Jolly Phonics Folktales Readers are retellings of traditional folktales from around the world. They have a very carefully controlled vocabulary and are specifically designed for children who are learning to read and write with Jolly Phonics.

The text in these Purple Level Books (fifth level) uses onlydecodable regular words that use the letter-sound knowledgetaught so far: the 42 main letter sounds and the main alternativeletter-sound spellings (y as in happy, the hop-over e spellingsof the long vowel sounds, ay as in day, ea as in seat, y andigh as in fly and high, ow as in low and now, ew as in dew,oy as in joy, ir and ur as in bird and turn, al, au and awas in talk, pause and saw, soft c and soft g as in cent andgene, ph as in phonics and air, ear and are as in hair,pear and care) and a small number of tricky words (frequentlyused words that are not fully decodable at this stage).

All new tricky words and alternative vowel spellings used areshown on the front inside cover. These can be used as a quickpractice activity before starting the book.

Faint type is used for silent letters, like the b in lamb.

Comprehension questions and discussion topics are included atthe end of the book. These ensure that children are not onlyable to read the text, but also get meaning from it.