A reader for every year of the foundation.
Vernac Books grows with the child. We start where literacy starts — Grade 1 — and scale through the foundation phase and beyond, in every mother tongue.
Grade 1
Now ShippingFoundation reading · Ages 6 to 7
First words, single-line sentences, six sight words and one phonics focus per reader. Universal childhood themes — my body, my home, my food, my family — brought to life through original illustration and culturally rooted storytelling.
In development — grades 2 to 7
Early-fluent reading · Ages 7 to 8
Coming 2027 →
Independent reading · Ages 8 to 9
Coming 2027 →
Chapter reading · Ages 9 to 10
Coming 2028 →
Confident reading · Ages 10 to 11
Coming 2028 →
Advanced reading · Ages 11 to 12
Coming 2029 →
Pre-secondary reading · Ages 12 to 13
Coming 2029 →
The promise: a reader for every year of the foundation phase, and beyond.
We go deep before we go wide. Grade 1 is fully published in all eleven languages — the next grades follow the same standard, the same craft, the same care. Sign up to know when each new grade lands.
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