Bob Books Set 3- Word Families

BOB Books Set 3: Word Families

by Bobby Lynn Maslen

Bob Books Set 3 adds something new for young readers. Consonant blends gently introduce new concepts to the progressing reader. Consistent vowel sounds and lots of three-letter-word practice mean your child continues to enjoy reading success.

In addition to eight story books, two Activity Books are included, designed to entice youngsters to read, write, and solve puzzles.

Inside the box you'll
- 10 easy-to-read books, 16 pages each
- Many three letter words
- An introduction to four and five letter words (one syllable)
- An introduction to two syllable words 
- Can be "sounded out" (phonics based)
- Limited sight words
- 25 to 40 words per book

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Kids, 1st Grade, Education

108 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Bobby and John Maslen developed the Bob Books, while Bobby was a teacher of 3 to 5-year-olds at a private school in Portland, Oregon. After many years of self-publishing, Scholastic became Bob Books’ publisher in 1995.

Reviews

[Hillary Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This set introduced some r-controlled vowels, silent e endings, and vowel teams. It had up to two sentences per page, as well as some dialogue. I felt like it was a good progression from set 2, but I wish they had included more long vowels.

[Shalyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are great at progressing in a doable manner and each step up requires just a little bit of help as it uses and then adds to previously learned skills.

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series to help my 5 and 7 year old learn to read.

[J. Maher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for learning to read and helping with Phonetic/Phonemic Awareness!

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[Elin · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are hilarious and quirky and short and quite perfect to nail some of the phonetic rules for beginning readers.

[surfurbian · Rating 5 out of 5]

See my review of set 1. :)

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

When my daughter transferred to an academically-focused preschool, we were pleasantly surprised to be introduced to the Bob Book Series. She began with Set 1 knowing very few sight words. But we read the books every day, and before we knew it, she had mastered sets 1-5 by the end of the year! Over the summer, she mastered the Kindergarten and First Grade sets as well. We also purchased the Level 1 books for her, and she LOVES them. We had her tested with the WJ-III the week before Kindergarten, and she was already reading at a first grade, seven month level! Her teacher already has her reading to the class, and she aced the examination they give the children the first week of the Kindergarten to track their progress over the course of the year. If you are committed to reading with your child every day, the Bob Book sets will give them an advantage over their peers.

This year, I started my three year old on Set One, and she has already mastered the first few books! When she began preschool this year, her teacher gave her the “Break-Out Student” award the first week of school, because she was already a more advanced reader than most of the four-year-olds. If you are looking for a book series to get your child reading, this is the way to go!

[Charlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I kinda think that BOB Books Set 1: Beginning Readers and BOB Books Set 2: Advancing Beginners was better than this one. So its a 2.5. The other boxes had 12 books. Now this one has 8 with 2 activity books. Well, I guess its Ok because children can learn from the activities. And book 2, its spelled lollipops not lolly-pops. Maybe its so young read can read it.

Title: BOB Books Set 3: Word Families
Author: Bobby Lynn Maslen
Illustrator: John R. Maslen

Book#/Title

1: Floppy Mop
2: Lolly-Pops
3: Frogs
4: The Red Car
5: Summer
6: Kittens
7: Funny Bunny
8: Bed Bugs
9: Activities For Books 1-4
10: Activities For Books 5-8

Since I am used to 12 books, it made me think I was missing two books :x

[Julia Jasztal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mommy's review -


I forget when I first found and started Julia on these books but she read Sets 1-3 and they were a major, major help with her learning to read. I know she started on this set before kindergarten, I think it was the beginning of preschool. By the time we should have moved on to sets 4 & 5 she didn't need them.
These sets of small books, combined with being read to, talked to and with correctly, and vocab worked taught her all she needed to know to actually read. She still surprises me with words she knows while reading and she's at least two grades beyond most of her classmates.
I definitely, definitely, 100% recommend.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This set has only 8 reading books and 2 activity books. I decided not to use the activity books because I would have to copy and enlarge each page, but I can see where they might be a good learning tool. The activity instructions could be read by the child and an adult could help explain if necessary.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was our first exposure to BOB books (my husband just picked it up at the library without really knowing what it was) and we like them! I like that it is the easy reading so many of us recognize from when we started reading but it's also a story. Not just random ideas strewn together. Maybe the earlier readers would be different but we did like this one.

[Josiah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm not 100% sure that this is the right book, but it's the closest that I could find to it.
Anyway, the familiar style of Bobby Lynn Maslen is clearly present here, bringing the youngest emerging readers ever closer to the world of literacy.

[Rochelle Sondae · Rating 2 out of 5]

I prefer "whole language" readers however, I do like that this series invites the reader to color and to interact with the characters by utilizing the included paper finger puppets.

[Kassandra Huntley · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books take the Dick and Jane stories from our childhood to the next level. They are fun, funny, and easy for kids to use to become first time readers. Highly recommend!

[Vikram Nath · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

Nice book for kids to learn reading.highly recommend it.m 'm j s d d d d d d d d