These beautifully illustrated decodable books are the next step up - little chapter books to engage children with the antics of the Smith twins and more friends of Pip and Tim. 
 
Each book focus on split digraphs - a-e as in tale, e -e as in theme, i-e as in shine, o-e as in hope and u-e as in tune.  More alternative digraphs are introduced - alternative phonemes for c when followed by an e, i or y (nice, city, cycle) and g as in orange, gigantic, gym. 
 
Morphology of the suffix ed - 3 sounds - ed as in expected, /d/ as in disappeared and /t/ as in jumped. 
 
Homophones are featured in A Strange Tale.  It also includes a game to apply and practise the children's growing knowledge.