Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers Box Set Phonics, Ages 4 and Up, Kindergarten (Stage 1: Starting to Read): 01

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The reviewer said, “With few words per page and plenty of repetitive vocabulary, these slender books give new readers a sense of success and reinforce the idea of can-do. From the kitchen to the living room, a wall calendar can be a meaningful piece of décor in your home.

Bob Books was designed to give young children the tools to cross from learning letters to reading words. When she didn’t find books that she felt were the right fit for her young students, she created Bob Books. Bob Books is a true first reader series, designed to make helping your child learn to read simple and straightforward. Enjoy your favourite photos all year round in your new calendar, beautifully printed in premium CEWE quality. Bob Books came about as a result of teacher Bobby Lynn Maslen’s careful attention to the specific needs of children learning to read for the very first time.In 2010, Bob Books Sight Words: Kindergarten and Bob Books Sight Words: First Grade won the Best Book Award and received a 4 1/2 star rating (out of 5 stars). Bob Books went on to become a Children’s Book-of-the-Month-Club selection, and the series was adopted by homeschoolers and Montessori teachers. The clean layout, short words, and simple phonics make learning to read a fun and natural step for a child that knows the alphabet. Her experience tackling the fun, bonding and sometimes complex task of helping her child learn to read, showed her that Bob Books really work.

Today, all five sets of Bob Books written by Bobby Maslen are available to children all over the world, thanks to the partnership that was developed with Scholastic. Because we meet children at the right level, parents are often amazed at how quickly their child is able to sound out words when reading their first Bob Book. Lynn Maslen Kertell has been involved with Bob Books right from the beginning, starting with the first edition in the 1970s. Articles recommending Bob Books appeared in The Washington Post, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and regional newspapers and magazines around the country. Portland State University published the books for several years, and word began to spread, leading to self-publishing and a cottage industry.The books had entered the spotlight, and parents eager to help their children learn to read wanted Bob Books. As a teacher, Bobby’s work with 3 to 5 year-olds involved constant invention in art, math games, physical growth activities and, of course, reading materials. Our award-winning beginning reader book sets start slowly and progress from books with three letter words, to books with more than one sentence per page. She named the dolls Mat and Sam and spun stories about them, illustrated with line drawings that the children could copy and color.