Bob Books, Collection 1: Beginning Readers and Advancing Beginners Paperback – Box set, January 1, 2007

I’ve been using Bob books to teach my kiddos to read (starting at age 4) for 10+ years. I’m on kid 3. They build upon each other and unlike lots of other beginner reading books there are no words that are too big for beginners. I highly recommend. Have your kids read to you and their stuffed toys. Remember half the battle is memorizing words so it will seem like they are just remembering what the picture is and not actually reading but that is part of the process. Eventually when they are ready you can cover the pictures before they see the page.

Best best best prereading book for preschoolers. I got this collection for my 4 yo. I also bought Abeka, disney prereader, flyguy phonics. So far, this is the best. Once she got an idea, she progresses so fast. This book has so simple illustration, so it doesn’t distract my daughter much (Abeka is more colorful and so distracting). The sentences are so simple and rhymes well. I was frustrated of how to teach her to read, but Bob books solved it all. She now has much fun reading, even picks it up and reads by herself.

I am a homeschool mom of 6 kids. I am currently teaching my 4th child to read. I have a basket full of "easy" learning to read books, they just sit in the cabinet! Why? They are not for beginners!Bob books are the only books that I have found that I can teach reading with! You would think that simple consonant vowel consonant words (CVC) that can be sounded out style books would be easy to find but this is NOT true! Don't be fooled by phonics fun, or step into reading books, the are not for learning to read.Yes, these book's plot lines are mind-numbingly boring in the first several books and the drawings are extremely simple, but people are missing the point..... These books are not written to be curled up with by an adult to get lost in for a lazy afternoon read! They are to teach reading! Complex plots and busy colorful pictures are a distraction for young minds. We want them to focus on learning to decode the words, not guess them by the pictures.This COLLECTION (not set) are the larger books which is a nice size for early readers. The smaller books are ok, but these bigger book are good for both the grown up and the child to point out words and letters together. Note this is collection 1, order collection 2 for the next group of books. The sets are smaller groups of books, you get multiple sets of books in the collections.Highly recommend these for children learning to read. Even if you are not homeschooling!

update: my daughter is 4 1/2 now and has mastered this collection. We've been using these books off and on for about 8 months,and it suddenly clicked a couple months ago. She is great at reading phonetically and enjoys the humor from these stories. She's now able to look over my shoulder and read words over my shoulder when I'm reading a book. It now only takes her about 5 minutes to read and comprehend a Bob book and she's very proud of her progress. I'm really excited to purchase the 2nd collection for her next monthPrevious review: My 3yo calls them "tricky books" but is very dedicated to reading them. Stickers are a nice incentive, but I bought a little book of temporary tattoos so she can see her progress on her arm, haha! I love how they tell a simple story. My daughter has been reading them almost every day for a couple weeks. It used to take 20-30 minutes to read one book, now she only takes 10-15 minutes and her understanding of how to read has significantly improved. I'm very happy with this simple reading curriculum.

My daughter is just learning to read. These go along great with the lesson book we are using. She feels so great being able to grab these books and work on them together.

Outstanding phonics based book set that grows and builds on each book. HIGHLY recommend!! And I work in a 1st grade classroom with beginning readers.

These books were recommended by our preschool teacher for daughter since she already knew what sounds the letters make. They have a set that they were letting us borrow but I wanted my own for summer and future kids. They're very simple and plain and perfect for very beginner readers. My daughter enjoys them because she's actually reading it herself. Definitely recommend this for starting readers.

We LOVE the BOB Books. The only reason I am not giving this 5 stars is because one of the books was missing. It's a big collection and this wasn't a deal-breaker, but it would have been nice to have. Other than that, we LOVE this collection.