Lots of pets are sad. We can Pat the Pets to make them happy. Pat the Pets is a low level phonics reading book. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 195-word recount features a fully decodable text, suitable for ages 9 - 13. Pat the Pets covers the first set of basic letters and sounds that students meet in Phase 2 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme. Pat the Pets is part of Ransom Reading Stars Plus, a structured reading programme for students learning to read. The series has ten levels: four phonics levels (covering Letters and Sounds Phases 2 to 5) and six book bands (Pink through to Orange).