Phonic Books Dandelion Launchers Stages 16-20 comprises ten books. Dandelion Launchers Stages 16-20 is aimed at children in Pre-K and Kindergarten and takes children on a carefully structured progression, introducing the spellings ‘tch’ and ‘ve’ and simple two-syllable words.

Two books in each stage provide practice while offering different stories. Each stage introduces new letters/sounds while supporting previously taught phonic letters/sounds and high-frequency words, or sight words.

Book 16a: The Itch (Stage 16: tch and ve)
Book 16b: The Ditch (Stage 16: tch and ve)
Book 17a: The Sandpit (Stage 17: simple two-syllable words)
Book 17b: The Muffin Shop (Stage 17: simple two-syllable words)
Book 18a: Stranded (Stage 18: two-syllable words and suffix -ed)
Book 18b: Stan is Shocked (Stage 18: two-syllable words and suffix -ed)
Book 19a: Thinking of a Gift (Stage 19: two-syllable words and suffix -ing)
Book 19b: Swimming (Stage 19: two-syllable words and suffix -ing)
Book 20a: Cuddles (Stage 20: two-syllable words and the spelling ‘le’)
Book 20b: Muddle in the Middle (Stage 20: two-syllable words and the spelling ‘le’)

The accompanying reproducible activities for word building, reading, writing, comprehension, and spelling can be found in Reading and Writing Activities for Dandelion Launchers Stages 16-20.