver, cleans slowly, drives slowly, and takes forever with everything. Then a new driver shows up, keen to fly. Could this be the fast, thrilling ride Speedy has always dreamed of? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘speed’, ‘beep’, ’each’, ‘peer’, ‘see’.

A girl and a boy have the messiest yard around, and no matter how hard they sweep and tidy, the mess creeps right back. Then a kind lady turns up with a box of books and a promise to teach them to read each week, if they keep the books neat. But when she suddenly stops coming, will they find out why? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sweep’, ’neat’, ‘creep’, ‘week’, ‘keep’.

Deep in a green river, a small fish named Pip is too eager to wait. His big fish teacher has just one rule for a good hunt, but Pip is sure he can catch dinner his own way. Will Pip’s rush to be first spoil the meal he wants most? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘keen’, ‘sees’, ’easy’, ‘deep’, ‘meal’.

A wee bird has kept watch over her nest for three long weeks, waiting for the tiniest tap from inside a shell. She leaves her eggs just long enough to grab a quick meal, but when she returns, a big dog is standing right beside the nest. Will she be brave enough to keep her chicks safe? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ’three’, ‘peep’, ‘deep’, ‘keep’, ‘beak’.

Mia can’t resist trying on Lily’s brand new blue jacket, just for a wee bit. But when paint gets on the sleeve during art class, hiding the mess feels a lot easier than owning up to it. Will Mia find a way to make things right before Lily finds out? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘peek’, ‘clean’, ‘deep’, ‘sneak’, ‘sleep’.

Steve and Alex catch so much cod that their chest overflows, and Steve just wants to store it properly. Alex has other ideas. What could possibly go wrong with a heap of fish left to sit? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘heap’, ‘deal’, ‘reek’, ‘greedy’, ‘sneaky’.

Ned has grown nothing but wheat, and he’s ready for something new. When The Book sends him off to find a strange field of odd orange things poking from the dirt, he discovers carrots, and a sneaky pink pig that wants them more than anything. As sunset creeps closer and monsters wait in the shadows, can Ned get home before the pig, and the danger, catches up? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sweet’, ’treat’, ‘creep’, ’need’, ‘feast’.

High in the misty hills, Ineza sets off before dawn to fetch water from a spring near ancient stones her mother warns her to respect. There she finds an old woman with a spilled bucket, amber eyes, and a strange saying about what a bowl remembers. What happens when Ineza’s little brother goes missing in those same hills three days later? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘deep’, ’each’, ‘green’, ‘sweet’, ‘streams’.

Eve is the greatest litterbug around, and she’s proud of it. But when she wakes up to find a stinky, fly-filled cloud of her own trash floating above her bed, her whole class notices the smell, and even her friends won’t save her a seat. With only a small rat for company, can Eve figure out how to make the cloud disappear? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘peel’, ‘green’, ’each’, ‘see’, ‘clean’.

A girl sneaks off to the big outdoor market with Dad, grabbing a bright orange ice block before he can even pay. Between fairy floss, a runaway green balloon, and a dreamy flute tune pulling her feet along, sticky orange fingers keep getting her into trouble. Will she make it home without ruining anything else? Written for Jolly Phonics classrooms (Step 3, Unit 5: /ee/ mixed), this book practises words like ‘sweet’, ‘reach’, ’each’, ’need’, ’three’.