Created by a teacher, Bob Books have been helping children learn to read for more than forty years! This sturdy hardcover bind-up of the phonics-based learn-to-read set is perfect for young readers who are still building their skills. Bob Books Advancing Beginners builds on the skills learned in the Bob Books Stage 1 sets. These twelve stories are slightly longer while still using three-letter words and consistent short vowel sounds. This develops...

Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Philosopher's Stone? Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader, from the authors of the original and viral New York Times Books feature, shows you how to instil the joy and time-stopping pleasure of reading. Divided into four sections, from baby through...

At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.

Consonant blends, endings, and a few sight words advance reading skills, gently building toward more complex stories. Use of word families makes longer stories more manageable for early readers.

Investigates the art of reading by examining each aspect of reading, problems encountered, and tells how to combat them.

A bound set of eight readers which teach children more complex words with new blends, more sight words, and longer compound words to advance readers' skills, while sound repetition keeps reading easy.

"An exhilarating volume that will ratchet up the joy for all reading groups "Wendy Lesser's extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America's most significant cultural critics, " writes Stephen Greenblatt. In Why I Read, Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguished little magazines in the country, The Threepenny Review, to describe a life lived in and through...

"Writing as an ordinary mother as well as a bestselling author and internationally respected literary expert, Fox explores when and where to read aloud and demonstrates with easy-to-follow examples how to read aloud to the best effect and how to get the most value and joy our of a read-aloud session".

Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer, " Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. She shares her teaching methods and includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.

"Explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching 'wild' reading. Based on survey responses from over 900 adult readers and classroom feedback, [the book] offers ... advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess key lifelong reading habits, including dedicating time for reading, planning for future reading, and defining oneself as a reader"--