BOB Books


The BOB books are sequenced to start for the very earliest students to practice prereading skills, then letter sounds, and then move into blending sounds together to create words, adding additional phonics skills with each step. If your student already knows their letter sounds and is able to read a few basic words, then they can probably skip the prereading skills and alphabet books and move into the Stage 1 books. The books in this list are listed in the order the author recommends working through them.

Decodable books encourage children learning to read to sound out words using reading strategies rather than guessing from pictures or predicting from other clues. Text is carefully sequenced to only include phonics skills that students have already been learning so students are practicing at the right level and build confidence in reading before they move on to the next skill. Text is limited to one or two sentences to a page until readers are able to handle more complex stories with more text.


How to Use the Bob Books: Visit the Bob books website for short videos from the author on how to use the Bob books to support your child in reading

Free Printable Activities to go along with each Bob book can be found here


Updated June 27, 2023
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My first Bob books. Reading readiness, Pre-reading skills : basic literacy concepts in engaging read-aloud stories
Kertell, Lynn Maslen.
Paper Book
Created by a teacher, Bob Books have been helping children learn to read for more than forty years! The fun read-aloud stories in My First Bob Books: Pre-Reading Skills introduce literacy skills to the youngest children. My First Bob Books: Pre-Reading Skills offers children...

Format: Physical Books

My first Bob books : alphabet
Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

My first Bob books. Alphabet
Kertell, Lynn Maslen.
Paper Book
Created by a teacher, Bob Books have been helping children learn to read for more than forty years! My First Bob Books: Alphabet introduces each letter of the alphabet to pre-readers with silly read-aloud stories. My First Bob Books: Alphabet combines early learning with fun...

Format: eBook

Bob books. Set 1, Beginning readers
Maslen, Bobby Lynn
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

Bob Books Set 1 Beginning Readers
Maslen, Bobby Lynn.
Ebook

Format: eBook

Bob books. First stories
Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Paper Book
Created by a teacher, Bob Books have been helping children learn to read for more than forty years! This charming box set from the bestselling phonics program features simple, decodable stories that get progressively more challenging. With playful, decodable stories, silly illustrations,...

Format: Physical Books

Bob books. Rhyming words
Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

Bob books. Rhyming words
Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Ebook

Format: eBook

Bob books. Set 2, Advancing beginners
Maslen, Bobby Lynn
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

Bob Books Set 2 Advancing Beginners
Maslen, Bobby Lynn.
Ebook

Format: eBook

Bob books. Sight words, kindergarten
Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

Bob Books Sight Words Kindergarten
Kertell, Lynn Maslen.
Ebook

Format: eBook

Animal stories
Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

Bob books. Sight words, first grade
Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

Bob books. Set 3, Word families
Maslen, Bobby Lynn
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

Bob books. Set 3, Word families
Maslen, Bobby Lynn.
Paper Book
Created by a teacher, Bob Books have been helping children learn to read for more than forty years! This phonics-based box set helps developing readers gently take the next step toward more complex stories. Bob Books Word Families helps children progress gently beyond the very...

Format: eBook

Bob books. Set 4, Complex words
Maslen, Bobby Lynn
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books

Bob Books Set 4 Complex Words
Maslen, Bobby Lynn.
Ebook

Format: eBook

Bob books. Set 5, Long vowels
Maslen, Bobby Lynn
Paper Book

Format: Physical Books


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