Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised: The Hide and Seek Squirrels (Phase 5)

This Collins Big Cat title uses a squirrel hide-and-seek subject to practise Phase 5 alternative spellings within connected nonfiction-style reading. Photographs or factual visuals give older beginners a reason to decode beyond a bare word list.

Check the exact Little Wandle/Big Cat level because “ai,” “ay,” and split-digraph alternatives belong after the basic code is secure. Dandelion Readers: The Mail also targets vowel spellings, but in a tightly cumulative specialist series; Squirrels fits children already using the school-aligned Big Cat pathway.