Learn to read and read to learn with Wild Detectives 
 
Wild Detectives is a playful series of adventure-packed stories and informative nonfiction books. Following an explicit and cumulative phonics sequence, these books explore the world of a group of furry detective friends.  
 
Written by award-winning author Louise Park and illustrated by Jules Faber (WeirDo series illustrator), these books are packed with exciting detective adventures and hilarious characters in a wacky new world, which children will LOVE to read with words they CAN read. 
 
 
Phonemes and graphemes: ck and adjacent consonants; Morphology: suffix -ed. 
 
Book 1 (fiction) – Stunt Comp Day 
Book 2 (fiction) – Big Hunt at Camp Grand 
Book 3 (fiction) – Sand Bliss Bust 
Book 4 (nonfiction) – Get Set to Trek 
Book 5 (nonfiction) -– A Look at Skin 
 
 
In Stage 5, children practise the skills of blending adjacent consonants at the start and the end of words, as well as apply new knowledge: ck (two letters making one sound). They also practise adding the suffix -ed (/e/d/ only) to verbs for reading and spelling.