Fun...great beginning book
929200
My kids have really enjoyed learning to play with these books! There teacher uses these books and has had great success!
4434466
Great books to start classes! It is convenient that there is a practice of writing, reading by numbers. For the child is a pleasure!
2859108
Great starter book. Picked up a few pointers that helped me understand the next book which was definitely NOT a primer. Plus this book was easy to bookmark for future reference. Would recommend this title to anyone who is just getting started and also has a mentor to refer to.
998893
Great beginning book to start learning with. Very good examples. Currently using it in my Russian class, I've been and lived in Russia and Ukraine, great book.
4754649
The book is great for beginners. But is also great to read to little one's. The story is short and sweet with a cute story and good reference for the small kiddos to learn about feelings (happy, sad, frightened and more).
1082494
I love BOB books and this set is great as a first one.  I am using them with my 4 year old. Basically you get 10 books and a set of sight words. There are three colors of books and the sight words are grouped into three colors as well. The first three books are all teal. So you teach your child the sight words that are teal, then your child can read the short books that are teal. Some of the words in the books are the sight words they just learned, then others are simple-to-sound-out words, like "hid." The books looks really simple but aren't boring- my son thinks they are silly and funny. He has learned to these books by learning the sight words and I will be getting the next set of BOB books soon!
4734842
Our toddler has shown a lot of interest in writing letters and holding a pencil, this book has been a great starter book for learning how to write.

Pros:
- Wipeable pages; reuse as many times as you want and not waste so much paper.
- Comes with a marker.
- Each letter has Upper/Lower Case
- Each page is for one letter, and shows how to write it with arrows.
- There are plenty of practice letters and then gives space so you can try on your own.
- Spiral notebook sized, and if you wanted to take it with you, it doesn't take much space.

Cons:
- After a while you can see marker smudges on the page. I use a wet wipe to clean the pages when we are done for the day.
- The pen is small, I have another book that is smaller than this one and the pen is larger.

So far we have really been enjoying this book. It gives good practice, but not intimidating. When she is done we put it away and go to another thing, no stress, no paper to throw away just wipe it down and you are good to go. Great for beginners!
2050509
I have been looking for some reading books that my 5 year old can read. These are working great. A new word is introduced on each page, building up to four words by the end of the booklet. The picture clearly illustrates the word, so she is able to either guess or have an idea of what the word is if she needs help sounding it out.  The back of the book lets him work on printing while reviewing what what in the book. I find word families have been easier to introduce than sight words. Great first books for a beginner reader!
Pages are perforated, all you need to do is cut in half, fold and staple.

Great set of books!
3101400
I'm a beginner when it comes to photography, and that's why this book was good for me.  It gives a lot of simple hints about what to own (or eventually try to own when you have extra cash sitting around), and how to take certain shots - portrait, night, landscape, sports, etc.  It is a great starter book.........you just have to avoid getting too excited to go out and buy all the gear.  You can spend thousands just adding the tripod heads, filters, special lenses, etc., that Mr. Kelby mentions. But, at least he gets you started and gives some less expensive options too.  It is such an easy book to move through, with simple instructions, so you don't have to be a pro to use his ideas.  I've already put some to work.

A lot of reviewers complain about his dorky sense of humor, and all the parentheses.  Yeah, maybe that space could have been taken up with a little more photography information, but in a world of dry and exhausting instructional books, a little humor isn't something to complain about.  You will enjoy going through this book, probably many times.
2251960
I really like the way this book is set up, with the different categories. It makes the activities fun for my 7 year old daughter. I bought it to give her a head start with the 2nd grade curriculum, since she will be in 2nd grade this fall.
4219881
This book is fantastic for those just starting out. It's got great ideas for all types of interaction (family, group, individual) and gives appropriate age ranges for each activity. My favorite book to date!!
2458588
Great starter book!!  I was looking for this book for my youngest daughter as she would like to pursue a career in animation!!
1090052
My daughters, ages 2 and 4, enjoy imitating the pictures in this book as I read the words to them; they also have a lot of fun learning the new words this book introduces.  The four year old loves to sit and read, but the two year old gets distracted form most books and wants to get up and move.  This is one of a few books they really enjoy together.  Actually they really like all four books in this series; the books were a gift to us, and have become favorites.
2278839
I have taught both of my older children to read using this book and we have really enjoyed it.  Just do 1 new page a day, and review the previous day's page - about 5-10 minutes a day.  Everything is scripted, so it doesn't involve any advance planning.  We love to snuggle up on the couch and make it a special time together.  Consider a chart too - each time they do a lesson, put a sticker on the chart working up to some sort of reward.  My now almost 6 year-old is reading at about a 2nd-3rd grade level and I credit a large part of that to the strong start she got with this book.
2170601
This was a gift, not something that I thought would interest my child, BUT my 10 month old loves looking at the babies in this book. And having fun with books is a great beginning.
2534614
First we went through the book and did all the picture mazes.  Now she is starting on the 'line' mazes (non 3-D, a bit harder for her to imagine).  Great beginner book for learning to enjoy puzzles.
1113372
This little book is a good start for beginners.  One can learn the vocabularies by guessing their meanings. It is fun.