Description Dandelion Launchers support a systematic phonics approach. Designed for readers at the earliest stages of reading with one line of text per page and written in decodable CVC patterns. Stages 8-15 introduces adjacent consonants (blends) and consonant digraphs. Stage 8: CVCC. Stage 9: CCVC. Stage 10: CCVCC. Stage 11: ch. Stage 12: sh. Stage 13: th. Stage 14: ck wh. Stage 15: ng qu.