Bob books, Set 1 & 2, $6.40 each @ Amazon

[jam224]

Bob book sets are on sale for $6.40 each (lowest price ever!)! This is a price match to Walmart, if you prefer to purchase them there instead (Set 1 is backordered on Amazon, with a ship date of 1 to 3 weeks). These are great for emerging readers!
https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Books-Set-Beginning-Readers/dp/0439845009/
https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Books-Set-2-Advancing-Beginners/dp/0439845025/

[JBaxter]

None of my kids showed any interest in bob books I had several sets 2 of which were unopened when I yard sale-d them Total waste of money take a look at the pencil drawing pages before you purchase.

[jam224]

None of my kids showed any interest in bob books I had several sets 2 of which were unopened when I yard sale-d them Total waste of money take a look at the pencil drawing pages before you purchase.

Bummer they didn't work out for you! I know they don't get universal rave reviews here, but I think it's a great price to give them a shot! I recommend them with the caveat that yes, the illustrations and storyline are lacking (and honestly downright boring) for parents, but for our DD, it was a great introduction to phoenetics and confidence booster. Certainly not for every kid, but might be worth a try! I even have a friend who raved about them with her first kid and then her second kid wouldn't touch 'em! You never know!

[JBaxter]

Preschool prep DVDs and Books were much more engaging for mine.

[123LuckyMom]

It really depends on the kid, I guess. Both of mine really learned to read with the BOB books. They didn't care about the plot. They were just focused on their own ability to read a book! We had many other wonderful books I could read to them, but these were books they could read to me pretty much right after letter and sound recognition kicked in mid-pre-school. All the other "early readers" were a bit too difficult for the kids to read every word at that very, very beginning stage. We have the whole series of BOB books, but I would say that by the time your kids are really reading, they can move on to other, more exciting series. The BOB books are best for enabling non-readers who know their letters to become readers. My kids developed an affection for them, though, and my son, who's a very advanced reader going into third grade, will still sometimes pull them out to read with my rising kindergartener. Their favorite is "Plums," which they read like it's a very profound poem or something. It's cute to watch!


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[specialp]

It really depends on the kid, I guess. Both of mine really learned to read with the BOB books. They didn't care about the plot. They were just focused on their own ability to read a book! Baby Bargains (http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=87652)

Agreed. I think the simplistic pictures and plot really kept their focus on the words themselves rather than the pictures and it was such a confidence booster for mine to read a whole book. Mine were frustrated with more difficult ones and learned from Bob books and would read them to their stuffed animals. I never owned them - just library checkout because it's such a quick transition of a month or two of reading all the bob books to wanting to move onto bigger ones, but I found them wonderful.