📚 Long Vowels Bob Books Set Review

These books are ideal for a child learning to read. Good stories in simple words. I wouldn't say these stories are phenomenal pieces of literature or anything, but they get the job done. The books contain helpful reading tips such as "When there is an e at the end of a word, the middle vowel is usually a long vowel." Simple pictures, as if drawn by a child.

If you have a child who is starting to read, get these books! The progressive nature of the series allows young people to have a sense of accomplishment without being overwhelmed. We have given several sets of these books to family and friends with young children and all report great success. I don't really want to listen to an inexperienced reader (makes me wince), but the books move fast enough not to overwhelm a child (or bore you with stupidity). I can't say enough good things about this…

After my 5-year-old daughter learned to pronounce most of the letters, we began going through Bob's books, beginning with sentence 1. Our tradition was that she read the story (almost) every night before when i read something her (sometimes I'd make her reread what she'd read before, or let her off when she was really tired - I wanted it to be positive). The books start out very easy and progress very slowly. After about 8 months we have read all the books and now she can handle the easy level…