What Out Customers Say:

“Our three year-old just read her first Bob Books. As long as we live, we will never forget the excitement on her face. She was jumping up and down all over the house. "I read the book! I read the book!" It was amazing, the power of reading that little book ALL BY HERSELF, and what it did for her.”

 - David and Beth B. Customer Reviews

Bob Books Foundation Sets

Bob Books were developed as a step-by-step program to guide your child gently through the early stages of reading. Each level addresses a stage in a child's reading development.

This carefully crafted, simple, and progressive approach to learning assures children success and confidence from their very earliest reading experience.

These boxed sets are the bestselling Bob Books first introduced 35 years ago.

Bob Books Set 1
Beginning Readers

Guide your child in their first steps into reading with Bob Books Set 1.

Bob Books Set 2
Advancing Beginners

Continue to build confidence in earliest reading skills with Bob Books Set 2.

Bob Books Set 3
Word Families

Progress into longer words with Bob Books Set 3.

Bob Books Set 4
Complex Words

Stories foster steps into more complex vocabulary in Set 4.

Bob Books Set 5
Long Vowels

Explore long vowels and improve reading fluency in Set 5.

 

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