Bob Books Set 2: Advancing BeginnersBob Books Set 2 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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Bob's Books:
These books were great. My son read through them all in a week. I highly recommend these books.
Good Starter Books:
My 5 year old needed something more interesting than the starter books he was reading and this series has been a good way to add some variety. I do wish the pictures were more colorful, however.
My son feels like a big boy:
I bought these books because my son loves to read. He has been reading simple "stories" that I write on the computer but never real books of his own. When these came he just whizzed through the first series. I took them to his Kindergarden class because they were too easy for him. One to Series 2 and 3. These offered a bit more challenge and he loves them. The stories really aren't that interesting. I believe he would agree. Each night he gets to read a book to me then I read a book to him. He feels... more info
Good second set... but you may not need it:
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... more info
