Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners [Box set] [Paperback]

Bobby Lynn Maslen (Author), John R. Maslen (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Bob Books

Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners continues to build reading skills. Use of three-letter words and consistent vowel sounds in slightly longer stories build confidence. Children love the hilarious (and sometimes mischievous) stories and pictures. These twelve books, filled with fun, drama, and surprise keep interest high for even the youngest readers.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

From the Author

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.

We wish your young learner much success and happiness as he or she enters the great adventure of reading.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 12 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439845025
• ISBN-13: 978-0439845021
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good second set... but you may not need it, September 15, 2008

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Nicki Heskin "Editor, Early Childhood and Bre... (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners (Paperback)

I give this only three stars, but not because there's anything wrong with it. It's just that, if your child is really ready to read, the first set will definitely give them the tools to do so. But once they grasp the "key to castle" of sounding out that that first set delivers, they may be ready for a bigger leap than this second set offers.

We did the first set with our daughter, but then we never got more than a book or two into this one before she was picking up lots of other books we had around and checking easy readers out of the library, and completely lost interest in these. We definitely never considered any sets beyond this one.

I'd recommend the first box, but then as soon as they grasp that they CAN read, if they are anything like my daughter, kids are going to want something with more of a story. I'd recommend the Max the Cat series readers, they have more of a story to each little book, but the same difficulty levels as the Bob books. They are listed on Amazon as Phonics Practice Readers: Series A, Set 1/10 Reader's Plus Teacher's Guide

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Two similar sets, April 25, 2008

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L. Stone - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners (Paperback)

I liked this set but unfortunatly it contained many of the same books as the first set, which we already have. I think they could have done it a little differently. If I had it to do over again I would have either skipped this set or started off with this one and skipped the first one.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bob does it again!!, December 27, 2006

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K. O'Meara (Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners (Paperback)

My son started with the first set of Bob Books and we were thrilled. We then moved to this set which continued on where the first left off. Slightly tougher words, slightly longer pages, and new concepts gently introduced. My son LOVES his Bob books!