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product_id: 652117
title: "Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers Box Set | Phonics, Ages 4 and up, Kindergarten (Stage 1: Starting to Read)"
price: "$70"
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reviews_count: 8
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# 4.8/5 rating from 22,000+ reviews Stage 1: targeted early reading 40+ decodable phonics stories Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers Box Set | Phonics, Ages 4 and up, Kindergarten (Stage 1: Starting to Read)

**Price:** $70
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📖 Unlock your child’s reading superpower with Bob Books!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers Box Set | Phonics, Ages 4 and up, Kindergarten (Stage 1: Starting to Read)
- **How much does it cost?** $70 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/652117-bob-books-set-1-beginning-readers-box-set-phonics-ages)

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## Why This Product

- Free international shipping included
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## Key Features

- • **Proven Early Success:** Helps kids transition from letter sounds to real reading with simple, predictable text.
- • **Top-Ranked & Trusted:** Ranked #2 in Early Learning Beginner Readers with thousands of glowing reviews.
- • **Classroom & Home Ready:** Perfect for literacy centers, small groups, or one-on-one reading interventions.
- • **Engaging Animal Themes:** Fun, relatable stories that keep young readers excited and motivated to practice independently.
- • **Phonics-Powered Progress:** Carefully leveled stories that build reading confidence and fluency from day one.

## Overview

Bob Books Set 1 is a bestselling, phonics-based beginner reader collection designed for ages 4+ and Kindergarten learners. Featuring over 40 decodable stories with simple, predictable text and engaging animal themes, it builds early reading skills, fluency, and confidence. Highly rated by educators and parents alike, this set is a proven tool for jumpstarting literacy in both classroom and home settings.

## Description

desertcart.com: Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers Box Set | Phonics, Ages 4 and up, Kindergarten (Stage 1: Starting to Read): 9780439845007: Maslen, Bobby Lynn, Jindra, Amy, Wall, Karen: Books

Review: Great Beginner Books! - As a teacher, I absolutely love the Bob Books – Animal Stories Box Set for young readers! This set is a fantastic collection of decodable phonics books that make early reading practice meaningful and confidence-building. Each story is carefully leveled so that kids can practice specific phonics skills — which is exactly what we strive for in Kindergarten and early literacy instruction. The animal-themed stories are engaging and fun, so students are excited to read them independently. I’ve used these in small groups, literacy centers, and one-on-one interventions, and they work beautifully in all settings. Since the text is simple and predictable, emergent readers actually read the words (not guess them), which builds fluency and accuracy. Over the course of using these books, I’ve seen my students gain confidence and reading stamina. Overall, this set is a must-have for teachers who want high-quality, decodable practice — especially for students who are ready to make that leap from letter sounds to real reading. Highly recommended!
Review: Fantastic! - I LOVE Bob books! I taught my own kids to read on these books and I bought this for my 3 year old grandson. He really enjoys reading them, and he CAN read them. He picked up the idea of it readily and was trying out all the words without any prompting from me. In an age when many schools no longer teach phonics, these books are a huge boon to kids trying to learn to read, by introducing simple words withing simple word families. It leads to early success. Early success can lead to a lifetime love of learning. I highly recommend these books.

## Features

- As per Description
- It comes with proper packaging
- Easy to read text

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #90 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Early Learning Beginner Readers #3 in Children's Word Books #4 in Children's Beginner Readers |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 22,417 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Beginner Books!
*by B***E on March 5, 2026*

As a teacher, I absolutely love the Bob Books – Animal Stories Box Set for young readers! This set is a fantastic collection of decodable phonics books that make early reading practice meaningful and confidence-building. Each story is carefully leveled so that kids can practice specific phonics skills — which is exactly what we strive for in Kindergarten and early literacy instruction. The animal-themed stories are engaging and fun, so students are excited to read them independently. I’ve used these in small groups, literacy centers, and one-on-one interventions, and they work beautifully in all settings. Since the text is simple and predictable, emergent readers actually read the words (not guess them), which builds fluency and accuracy. Over the course of using these books, I’ve seen my students gain confidence and reading stamina. Overall, this set is a must-have for teachers who want high-quality, decodable practice — especially for students who are ready to make that leap from letter sounds to real reading. Highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic!
*by D***S on March 2, 2026*

I LOVE Bob books! I taught my own kids to read on these books and I bought this for my 3 year old grandson. He really enjoys reading them, and he CAN read them. He picked up the idea of it readily and was trying out all the words without any prompting from me. In an age when many schools no longer teach phonics, these books are a huge boon to kids trying to learn to read, by introducing simple words withing simple word families. It leads to early success. Early success can lead to a lifetime love of learning. I highly recommend these books.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best Early Readers I Have Seen
*by L***E on December 31, 2020*

These books are an incredible tool for teaching kids to read. I LOVE how they just introduce a few new letter sounds in each book, so kids don't have to master every letter sound in order to read the first book. Pure genius. It truly makes the whole process less overwhelming, and I'll always teach early reading this way in the future. I wish I had had them when teaching my first child to read. I am currently teaching my niece to read. Since this is my second time around, and since I've discovered these books, I feel like I have a pretty great system down. I am using this first set of Bob Books, a pack of index cards, a magnetic dry-erase board, and a set of magnetic letters. Because children can very easily memorize these books, without fully understanding how to sound out the words, I don't feel like using the books alone, with no other exercises, is sufficient to truly teach them to read (for example, my 3-year-old likes to memorize the books and pretend he is "reading"). So for my niece (age 6), we are moving through the books systematically, learning the letter sounds and words in each book. For each book, I make a set of customized flashcards, using words found in that book, plus other 3-letter, consonant-vowel-consonant words that are not found in the book, but use letter sounds found in the books that she has read already. We practice the books and flashcards separately, to make sure she is truly learning to sound out those words (and she is!). We also use a magnetic dry-erase board and a magnetic letter set to do different exercises. In one exercise we make a word with the magnetic letters, using letter sounds she has already mastered. She reads it, and then she can switch out various letters to make new words to read. Sometimes it's a real word, and sometimes a "nonsense word", which makes it fun for her. She also enjoys moving the magnetic letters around, so this makes reading more fun for her. This is a great way to reinforce, for example, that not every word that starts with "ca" is "cat". Switch out the "t" for an "n", and you have "can". It really helps her focus on how the individual letter sounds come together to make a whole word. I guess my point to all this is; these are great, wonderful books, and are perfect for what they are. But I don't consider them a complete system for teaching a child to read (and I don't think they claim to be that either). But they can form a huge part of a complete system, at least at the early stages. I don't have the other sets (set 2 and beyond), so I can't say yet if these would be sufficient for teaching more complex words, but I am, of course, prepared to supplement and adjust when we get to that point. I can say that, for these earliest stages, they were worth every penny I paid for them, and more.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-12*