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Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners Paperback – Box set, May 1, 2006
Bobby Lynn Maslen (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 1
- Dimensions5.7 x 1.7 x 5.7 inches
- PublisherScholastic Paperbacks
- Publication dateMay 1, 2006
- ISBN-100439845025
- ISBN-13978-0439845021
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Feeling overwhelmed with the task of teaching your child to read?
The good news is that you don't have to know reading theory to use Bob Books. Teaching your child to read using Bob Books will not feel like teaching. Bob Books provide a step-by-step program to gently guide your child through the early stages of reading.
At each level, books are carefully crafted to meet the needs of a particular stage in a child's reading development. Learning to read with Bob Books assures children success from their very first reading experience. Your child will amaze you with how quickly they can go from needing help, to reading all by themselves.
Don't Push
Not all children are ready to read at the same age. Be sensitive to your child's learning style and reading readiness. Practice together, sounds out words and play games. Take many small steps, and be patient. One day you'll be surprised and delighted to discover your child is a reader.
This is easy!
A confident reader is a reader for life. That's why Bob Books sets were designed to give your child early reading confidence - so that they will love to read!
Make it FUN!
Other early literacy programs can teach your child to "memorize" words or "perform" reading well, but Bob Books is not meant to be a chore. Best of all, there are so many ways to make it enjoyable for your child. Try the activities that come with the sets, use silly voices while reading together and make up songs.
We wish your young learner much success and happiness as he or she enters the great adventure of reading.
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- Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks; Box Pck edition (May 1, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0439845025
- ISBN-13 : 978-0439845021
- Reading age : 4 - 6 years
- Grade level : Preschool - 1
- Item Weight : 12 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.7 x 1.7 x 5.7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #10 in Children's Word Books
- #11 in Early Learning Beginner Readers
- #15 in Children's Beginner Readers
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About the authors
Founded in Portland, Oregon, Bob Books started when teacher Bobby Lynn Maslen was looking for reading material suitable for children taking their very first steps into reading. When she couldn’t find books interesting enough for her young students, she created the Bob Books. Bobby’s 13 years of teaching experience, and hands-on field testing of Bob Books, means they truly suit the needs of youngsters starting the great adventure of reading. Each new Bob Books reader will soon be able to happily say, “I read the whole book!”®
The first books were handmade, inspired by two small dolls that Bobby bought at a craft fair. She named the dolls Mat and Sam and spun stories about them, illustrated with line drawings that the children could copy and color.
Articles recommending Bob Books appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, and regional newspapers and magazines around the country. The books had entered the spotlight, and parents wanted Bob Books.
The Maslens turned to a major publisher of children’s books, Scholastic, Inc., for help publishing Bob Books. With Scholastic, Bob Books have grown to sixteen titles: five sets of books written by Bobby, five sets by her daughter Lynn Maslen Kertell, and six leveled early reader books. Bob Books have sold millions of copies.
Bobby is retired, and lives with original Bob Books illustrator and husband John, in Portland, Oregon.
Lynn Maslen Kertell has been involved with Bob Books right from the beginning, starting with the first edition in the 1970s. Lynn pasted-up and hand-lettered the original Bob Books, created by her parents, Bobby and John Maslen, when she was in high school.
As Lynn’s own daughter was beginning to learn to read, returning to the family business was a natural step. Her experience tackling the fun, bonding and sometimes complex task of helping her child learn to read, showed her that Bob Books really work. There are many skills a child needs to become literate. Bob Books' measured approach respects the steps that turn a child into a reader, and entertains them with real stories that kids can relate to.
Lynn brings the Maslen sense of humor, warmth and gentle encouragement to her writing, as she creates the next generation of Bob Books. She continues Bobby's phonics-based approach to teaching reading, and is proud to contribute to the millions of children who can say with pride, "I read the whole book!"®
Lynn lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and daughter.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017
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A friend mom explained: these books are small and have easy starting words, they build confidence which builds the desire to read.
This is how the convo went in my house.
Me: i got you a new set of books!
She: ok you can read me one
Me: i thought you could read this time
She: how about if i read the title and you read the rest
Me: ok
She: (reads title)
She: (reads first page)
Me: do you want to read every other page?
She: no, i got this (finishes book)
She: lets do the next book (reads 2 more books)
The next night she read 3 again. Luckily the box has plenty of books. We’re ready for more, maybe with bigger words this time!
Collection 1 includes beginning readers and advancing beginners.
Collection 2 includes advancing beginners and word families.
I feel pretty cheated on this one as collection 1 and set 2 were roughly the same price and buying online. It's pretty hard to notice the difference on Amazon. I thought I was purchasing collection 2, but you have to really understand the verbiage.
The books in this set include:
1 - Fun in the Sun (in collection 1)
2- Up, Pup (in collection 1)
3- Pip and Pog (in collection 1)
4- Bow-Wow! (in collection 1)
5-The Big Hat (in collection 1)
6- Sox the Fox (in collection 1)
7- ok, kids
8-Rub-a-Dub
9-Go, Bus
10- The Red Hen
11-The Sad Car
12 - 0 to 10
I do like the Bob series books overall, but this was very frustrating.
By the way, check your local Costco. They had COLLECTION 2 for the same price as COLLECTION 1, where it seems to be twice as expensive here on Amazon.

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017



Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020



I had read that some people complained that these books were the small, older versions. I did not mind this, however considering the fact that my daughter was about to finish Set One and I wanted Set Two, I am quite disappointed that the first six books in this set are also in Set One! I wouldn't have paid this much for only six books. Upon further research it seems that there are some sets marked "Set Two" that aren't repetitive and this set is an older version. However there is no way to determine which you are getting, older or newer. Buyers, keep this in mind when ordering!
**UPDATE**
I have discovered if you have "Collection One" and have finished that (books 1-18) what you want next is called "Collection Two" (not set two). This will keep you from repeating those six books.

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020

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