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Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 97 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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You've prepared your child for reading - refrigerator magnets down low and easy to reach; letter sounds taught. Your child can proudly spell his or her name. Perhaps he can identify the "stop" and "open" signs as you drive in your car. He or she is ready for the next step into reading. Inside the colorful box, the bright red cover beckons. On the first page, the letters: M - a - t. Your child says the sounds: mmmmm, aaa, ttt. Then, faster: "Mat." Your youngster has read his first word! "Sam", "sat" and "on" complete the vocabulary, and suddenly your child can say, "I read the whole book!(tm)" That is the magic of Bob Books. After 13 years of teaching 3, 4 and 5-year-olds, watching a child make that giant first step into reading still thrills me. The pride in their eyes, their triumphant grasp of a difficult concept, and opening their world to the excitement of books and reading, has brought me many years of satisfaction. Bob Books were specifically designed to facilitate that ah-ha moment, when letters first turn into words. By slowly introducing new letter sounds, using consistency and repetition, and stories that fit short attention spans, your child will quickly find his or her own ah-ha moment.

Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

excellent encouragement for beginning readers 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Bob book series are excellent for encouraging very beginning readers. Each page has only a few words and kids who are just beginning to sound out and read the stories. This makes them want to keep learning. The only thing to watch out for is kids sometimes memorize the books if they read only one or two over and over so you need to mix them up to have them actually read the books.

I've been using these with my 4 and 5 year olds and they both love them.

Editorial Review:

Your kids can join over 100,000 happy children who say, "I read the whole book!" Bob Books were created specially for the youngest readers. Through the use of decodable text, they allow children a sense of accomplishment, not only in being able to read, but also in being able to finish an entire book. Written by Master Teacher B.L. Maslen, Bob Books are carefully graduated and introduce phonemic elements such as consonants, vowels, and blends in natural progression. Bob Books are the perfect way to bring kids, books, and adults together. All books have colorful covers and simple, amusing illustrations that will delight children and help instill a love of reading.

Bob Books Set 3- Word Families

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Must Have For Beginner Readers 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

My daughter was having a hard time reading. When the books arrive, she started reading immediately. It was amazing. I totally recommend Bob Books to beginnger readers.

BOB's great! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I teach Kindergarten, and these little books are just perfect for beginning readers. Also, although the pictures are very simple line drawings, the text and drawings are clever and often humorous.

Bob Books 5 out of 5 stars.
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These book sets are AWESOME! I originally purchased these sets for my daughter who wanted to learn to read when she was 3 years old. She quickly picked up the word patterns and was reading at a 2nd to 3rd grade level by Kindergarten. Now, at 12, she's reading at a post high school level. I recently reordered all the sets for my nephew who was struggling at his 1st grade level. He didn't like to read, but these books give kids the instant gratification and feeling of accomplishment and now he can't wait to move to the next book! Books are worth every penny!

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Bob Books Set 3: Word FamiliesIn Bob Books Set 3, children progress gently into the next steps of reading. Consonant blends, endings, and a few sight words advance reading skills and create more complex stories. Use of word families make longer stories more manageable. Children love the eight books and hilarious pictures. They delight in two fun-to-do activity books.

Bob Books Set 4- Compound Words

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great Head Start! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I love these Bob books. I bought sets 1-5. My boys are still on the first box and they are cruising right through. Kindergarten and first grade. It is GREAT to find a set that introduces new word families and then reinforces them. You won't be disappointed. The drawings are so simple but my kids really do relate.

Love this series! 5 out of 5 stars.
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We have really enjoyed this series. My son, who just completed kindergarten, has used the series over the course of the year. The cartoons are funny, the text builds from set to set in a logical way. The box design gives kids a great feeling of accomplishment and let's them set goals -- we set up a card with stickers. My son gets one each time he reads a book in the set and when he's done with a box, he gets to go the bookstore to choose a book. The books build his confidence as a new reader and develop new skills in a more gradual and coherent way than other series I've seen, which claim they are for new readers but don't have a logical progression in the language they use. These books do.

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Bob Books Set 4 Compound Words

Bob Books Set 5- Long Vowels

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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must buy for the beginner reader! 5 out of 5 stars.
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must buy for the beginner reader!
My son is 5 and NOW can read all of the Bob books. He really loves them and we don't have to "make" him read them. I highly recommend the entire Bob Book collection.

Great Resource 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Bob Books series have been great for my homeschooled five year old. He has gone from just knowing his basic letter sounds to reading or attempting to read most everything he can get his hands on in about four months. These books were great for practice and building his confidence. I highly recommend the series.

Great set of books! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

My son is learning to read- these books are a great way for him to gain the confidence to keep learning. The words and pictures are simple and easy to recognize.

Editorial Review:

Bob Books Set 5: Long Vowels Bob Books Set 5 introduces the important new skills of long vowels and the magical silent E. Maturing readers continue to love Bob Books with their lighthearted stories and entertaining pictures. Childrens' reading vocabularies grow quickly as they finish the longer stories in eight books, 16 to 24 pages. They are proud to be ready for chapter books.

Books #1-4 + Cd (Bob Books Set 1 Bind-up)

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent Resource with a Couple of Glitches 4 out of 5 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful.

I use this CD with my two- and four-year-olds. We have a thirty minute trip to and from school each day, so we look for learning tools that can be used in the car. I was very excited to see Bob books in a CD format.

They are word-for-word renderings of the Bob text. The hard-cover book that accompanies the CD is attractive and also a word-for-word rendering of the familiar loose-leaf books.

Positives:
* The reader is very engaging. Her voice does not get annoying, even after we have listened to it many, many times.
* The reader effectively demonstrates how to sound out each new word the first time that it is used in the series (not necessarily the first time that it is used in a specific book). After the first time, the reader enunciates the word clearly and relatively slowly, but does not formally sound it out again. (This seems like the right amount of support for the new reader.)
* The CD uses the familiar "ding-a-ling" sound to indicate a page-turn, so it is unobtrusive but effective.
* Each story is read twice, first with instruction and then without. The two readings really help reading comprehension.
* Each reading of the story has its own track on the CD, so, if you want to listen to book 3, it is relatively easy to find.

Negatives:
* Some of the pages are not numbered, even when the announcer says, "Go to page xx." (I have written the missing numbers into my copy.)
* The page numbers get into the 20's -- beyond the number skills of some young children. It would be helpful if the alphabet letters were used instead of (or in addition to) numbers, or if the numbers were described -- in other words, instead of saying "page twenty-four," say "page two four."
* Each story has three tracks instead of two, even though each story is only read twice. It would make more sense for the first and second tracks for each story to be combined into one track.
* 'Sight' words (has, and, the, is, et cetera) that are used in the stories are not discussed at all. While I understand why they are not sounded out (even though some like 'and' really could be), the speaker ignores them entirely, except to read them. At a minimum, there should be a note to parents in the text of the book explaining how to teach these 'sight' words, because the speaker is not going to do it.

The CD will not replace human-to-human instruction, nor should it. I end up stopping the CD regularly to give my four-year-old practice at sounding out the words. (I usually stop it right before the CD reader sounds it out.) Alternatively, you may want to work at home (face-to-face) for the first two or three readings so that the child really 'gets' the book before trying the CD format.

I have already bought the other Bob CD that is available, and I hope to buy more when they are made.

Editorial Review:

Scholastic's award-winning reading program is newly packaged in three sturdy paper-over-board editions, each complete with an instructive CD.

These bind-ups pair a creative format with fantastic value to make the experience of beginning to read a rewarding journey for both parents and children.

Each artfully packaged bind-up includes four stories from Bob Books Set 1, a 20-minute instructional story CD, sturdy POB packaging with peek-through CD window, and an affordable $6.99 cover price!

Bob Books were developed to provide structure and success for children learning to read, and encourage the joy of reading through simplicity, consistency, and warmth. These carefully graduated books introduce reading sounds logically and progressively. The success of Bob Books lies in the millions of proud new readers who have said, "I read the whole book!"

Books #5-8 + Cd (Bob Books Set 1 Bind-up)

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Best books for Pre-schoolers 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I have purchased the first 2 sets of the Bob books for my granddaughter. She is 5 years old and can read these books on her own. I purchased this book with the CD to help her. She listens and reads along with it in the car. She has been reading for almost a year now. She was in a private pre-school last year. This year she is in public kindergarden and she is the only student reading.

Editorial Review:

Scholastic's award-winning reading program is newly packaged in three sturdy paper-over-board editions, each complete with an instructive CD.

These bind-ups pair a creative format with fantastic value to make the experience of beginning to read a rewarding journey for both parents and children.

Each artfully packaged bind-up includes four stories from Bob Books Set 1, a 20-minute instructional story CD, sturdy POB packaging with peek-through CD window, and an affordable $6.99 cover price!

Bob Books were developed to provide structure and success for children learning to read, and encourage the joy of reading through simplicity, consistency, and warmth. These carefully graduated books introduce reading sounds logically and progressively. The success of Bob Books lies in the millions of proud new readers who have said, "I read the whole book!"

Books #9-12 + Cd (Bob Books Set 1 Bind-up)

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General
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Editorial Review:

Scholastic's award-winning reading program is newly packaged in three sturdy paper-over-board editions, each complete with an instructive CD.

These bind-ups pair a creative format with fantastic value to make the experience of beginning to read a rewarding journey for both parents and children.

Each artfully packaged bind-up includes four stories from Bob Books Set 1, a 20-minute instructional story CD, sturdy POB packaging with peek-through CD window, and an affordable $6.99 cover price!

Bob Books were developed to provide structure and success for children learning to read, and encourage the joy of reading through simplicity, consistency, and warmth. These carefully graduated books introduce reading sounds logically and progressively. The success of Bob Books lies in the millions of proud new readers who have said, "I read the whole book!"

Bob Books for Beginning Readers/Set 1 (Bob Books Set, No 1)

Bobby Lynn Maslen

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Unique 5 out of 5 stars.
13 of 13 people found this review helpful.

Most books that claim to be "easy readers" require a first-second grade reading level. Bob Books start out at a much lower level. To read book 1 the child must know only "m" "a" "t" and "s." I have seen no other readers that start at such a basic level.
My children love the characters and feel so good about their reading ability. Only Bob Books afford them the feeling of accomplishment that comes from finishing a whole book. When I first purchased them I was a bit surprised at how "homemade" they seemed, but now I see how perfect they really are for new readers.

Bob Books 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

My daughters used Bob Books in 1980 to learn to read. They loved the stories and took great pride in reading to their pre-school class. It is no wonder that I return to buy a set for my Granddaughter . . . I know she will love Sam, Max and all the others as much as her mom and aunties did! Your child's esteem will soar as they progress through the books. This is a 5 star buy for your child.

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