When Zak's grandfather falls ill, Zak must go on a quest to find ten magical gems to help cure him. This action-packed quest story takes the reader from CVC and CVCC word text through to consonant blends, consonant teams, and suffixes -ed and -ing. Phonic Books Magic Belt Bind up includes 12 decodable stories for older readers who can read simple CVC words. Book 1: The Man in the Mist (CVC/VCC/CVCC) Book 2: Ten Rocks (CVCC) Book 3: "Help Us!" (CVCC) Book 4: The Clam (CCVC, -ed) Book 5: Crabs! (CCVCC) Book 6: Cruch! (ch, tch) Book 7: Hush! (sh) Book 8: The Sixth Rock (th) Book 9: Golem of the Rocks (ck, qu) Book 10: Dung! (ng) Book 11: The Spitting Pot (wh -ing) Book 12: The Simple Plot (le) Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books Magic Belt Activities - 9781783692507.