Bob Books Set 5: Long Vowels Box Set by Bobby Lynn Maslen - Paperback Phonics Readers - Ages 4-7 Kindergarten & First Grade - 8 Books

Titles in This Set This boxed set contains 8 individual Bob Books readers focused on long vowel patterns and the "silent e" rule (specific individual titles are not listed by the publisher on the box; each story builds on CVC, CVCe, CCVCe and CVVC word patterns). Details Condition: New Format: Paperback (8-book boxed set) ISBN: 9780439865418 Publisher: Scholastic Age Range: Ages 4-7 (Kindergarten - First Grade) Overview The Bob Books Set 5: Long Vowels Box Set is Stage 3 of the best-selling, teacher-created Bob Books reading programme. Designed for children who have mastered short-vowel, consonant-blend words, this set introduces long vowel sounds and the silent "e" rule through eight short, decodable paperback stories. With playful illustrations and gently increasing text length, it helps young readers build fluency, confidence and independence as they move toward chapter books. About the Books Bob Books were created more than forty years ago by preschool teacher Bobby Lynn Maslen, who developed the series in the classroom to help her students crack the code of reading. Set 5: Long Vowels is the next step after earlier Bob Books stages, introducing long vowel sounds, the silent "e", blends such as qu, tr and ng, the digraph ch, and vowel teams including ou, ai, oo, ee, ea and ie. Each of the eight stories runs to roughly 16-24 pages, giving developing readers a longer, more satisfying read while keeping vocabulary controlled and success achievable on every page. Simple black-and-white illustrations keep the focus on the words themselves, encouraging children to sound out text rather than guess from pictures. Bob Books is one of America's most trusted early-reading series, used by parents, teachers and reading specialists alike, and this set is a natural next step for children ready to tackle more advanced decoding. The gentle, systematic, phonics-first progression means children are never asked to guess at a sound they haven't already been taught, keeping frustrati