The world is full of different kinds of fantastic animals. Here are some of them, from stingrays to sea dragons. Magical Creatures is phonics-based reading book, covering the fourth phase of letters and sounds that children learn in school. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 359-word non-fiction book features a fully decodable text. The world is full of different kinds of fantastic animals. Here are some of them from stingrays to sea dragons. Magical Creatures is a phonics-based reading book. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 359-word non-fiction book features a fully decodable text, suitable for ages 6 - 7. Magical Creatures covers the fourth phase of letters and sounds that children meet in Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme. Magical Creatures is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured reading programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels (covering Letters and Sounds Phases 2 to 5) and eleven book band levels (Pink through to Lime).