Reading Adventures

Decodable Chapter Books to Engage All Readers

EIGHT NEW TITLES COVERING EXTENDED CODE

Reading Adventures consists of two, parallel series (the Big Mess Jess series and the Jet Pack Jack series).

Books 1-4 covered simple and complex code, and NEW Books 5-8 introduce alternative spellings for phonemes students already know.

Books 5-8 of each series (eight books in total) feature the same engaging characters and graphic novel format. Containing extended code, these eight books have a longer word count than the earlier books, and the same helpful student activities and teacher notes at the end of the books. Purchase of any book pack also entitles the buyer to free access to the digital support program, the Reading Adventures AI Activity Hub.

We are offering previous purchasers of Books 1-4 in the Reading Adventures series the chance to pre-order the new titles in the series in either a single pack or multipack to complete their collection.

Hover over the cover to read the synopsis of each adventure

Big Mess Jess and the case of the stolen gold

Jess and Pip go to Ivy Silverspoon’s dress-up party. Jess doesn’t want to get dressed up but she gets covered in orange jam and black paint, making her look like a tiger. Bad Bob, the thief, steals Ivy’s gold and Jess gives chase.

Big Mess Jess and the great football rescue

Jess is a sub for Pip’s football team, the Beasts. Unfortunately, Jess isn’t good at football or teamwork, and gets sent off. But when she spots that baby Beth has got lost on a nearby farm, she works as a team with the farm animals to try to rescue her.

Big Mess Jess and the Rusty Sledge Hammers

Pip and Gran go to a concert to see Gran’s fave rock band, the Rusty Sledge Hammers. Jess sneaks along too, but she damages the speakers just as the lead singer loses his voice. Jess and Gran save the concert by teaming up to sing the last song.

Big Mess Jess and the Wheel of Doom

Pip and Mum are having fun at the funfair, but Jess finds herself getting dizzier and dizzier after the rides. As she stumbles around she accidentally speeds up the ferris wheel, the Wheel of Joy, which quickly becomes a Wheel of Doom as it screeches to a halt trapping the riders, including Mum and Pip.

Jet Pack Jack and the trip back in time

When Rex hits the big, red button on the jet pack, he and Jack are whisked up into a tornado and dropped into Jack’s time travel computer game. They travel through different periods of time getting into sticky situations which call for bravery and self-belief.

Jet Pack Jack and the tournament under the sea

Jack and Rex find themselves at the bottom of the sea where they have to take part in King Neptune’s Great Undersea Games. Unfortunately, a hungry shark chases them onto a pirate ship, where a helpful toucan eventually helps them get back to safety.

Jet Pack Jack and the killer bugs

The big, red button on the jet pack has caused Jack and Rex to shrink smaller than bugs. Insect after insect starts to attack them but they escape them all, until ants carry them off as food. Things get even worse when Polly the toucan tries to eat the ants, and Rex along with them.

Jet Pack Jack and the robot bird

Jack and Rex go to a show to find a robot to help them to do their boring chores. After meeting a series of weird and wonderful robots, the sales assistant gives them a faulty robot bird for free, which promptly steals Rex and flies off with him. Jack finds inner strength to chase the bird and try to rescue Rex alone.