Comics that teach your child to read

Phonics Comics are launching soon. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when they go live - and get Comic One free when they do.

✦ Join the waitlist to get Comic One free

✦ Made for ages 3+, with parent notes on every page

✦ Print it at home or read on the screen

Reading is in decline.

Comics aren't

Children are reading less often than they used to.

But comics and graphic novels continue to pull children in- because they feel accessible, visual and genuinely enjoyable.

For a new reader, comics remove some of the pressure of a full page of text. The pictures support meaning. Suddenly reading feels less like work, more like something they want to do.

The structure of a phonics book

The appeal of a comic

Built for learning. Designed for real life

Carefully decodable

Every comic focuses on the sounds your child has already learned. They can practise, apply and succeed — one sound at a time.

Read together

Simple parent notes show you which sound you’re practising and how to support your child to build confidence and fluency.

Download & keep

No expensive reading schemes or endless sets of books. Download your comics, print them whenever you like, or read them on screen.

A brilliant gateway to a lifetime of reading.

✦ Children who enjoy comics read more and for longer

✦ Comic reading is up year after year- while reading for pleasure declines

✦ Comics help reluctant readers feel successful from the very first page

Sources: National Literacy Trust- 2023. Publishers Weekly- 2023

Drawn by hand. Not by AI.

Every panel of every Phonics Comic is drawn by Karrie - a working graphic novelist, with her own hand.

No AI generated artwork. No AI generated stories. No shortcuts. Made by hand, with love.

Karrie, Jonny and Claire

WHO IS MAKING IT?

Claire Smith: Head of Literacy

Founder of Reading Roots, online community with over 1 million parents. Leads the phonics accuracy of every comic: focus sound, previously taught sounds, tricky words. Writes the parent notes.

Karrie Fransman — Words & artwork

Graphic novelist published by Penguin Random House and Faber & Faber, with work for the UN, the BBC, the Guardian and the British Red Cross. Founding member of the Comics Cultural Impact Collective. Draws every panel by hand.

Jonny: Words & build

Brains and creator behind The Phonics App, used by more than 300,000 families. Co-writes the comics and builds the tech that brings them to life inside the app.

Comic One is free. Launching Autumn 2026.

Join the waitlist to be the first to hear when we launch- can get Comic One free, 48 hours before everyone else!