LearnUp Books and Trainings

  • Individual Books

    Decodable chapter books written by LearnUp tutors for teens and adults — culturally rich stories that make structured literacy engaging at every level.

  • Bundled Decodable Collections by Level

    Shop by reading level and save. Each bundle groups books by phonics scope so students progress systematically from first sounds to fluency. Buy only the books you need for the level of your student.

  • Trainings and Courses

    Online courses for educators, tutors, and volunteers. Build the skills to teach structured literacy with confidence — wherever your students are.

LearnUp's decodable chapter books were written by experienced tutors for the teens and older struggling readers they work with every day.

Each book builds essential reading skills while telling a compelling story.

Stories of the Looking Glass: Decodable Chapter Books for Teens

LearnUp decodable chapter books are exciting adventures that treat the reader with respect, while keeping the language and phonics accessible. There is a book series for every level and age of learner.  

As students move through our decodable chapter book series the grade level and complexity of the sentence structure and vocabulary gets more complex, raising the reading level and ability of the student.

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Stories of the Looking Glass — Bundles by Reading Level

  • First Look Bundle — Level 1

    Books 1–3 for emerging readers building foundational decoding skills. Covers CVC words through blends and digraphs (GL 0.4–2.0).

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  • Wider View Bundle — Level 2

    Books 4–5 for readers advancing with more complex phonics patterns. Covers vowel tags through silent E and Latin roots (GL 2.0–3.9).

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  • Open Door Bundle — Level 3

    Books 6–8 for readers expanding fluency with richer, more complex stories. Covers long E through complex vowel patterns (GL 3.7–4.9).

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  • Level 4 — Sliding Doors Bundle

    Books 9–10 for readers approaching grade-level fluency. Covers advanced multisyllabic patterns through scribal O (GL 5.0–7.5).

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Stories of the Looking Glass — Complete Series Bundle (Ebook)

The complete 10-book ebook collection spanning all four instructional levels — the full phonics scope from CVC words through complex multisyllabic patterns. Each book is a standalone story rooted in a different cultural tradition, written by LearnUp's certified literacy tutors and trainers.

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Courses and Trainings

  • Reading Workshop — How to Teach Reading to Everyone -- Online Course

    Most reading instruction is designed for specialists. Reading Workshop: How to Teach Reading to Everyone was built for everyone else — classroom volunteers, paraprofessionals, tutors, and educators who want practical, evidence-aligned strategies they can use right away.

    This self-paced online course delivers LearnUp's core structured literacy framework in an accessible, workshop-style format — grounded in the Science of Reading and designed for real classrooms and real students.

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  • Essential Phonics for the Classroom Volunteer — Online Course

    You want to help a child learn to read. You just don't know how.

    Essential Phonics for the Classroom Volunteer was built for exactly that moment. In five hours of self-paced online training, you'll learn the 10 essential phonics concepts every beginning reader needs, how to teach them step by step, and how to walk into a classroom ready to make a real difference.

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  • Unlocking Reading Success for Teens — Online Course

    Most reading programs were built for young children. Unlocking Reading Success for Teens was built for the students who slipped through — middle and high schoolers who still can't decode, who've been told they're behind, and who need a different approach.

    This 20-hour self-paced online course teaches you LearnUp's complete structured literacy program — the same program that helps the average LearnUp student gain multiple grade levels of reading in three to four months.

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