The perfect introduction to books and reading!
354941
This is the first book that got my granddaughter interested in reading.  Within weeks we had to see the play at the local children's theatre and purchase more books.  The author drew her right into the story, and that was only the beginning!
1488420
My wife purchased this book for our Kindergartener after she (my daughter) had requested it.  She had seen it in her school library and was very excited to show us how  funny the idea of "hopping on pop" (on me!!) was and that she could read some of the words.  After we got it, she found that she was able to read the whole thing all the way through.  She was so surprised and proud of herself!  If you want to build confidence in your child and develop a love for reading-this is a great book.

The reason this is so great for an early reader is pretty genius!  The book starts off easy enough, with a couple of rhyming phrases per page (like; HOP ON POP, etc.).  As the story moves on, the rhyming words are replaced (sometimes only by changing out a letter-as in H-A-T to C-A-T).

While a simple idea, it provides a great learning and reinforcement tool for your child that is twofold: (1) your child learns new words by "building" on a previously known word by having to change the initial sound to match the new letter on the rhyming word, and (2) by showing them the importance of letters and their placement in a word to change its sound.

The book is never overly difficult, but rather, perfectly paced for an emerging or first time reader.  And of course, true to Dr. Seuss fashion, the artwork is engaging, wonderful and funny all at the same time.  This is by far, my daughter's favorite book at the moment and she won't hesitate to offer to "read the whole book" to anyone who is willing to listen!  She is developing a real love of reading from this.

If you are a "pop" or know of one with a new reader, this classic is just the ticket!  Definitely a winner for our family.
1547793
A perfect book for a child who has the natural and delightful curiosity of Life!
1574879
I purchased this series after finishing the Step into Reading Step 1 books, e.g.&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Sunshine-Moonshine/dp/B003FCVEAK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Sunshine, Moonshine</a>, etc. These Barron's series of books for beginning readers comprise a series of illustrated stories. Each book in the series uses a set of sight words and emphasizes a word family, for e.g. at, ish, ug, im, op, etc. Each story uses the root words and facilitates the child's vocabulary-building, adding more words to a child's vocabulary as he/she progresses from one book to the next.

The bonus here is that the stories are fun and engaging, and my 5-year-old who will be starting kindergarten in fall has enjoyed them all and is eager to move on to the next book (something we did not experience with the BOB books when we used them back when she was 4). Visual learners who are motivated by colorful illustrations will also love these books as they are vividly illustrated, but not overly garish as to distract from the reading experience. The children who read these series of books will experience increased confidence as they master the reading skills, and the stories are short enough that the books can be finished under 10 minutes. Highly recommended!

The books in Set 1 are:
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Find-Nat-Get-Ready-Get-Set-Read/dp/0812046781/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Find Nat (Get Ready Get Set Read)</a>
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Sled-Surprise-Get-Ready-Get-Set-Read/dp/0812046773/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Sled Surprise (Get Ready Get Set Read)</a>
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Sometime-I-Wish-Get-Ready-Get-Set-Read/dp/0812046811/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Sometime I Wish (Get Ready Get Set Read)</a>
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/A-Mop-for-Pop-Get-Ready-Get-Set-Read/dp/0812046803/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">A Mop for Pop (Get Ready Get Set Read)</a>
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Bug-Club-Get-Ready-Get-Set-Read-first-book-set-1/dp/0812047303/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Bug Club (Get Ready, Get Set, Read! first book set 1)</a>

The skills are then all brought together and reviewed under:
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/What-a-Day-for-Flying-Bring-It-All-Together-Book-Get-Ready-Get-Set-Read/dp/0812015576/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">What a Day for Flying!: Bring-It-All-Together Book (Get Ready...Get Set...Read!)</a>
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Bat-s-Surprise-Bring-It-All-Together-Book-Get-Ready-Get-Set-Read/dp/0812017358/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Bat's Surprise: Bring-It-All-Together Book (Get Ready...Get Set...Read!)</a>
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!
2778731
These books are great! The stories are engaging, funny and perfect for emerging readers. Some of the reviews for this series say that the books rhyme too much and the stories don't make sense. I think the opposite. They rhyme just enough for kids to notice word patterns, and the stories are much more coherent than some other early readers we have. "Stan and Dan are twins who swim fast. They are glad to test who is best."
Best of all, my 6 year old thinks the stories are hilarious, crabs with long hair, cats who sail boats, foxes who play baseball etcc
631103
This book has been a phenomenal follow up to the starter book my 5 year old began with: Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.  We needed something to not only reinforce but to expand on what he had started in the first book and this book hits all the marks and I really like the ideas behind the size of the lessons and how to do them.  The 2 review and 1 new helps with recollection and the short stories are helping greatly with using the newly learned words in sentences to reinforce definition and usage.  Could not have hoped for a better find!
3610337
We love it! It's perfect for school and  kids apps. It's so simple to find and read excellent books - what a brilliant idea. My only regret is we waited so long.
131895
These books were such a blessing for my son. He was struggling with reading and lacked motivation to read. A friend told me about these books and as soon as they arrived, my little boy was so attracted to them!!! He started trying to read the first one immediately. Now he has read through all of them, all on his own!!!! I always wondered if we'd ever get over the big reading hurdle and I am proud to say that we have!!!! I am so grateful for these books. They are the best way to jump start little ones into reading.
2592024
This is perfect for a read out loud book! I've read it too my daughter as well as my sons, and they all LOVED it. The book has a perfect cadence for the . It can be read in a more interesting way, as it is easy to change voices to make it more fun to read and to listen to. Whimsical pictures fill the pages with so much to look at and notice details. This is an awesome book for youngsters to hear, and eventually read, too! Great buy!
We lost our original in a house fire, and I can't tell you how excited I was to be able to replace it from an Amazon seller.
1875614
My 5-year-old daughter loves the Biscuit series of books and though we got the series last year, she still takes them off the shelf and reads them by herself and even to me, without being asked! Now, that's a winning series to me as through these two years since I began to teach her reading skills, we've gone through many different readers by various publishers (many of which I've reviewed in terms of how helpful/effective they've been) and only certain series have appealed to her. Being a visual learner, colorful and interesting illustrations are important, but at the same time they should not detract from the reading itself.

The Biscuit series of books has Biscuit the Dog go on simple yet fun adventures. Here, Biscuit follows his owner to school and hilarity ensues. The vocabulary is simple with familiar sight words that will motivate a young child who is just beginning to read. It helps to build confidence in reading whilst engaging a young reader's interest through the colorful illustrations and charming story. This is a wonderful and appealing series for early readers.
4145810
I bought this book for my 9 year-old granddaughter for Christmas 2015 to encourage the love of reading I have.  You can imagine my pleasure and satisfaction when she told me how much she LOVED this book and that it is the best book she's ever read.
I have to say that as a person who reads approximately 50 books every year, that I have to agree!  I just finished this most excellent book for young readers and older readers alike!
Thank you Robert Beatty for helping me and my granddaughter bridge the "generation gap" by giving us something even more than a birth month in common! I can't wait to pick her up from school next week to talk to her about it. Next in line is her younger brother and her mother! Both are waiting for me to finish so they can read it.
I also pre-ordered the new Serafina book and hope I can wait until my granddaughter's birthday in December to give it to her. I hope we see more of this clever, quick-thinking girl and her companions in the future.
I would love to see the trailer for the book come to the big screen!
3481904
LOVE! What a great collection of books to engage my 4 year old early reader!! She's so proud of herself for starting to read! We will be ordering the next set soon! Highly recommend!
4445652
Everything you ever wanted to know and more. These books are amazingly engaging and exciting texts for kids (and grown ups). The photography and the layout of the pages make this, and the other books in this series, hours and hours of reading entertainment. A great resource!
2319396
This book is so great for beginning readers as a way to get them cited and engaged about reading! It works on many levels as kids progress too. Illustrations are adorable and the story is sweet. LOVE THIS!!n
2700348
This book is completely unique in that it draws kids' attention not simply to the letter names or to words that happen to start with the same letter, but to all of the actual sounds that each letter makes.  It clearly demonstrates, for example, words where S says both /s/ and /z/ (like "skip" and "music", instead of just /s/), or where O says all three of its sounds (like "stop", "go", and "do").  It gives children a wonderfully simple introduction to the Orton-Gillingham approach and helps them build a crucial foundation for learning to read (not just name the letters, which does not actually help literacy).  Plus, the text is so lyrical and illustrations are so delightful that it's just plain lots of fun to read!  This book has been a huge hit with my nearly-3-year-old, who wants to hear it over and over again (and loves to sit and "read" it to herself as well!), but also with my 7-year-old and even my 9-year-old, who think it's hysterical ("Uncle's ugly underwear" from the U page is a favorite, and it's just so much fun to tell each other things like "Who can do it? Move it! Prove it!" from the O page...).  I can't wait for the publication of the early childhood reading and writing curriculum from this company as well!
1485180
I purchased this book set for my goddaughter.  She is in kindergarten, and just beginning to read simple chapter books.  She was thrilled!  Her mom said that she couldn't wait to get home that evening to start reading.  I was at a loss as to what to buy her...and this was perfect!