Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers | 
 enlarge | Author: Bobby Lynn Maslen
Creator: John R. Maslen
Brand: Scholastic
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 1031
Format: Box Set
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 16
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.6 x 1.7
MPN: SB-0439845009
ISBN: 0439845009
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.6
EAN: 9780439845007
ASIN: 0439845009
Publication Date: May 1, 2006
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Product Description
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.
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 AMAZING product! January 5, 2009
The BOB readers are amazing! My daughter was very motivated to learn to read but was very frustrated with "Step 1" books. The BOB books are much simpler--which helped to set her up for success! The books build on each other--in just 2 weeks, we're already working on Book 9, and I'm about to order the next sets. She is so proud of herself.
 Basic reader with basic flaws January 4, 2009
The idea behind this type of book is good, but there are some fatal flaws with these books. These flaws are so egregious, it's almost as if the authors were playing a joke on the intended readers.
First, in some of the books, the spacing between words is not much greater than the spacing between letters. It was even hard for me to distinguish where words were to begin and end. Second the lettering, which was hand-written, was sometime hard to figure out. Third, the author suddenly started using long words that were difficult to sound out. As we read these books, we were trying to teach our kid to sound out words. Then we ran into words like polliwogs. I don't understand why they didn't use an easier word to sound out. Also, why not use a more common word.
Out of frustration, I eventually put the books down. I'm still looking for a good set of beginner books for my kids. The concept of Bob books was a good one but the flaws are foolish. With beginner readers you'd think the authors would space the words properly, use easy to read lettering and introduce words that kids could sound out.
I wouldn't recommend these books.
Couldn't ask for more December 16, 2008
This series is amazing! My 4-year-old son went from barely sounding out individual letters to fluidly reading entire sentences in less than a month. We did 1 book a day for the first 2 sets, then slowed down to a book every other day for set 3. We literally spend about 10 minutes/day on this, it is fun for him, and he is learning so fast!
 Children Are Transformed December 15, 2008
Children who struggle to read are transformed by these books. Instead of squirming, slumping, and trying to shift to something more fun, they sit up straight, they smile, and they ask if they can keep on reading. The picture are bland, but the content and pedagogy are powerful.
Excellent!!! December 12, 2008
My son is bilingual and he could read in Russian at 4, but I didn't know how to get him involved in reading English books. These book series helped a lot as he could manage to read and learn step by step by himself. Occasionally I had to help him to pronounce one or two words. He also would laugh seeing all the funny characters in a book and what they were doing. I would definitely recommend these books for a first time readers.
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