{"title":"Bob Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bob-books-collection-1-beginning-readers-advancing-beginners-18-books-set-paperback","title":"Bob Books Collection 1 Beginning Readers \u0026 Advancing Beginners 18 Books Set - Ages 4+ - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMat\u003cbr\u003eSam\u003cbr\u003eDot\u003cbr\u003eMac\u003cbr\u003eDot and Mit\u003cbr\u003eDot and the Dog\u003cbr\u003eJig and Mag\u003cbr\u003eMuff and Ruff\u003cbr\u003e10 Cut-Ups\u003cbr\u003ePeg and Ted\u003cbr\u003eLad and the Fat Cat\u003cbr\u003eThe Vet\u003cbr\u003eFun in the Sun\u003cbr\u003eUp, Pup\u003cbr\u003ePip and Pog\u003cbr\u003eBow-Wow!\u003cbr\u003eThe Big Hat\u003cbr\u003eSox the Fox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Brand New\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9780545015295\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Scholastic\u003cbr\u003e\nAge Range: Ages 4+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBob Books Collection 1: Beginning Readers and Advancing Beginners is the classic phonics-based box set that has helped millions of children take their first confident steps into reading. 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Familiar characters such as Mat, Sam, Dot and Mac reappear across the booklets, giving young readers a reassuring sense of continuity as their skills build book by book. Simple illustrations support the text without distracting from it, keeping the focus on decoding. The included parent guide explains how to use the books alongside your child, while the doorknob hanger, bookmark and stickers turn each finished booklet into a small celebration. 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Working with illustrator John R. Maslen, she crafted short, decodable stories built around consistent letter-sound patterns, allowing beginning readers to sound out real words rather than memorise them. First published in 1976, Bob Books have since become a cornerstone of early reading instruction in homes and classrooms, trusted by parents and teachers worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Bob Books Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA genuinely effective, no-fuss way to launch a confident reader. 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Designed for children who have mastered short-vowel, consonant-blend words, this set introduces long vowel sounds and the silent \"e\" rule through eight short, decodable paperback stories. With playful illustrations and gently increasing text length, it helps young readers build fluency, confidence and independence as they move toward chapter books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBob Books were created more than forty years ago by preschool teacher Bobby Lynn Maslen, who developed the series in the classroom to help her students crack the code of reading. Set 5: Long Vowels is the next step after earlier Bob Books stages, introducing long vowel sounds, the silent \"e\", blends such as qu, tr and ng, the digraph ch, and vowel teams including ou, ai, oo, ee, ea and ie. Each of the eight stories runs to roughly 16-24 pages, giving developing readers a longer, more satisfying read while keeping vocabulary controlled and success achievable on every page. Simple black-and-white illustrations keep the focus on the words themselves, encouraging children to sound out text rather than guess from pictures. Bob Books is one of America's most trusted early-reading series, used by parents, teachers and reading specialists alike, and this set is a natural next step for children ready to tackle more advanced decoding. 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As stories progress through the set, the vocabulary widens just enough to stretch a beginner without overwhelming them, easing them from single blended sounds towards recognising whole word families at a glance. Alongside the sixteen paperback booklets, the boxed set typically includes a parent guide explaining how best to support reading practice, a doorknob hanger and stickers to celebrate milestones, and a bookmark to encourage regular reading habits. The combined page count across the set runs to around 256 pages, offering plenty of material for repeated re-reading, which is itself a valuable part of building early reading fluency. 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Across 22 bite-sized books and 260 pages, children progress through Graded Reading Levels A to D, building phonics skills, sight-word recognition and confidence one short, silly story at a time. Bundled with a parent guide, puzzle flashcards, stickers, a bookmark and a doorknob hanger, it's a complete, ready-to-go early literacy toolkit for home or the classroom, ideal for parents and teachers guiding a child's very first steps into independent reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollection 6 pairs two of the most trusted names in early reading. First Stories includes twelve tiny, twelve-page books that ease children from Level A through Level D, using controlled vocabulary, heavy repetition and just a handful of unique words per story so new readers can decode with real independence. 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